The large headline on the front page of the April 22/00 Globe and Mail boldly declared, "The young still believe." The sub heading declared, "Defying the skeptics, most Canadians aged 18 - 34 display a strong Christian faith."
An encouraging finding of the poll was that 62% of Canadians aged 18 - 34 believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God. I expected that number to be much lower than 62%.

Another finding is a wake-up call to the church. 80% of Canadians in all age groups say that they don't need to go to church to be good Christians. From God's perspective is that opinion true or false? 80% of Canadians are making a big assumption that they know what constitutes a good Christian and what the Bible says. I call this the myth of the good Christian.