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U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/28/2010 10:16:53 PM   
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/28/2010 10:25:43 PM   
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

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I'd like to see the test questions, I think I wouldn't do too poorly on it.  I have after-all been a born again, and studied for a while the writings of Nichiren, in  Buddhist  beliefs.


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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/28/2010 10:36:47 PM   
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

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I didn't know that Evangelicals were "protestant." The main protestant sects are Lutherins, Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Episcopal.

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/28/2010 10:46:34 PM   
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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 3:59:11 AM   
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What was the basis of the tested population?  Atheists, agnostics, Christians, and Mormons only?  Why were Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, etc. excluded?




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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 5:38:19 AM   
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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 6:03:28 AM   
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Add all the fundamentalist Christians to your list, Popeye.


BTW, I hate your new avatar.


Didn't see congregationalists on the list either. But it was interesting to read. Not sure what it is supposed to prove though.

Oh and I think his new avatar rocks. I just wish I knew who that was. I am sure I have never heard of the man before.


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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 6:17:02 AM   
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Didn't see congregationalists on the list either. But it was interesting to read. Not sure what it is supposed to prove though.


It is supposed to prove how stupid we all are.

It's the same thing with other surveys.

Especially the political ones. 

Six out of ten Americans don't know who Nixon's running mate was in 1960.

Eight out of ten Americans can't name the capital of North Dakota.

Who cares?  That's what Google is for.

It's the media's version of Trivial Pursuit.

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Oh and I think his new avatar rocks. I just wish I knew who that was. I am sure I have never heard of the man before.



I think it's Sean Hannity.

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 6:32:41 AM   
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

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I didn't know that Evangelicals were "protestant." The main protestant sects are Lutherins, Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Episcopal.

Any Christian who isn't a Catholic is a protestant. Try googling "the Reformation".

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 10:11:13 AM   
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Any Christian who isn't a Catholic is a protestant. Try googling "the Reformation".


That was one of the questions on the survey, which religious leader started the protestant church.... most protestants did not know it was Martin Luther...

I have often noticed that many Christians are ignorant about their own religion. I remember a Christian relative of mine telling me that it was all a matter of faith and the "God's word was written on her heart". I do not really find it troubling that people find spiritual matters do not need to follow the historic path of church-created doctrine... but that is just me

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 10:48:35 AM   
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Took the attached 15 question quiz, in the article got 14, of 15 correct.  I am the atheist remember people?  I did better on the quiz then 93% of the rest of the population did, maybe that might lend a little credence when I say TO ME ALL RELIGION IS BULLSHIT........nah I doubt that very fucking much.  I certainly have good company in my belief though.   People from the late George Carlin, to Sir Richard Dawkins, to Christopher Hitchens, to Bill Maher, to mention a few of the more prominent ones in agreement. 

Let me offer this small example of why I find "christianity" utter nonsense ":

Once when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Mohandas Gandhi he asked him, “Mr. Gandhi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?”...Gandhi replied, “Oh, I don’t reject your Christ. I love your Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike your Christ”


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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 11:58:11 AM   
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

More here



I didn't know that Evangelicals were "protestant." The main protestant sects are Lutherins, Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Episcopal.

Any Christian who isn't a Catholic is a protestant. Try googling "the Reformation".



Moon, I don't think so, what about Baptists? They existed (before) the Catholic church and were never a part of the Catholic church and therefor had nothing to do with the Protestant Reformation. They never "protested" the Catholic church by leaving it.
Many of the Evangelical churches are fairly "new" and certainly had nothing to do with the Protestant Reformation.
Just being "not a Catholic Christian" doesn't make one "Protestant." If it did then Mormons, Quakers, Friends, and the snake-chuckers in the mountains would be included no?
I was talking to a Baptist minister once and when I mentioned the word "protestant" he corrected me by saying; "we're not Protestants we're Baptists."

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 12:08:55 PM   
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I'm a Faith filled Christian and I got 15 out of 15. I've spent a LOT of time in the Word though as well as studying other religions which always seems to deepen my Faith. I think anything as important as one's core belief system *should* be researched and anyway I crave knowledge and gobble it up :)

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 12:11:27 PM   
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Who cares?  That's what Google is for.




The poster child for ignorance.

Believe it or not you cant find everything on the internet.

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 12:16:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Protestant is often used just as a general term to describe any Christian Church that is not Catholic or Orthodox (whether Eastern or Oriental). I can remember years ago when filling out paperwork, they never had "Christian" as an option, they had "Catholic" and "Protestant".

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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 12:30:49 PM   
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Who cares?  That's what Google is for.




The poster child for ignorance.

Believe it or not you cant find everything on the internet.


But you can from books and other sources along with the internet.

My point is that too much emphasis is placed on rote learning with too little focus on analytical and logical thinking.

Memorizing something without understanding it is useless.

Sort of like certain posters on here who just regurgitate the crap they hear without checking their facts and find themselves continually proven wrong.



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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 12:55:35 PM   
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Protestant is often used just as a general term to describe any Christian Church that is not Catholic or Orthodox (whether Eastern or Oriental). I can remember years ago when filling out paperwork, they never had "Christian" as an option, they had "Catholic" and "Protestant".


Ha! I can just see the look on a prim and proper Anglican's face when they find out they're being lumped in with Appalatchion snake-chuckers as "Protestants!"


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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 12:56:06 PM   
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Moon, I don't think so, what about Baptists? They existed (before) the Catholic church and were never a part of the Catholic church and therefor had nothing to do with the Protestant Reformation.


Timeline of Baptist History

1609 — First English General Baptist church formed in Holland under John Smyth.  1609 is unofficially
        — referred to as the beginning of the Baptist denomination.


Timeline of Catholic Church

A Timeline of Catholic Church history
1-500 A.D.


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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 1:13:04 PM   
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RE: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey - 9/29/2010 1:27:03 PM   
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Moon, I don't think so, what about Baptists? They existed (before) the Catholic church and were never a part of the Catholic church and therefor had nothing to do with the Protestant Reformation.


Timeline of Baptist History

1609 — First English General Baptist church formed in Holland under John Smyth.  1609 is unofficially
        — referred to as the beginning of the Baptist denomination.


Timeline of Catholic Church

A Timeline of Catholic Church history
1-500 A.D.





Rule, keep reading, the Baptist movement existed before the Catholic church.

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