Bob or the Bible?

My good friends over at Theos, the public theology think tank, have just published an interesting, and midly humorous report, which demonstrates that a quarter of people in Britain confuse the Bible with speeches by Sir Bob Geldof.

In a ComRes poll, 27% of people questioned wrongly believed that the statement “You must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless” – Proverbs Chapter 31, verse 8 – came from a speech by the singer, songwriter and activist Bob Geldof. A further 20% thought it was from a report by former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. Only 13% of people correctly identified the statement as coming from the Bible.