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Pew Forum Says Atheists & Agnostics Score Best On Religious Knowledge Tests

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Makes sense as I would think most people of faith concentrate on their own religion and don't care to learn about others. In fact they may see it as even being a sin or a sign that they do not have faith in their own beliefs. It's a shame as they're missing a great opportunity.

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Not sure what this says about me (Catholic), but:

 

[h=1]You answered 13 out of 15 questions correctly

for a score of 87%.[/h][TABLE]

[TR]

[TH=class: question]Question[/TH]

[TH=class: response]Your Response[/TH]

[TH=class: answer]Correct Answer[/TH]

[TH=class: percent-correct]% of survey respondents answering correctly[/TH]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]1. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Moses[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] Moses[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]72%[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]2. What was Mother Teresa's religion?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Catholic[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]Catholic[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]82[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Ten Commandments?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Do unto others as you would have them do unto you[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] Do unto others as you would have them do unto you[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]55[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]4. When does the Jewish Sabbath begin?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Friday[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]Friday[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]45[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]5. Is Ramadan…?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gifThe Islamic holy month[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] The Islamic holy month[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]52[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]6. Which of the following best describes the Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for Communion?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ.[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]40[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]7. In which religion are Vishnu and Shiva central figures?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Hinduism[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] Hinduism[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]38[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]8. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with remaining obedient to God despite suffering?[/TD]

[TD=class: response wrong]wrong.gif Abraham[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]Job[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]39[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]9. What was Joseph Smith's religion?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Mormon[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] Mormon[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]51[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]10. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer, or not? [/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif No, not permitted[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] No, not permitted[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]89[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]11. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to read from the Bible as an example of literature, or not?[/TD]

[TD=class: response wrong]wrong.gif No, not permitted[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]Yes, permitted[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]23[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]12. What religion do most people in Pakistan consider themselves?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Muslim[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] Muslim[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]68[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]13. What was the name of the person whose writings and actions inspired the Protestant Reformation?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Martin Luther[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]Martin Luther[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]46[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]14. Which of these religions aims at nirvana, the state of being free from suffering?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Buddhism[/TD]

[TD=class: answer] Buddhism[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]36[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD=class: question]15. Which one of these preachers participated in the period of religious activity known as the First Great Awakening?[/TD]

[TD=class: response correct]correct.gif Jonathan Edwards[/TD]

[TD=class: answer]Jonathan Edwards[/TD]

[TD=class: percent-correct]11[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

This online quiz includes 15 of the 32 religious knowledge questions that made up the telephone survey. The order and context of the questions are not exactly the same in the online quiz and telephone survey. To ease the administration of the online quiz, the wording of some questions is slightly different from the wording used in the telephone survey. For the questions used in the telephone survey, see the survey questionnaire.

Your responses on the quiz do NOT affect the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey's results.

Compare your score: Overall Population

 

Here's how you did on these 15 questions (excerpted from the larger U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey) compared with a nationally representative sample of 3,412 adults

 

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Watusi

Watusi

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I missed one. I missed #6.

 

14 of 15 missed number 6

 

As many times as we've discussed transubstantiation in the P&R forum I would have thought you two would have gotten that one.

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