Bible Ignorance

Watched University Challenge last night - first time in ages. Yet again one was stunned by the Bible ignorance shown. York were asked what book of the Bible was written by St John on the Island of Patmos and they answered Deuteronomy! It wasn't the only wrong answer about the Bible and this is sadly typical.

My main concern here is, of course, that this betrays how the Bible is simply being ignored by intelligent people. If they won't even read it there seems little hope of them getting to believe what it says.

The other concern is that such people cannot really be deemed educated if they do not have at least some grasp of the Bible story and its contents. How can one properly study western history, literature or art, for example, and ignore the Bible? One fears that some incredibly wrong theories are going to be adopted and propounded in that atmosphere. What a mess we are in.