FACT OR FICTION?
The London Daily Mail reports that one in four Britons don’t believe Prime Minister Winston Churchill actually existed. They suspect he is a mythical character rather than a historical one. Likewise, they think historical figures such as Florence Nightingale, Sir Walter Raleigh, Mahatma Gandhi and Cleopatra were also fictional personalities created for literature or films. Yet, they believe Sherlock Holmes was a real person. How might Americans fare on this kind of survey? Surveys like this suggest Western Civilization is in real trouble.
(Source: WorldNet Daily, 2/11/08)