A recent article on the website of UK newspaper The Daily Mail reports on a survey of British teens on the importance of God and religion undertaken by Penguin books. The survey was carried out to mark Penguin's publication of controversial novel Killing God by Kevin Brooks.

According to the survey, 66 percent of teens surveyed do not believe a deity exists while 50 percent have never prayed and 16 percent have never been to church. 59 per cent of children believed religion has had a negative influence on the world, 60 percent only go to church for a wedding or christening, yet 91 percent agreed they should treat others the way they wished to be treated themselves.

Both the Church of England and the British Humanist Association have their own takes on these results. To read about them, and form your own opinion, check out the article here.