Surveys and polls are notoriously unreliable, as anyone who has followed the recent General Election will know, but they can make interesting reading sometimes, and they may perhaps give an indication with regard to social and religious trends. The latest religious survey suggests that teenagers are more religious than we gave them credit for. You can read a report here.

That one in six teenagers is a practising Christian would be welcome news, but what really stands out in this survey are two things.