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Life Ethics
13% Rise in euthanasia or assisted suicide cases in the Netherlands last year. The number rose 10.5% in 2008.
2% Percentage of all Dutch deaths represented by the 2,636 euthanasia cases.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Higher Education
Median age of candidates for Master of Divinity degrees.
1989: 31.4
1999: 34.4
2009: 32.9
Source: USA Today/Center for the Study of Theological Education
Ethics
52% Americans who say most Americans are basically honest.
45% Americans who say religious people are likely to be more honest than non-religious people. Forty-five percent say the groups are equally honest. Seven percent say religious people are less honest.
Source: Rasmussen Reports
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