From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
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   > Almost everyone who has received some schooling   
   > learns basic arithmetic: addition, subtraction,   
   > multiplication, and division. With global literacy   
   > around 87%, this means roughly 6.8 billion people   
   > likely know at least some arithmetic. By contrast,   
   > the Bible is mainly known to Christians and Jews.   
   > Christians make up about 33% of the world (~2.7   
   > billion), and Jews about 15 million. Not all have   
   > read or know it well, so the total familiar with the   
   > Bible is under 3 billion. Clearly, more people know   
   > basic arithmetic than the Bible.   
      
   That's because public elementary school children   
   learn basic math, but those same schools do not   
   teach the Bible.   
      
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