How much do you know about the basic teachings of religions?
https://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/u-s-re ... edge-quiz/
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US Religious Knowledge Quiz
US Religious Knowledge Quiz
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Is it biblical? Is it Christlike? Is it loving? Is it true? How can I find out?
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ohio jones
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Re: US Religious Knowledge Quiz
14/15, due to my ignorance of Buddhism.
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I am a Christian and my name is Pilgram; I'm on a journey, but I'm not alone -- NewSong, slightly edited
Re: US Religious Knowledge Quiz
14/15 due to associating Kabbalah with Islam instead of Judaism.
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Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily. -Heb. 13:3
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joshuabgood
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I agree. But read the report - it's interesting. Only about 1/4 of Americans could correctly identify the person who gave the Sermon on the Mount. Americans wildly overestimate the number of Jews and Arabs living in the United States. There are other things like this ... religious knowledge that you and I think of as basic is beyond many Americans these days. They don't think that way.joshuabgood wrote:15/15
That was too easy.
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mercysfree
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Re: US Religious Knowledge Quiz
14/15. I missed Kabbalah, too.
I am not really surprised by the report. Many people in the US are not very knowledgeable about the religion they self-identify with, let alone caring to know about others'. I live in the Bible Belt, and often even folks who "believe" the Bible is from God are ignorant of its basic content.
I thought it was interesting that people who claim to be atheists did about as well as any of the broad categories (but still not very well.) Does this suggest atheists feel it is necessary to be somewhat informed about exactly what in religions they are rejecting? Or that they have personal experience of religion prior to identifying as atheists? Or what?
I am not really surprised by the report. Many people in the US are not very knowledgeable about the religion they self-identify with, let alone caring to know about others'. I live in the Bible Belt, and often even folks who "believe" the Bible is from God are ignorant of its basic content.
I thought it was interesting that people who claim to be atheists did about as well as any of the broad categories (but still not very well.) Does this suggest atheists feel it is necessary to be somewhat informed about exactly what in religions they are rejecting? Or that they have personal experience of religion prior to identifying as atheists? Or what?
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joshuabgood
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Re: US Religious Knowledge Quiz
Atheists on average have a higher education. That is probably what it is. They studied a little broader.mercysfree wrote:14/15. I missed Kabbalah, too.
I am not really surprised by the report. Many people in the US are not very knowledgeable about the religion they self-identify with, let alone caring to know about others'. I live in the Bible Belt, and often even folks who "believe" the Bible is from God are ignorant of its basic content.
I thought it was interesting that people who claim to be atheists did about as well as any of the broad categories (but still not very well.) Does this suggest atheists feel it is necessary to be somewhat informed about exactly what in religions they are rejecting? Or that they have personal experience of religion prior to identifying as atheists? Or what?
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