A new survey has revealed that Irish college students would prefer to look in the mirror and fix their hair for hours on end rather than repent for their dirty, dirty sins.
If you’re a college student and you’re reading this then you’re probably making baby Jesus cry. According to a recently published Student Marketing Network poll, conducted among 1,146 third-level students across the country over the last two weeks, students said ‘looking good’ was more important than ‘religious beliefs’.
Students rated ‘friends and family’ as the most important factor in their lives, while ‘looking good’ came fifth and religion, sixth. The survey found that only 57.8 per cent of respondents claimed to be Catholic, compared to 84.16 per cent of respondents who claimed to be Catholic on the last census.
Speaking about the survey, Colman Byrne, Managing Director of Student Marketing Network and oxygen.ie, said: “ The survey brought up a lot of interesting information that people may have different views on but it certainly shows that there is a major disconnect between organised religion and young people in Ireland.
“One thing is for certain, we all need to be aware of the rise in student Jedis among us, with 3.4% of our respondents claiming to be members of this monastic spiritual organisation. Maybe they’re on to something… May the force be with them!”
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