GENERAL STATISTICS
1. U.S. is 4% of world population but uses 25% of worlds resources.
2. The world has 220+/- nations with 5445 languages.
3. Children of divorce: 1950 (6.3/1000)
1969 (7.2/1000)
1970 (12.5/1000)
1975 (16.7/1000)
1980 (17.3/1000)
4. Compare "Born again Christians" to the rest of the
world.
Born-again/Evangelical Christians
Non Born-again
20% believe
in reincarnation
24%
26% believe
in astrology
24%
22% believe
in witches
20%
17% believe
in channeling
7%
22% superstitious
25%
33% are pro-choice
45% believe
good people can earn their way to Heaven
34% believe
Jesus sinned
35% do not
believe that Jesus physically rose from the dead
45% believe
that Satan is not a living being (only a symbol)
53% believe
they should tell others about their faith in Jesus
Doesn't there appear to be a problem
here?
5. Children bet the ages of 5 & 13 have a 32% chance
of accepting Jesus as Savior,
ages of 14 to 18 have a 4% chance of accepting Jesus as Savior.
6. In the past 30 years
Illegitimate
births
up 400%
Single parent
families
tripled
Divorce rate
doubled
Teenage suicide
up 300%
SAT score
dropped 73 pts.
No. one health
problem for women
domestic violence
STD in youth
1970's
1 in 47
Today
1 in 4
7. WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS HAPPENED IN THESE 20 YEARS?
Generation "X":
61-The "Pill"
first introduced; 63-Bible and prayer out of schools
68-No more
right or wrong; 68--Films made a big change-anti child
70-No fault
divorce; 72-ERA push; 73-Roe vs Wade; 70's-Sexual revolution;
74-Nixon resigned-government
took a down turn; 81-Aids discovered
8. INFORMATION JUST FOR FUN
Sun and earth!
Sun moves
150 mi/sec; Sun is 93,000,000 miles from earth;
Sun's dia.
is 865,000 miles. Earth's dia. is 7,950 miles; Earth moves 65,630 mi/hr.
If we move
that fast, why don't we fall off.
9. Born again church youth say there is no absolute truth!
1991
52%
1994
62%
1999
78%
2002
91%
This is staggering. The basis on which
we build our Christian faith is "Truth".
Why is this happening? Because of
the secular culture in our lives.
10. No.
of hard-core porn
No. of hard-core porn
videos released (1,000's)
rentals (millions)
1992
2.2
445
1995
5.6
609
1997
8.0
697
1999
10.2
711
2002
11.3
801
