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Show Page 22—THE HERALI Religion in‘America lB zon a) They Buy Bible, But Don’t Read It and have one or two or more laying about the house. But they don’t read it Just about every home has at least one Bible, to be sure, but they have been collecting a lot of dust,”’ Religion Week heart to Research Center ‘Only about 12 percent of Americans read the Bible daily or more often. One fourth of teenagers have neverread the Bible.” according to the researchers They reported that only one-third of all teens and only half who attend church were able to name the four Gospels of the New Testament and 20 percent of those teens who attend church reguarly did not know what Easter commemorates. The results,” accrording the report in “Religion in America 1981,” “‘representfurther evidence of the low state of Biblical knowledge among the youth of this country A small but growing bandof influen- tial laymen, including politicians. corporate heads and civic leaders, have labored for some 41 years to turn that situation around Known as Laymen s National Bible Committee, the efforts of the interfaith, non-sectariai lay organization. come to fruition once again this year with National Bible Week, to be marked Noy. 22-29 The group has a simply stated pur. pose “To makeall Americans aware of the importance of the Bible. to motivate Bible reading and study. To reaffirm the founding principles of the United States.” To do that motivation, the committee has developed a host of activities and enlisted some high-poweredleaders, including President and Mrs. Reagan, serving as honorarychairperand Thomas L. Phillips, the chairmanandchief executiveofficer of 6-Day Budget who is national Fabrics Clearance n his proclamation of Bible he Bible ‘‘galvanizes our weather thetrials of life, and it s with strength, comfort. and h e heart, orders this week only - sorry, no phone or mali efreshes the soul ericans will read and Bible more thoroughly ac- cording to the Gallup Organization and the Princeton theon They 1 Pe “for it is my firmbelief Reagan added, that the transcendent values presented within its pages have great meaning for Special-Use Fabrics eachof id our nation. Theme of the 1981 observance is The Bible. 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