Religion quiz

Spexxvet · 10-11-2010, 04:54 PM

It's been in the news lately, take it here

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You answered 14 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 93%.

Happy Monkey · 10-11-2010, 04:59 PM

I missed the last two. 87%

Griff · 10-11-2010, 05:06 PM

You answered 15 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 100%.

Sweet! Pointless but sweet. I got 100% on my medication administration test today as well... prolly more important.

footfootfoot · 10-11-2010, 08:25 PM

14/15 I second guessed Jonathan Edwards. And sweet and pointless as Griff pointed out.

classicman · 10-11-2010, 08:31 PM

Missed 2 as well. Could have easily been 4...

glatt · 10-11-2010, 08:31 PM

100%

Weird coincidence, about 30 seconds after answering the question about Job, Two and a Half Men, on in the background, had a few lines about Job in context.

monster · 10-11-2010, 09:37 PM

Jews and atheists/agnostic know their religion best. This gels with my experience. They're the ones who have to fight hardest to defend their beliefs. But why are there no stats for hindus, muslims and buddhists?

I'm thinking I'd like to introduce a religion licence. Believe whatever you want, but if you want to express your views in public, you must pass a test like this.

gvidas · 10-11-2010, 10:28 PM

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These were some of 32 questions in the Pew Forum’s recent U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey that covered core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions. The results ranged from expected to surprising. The research was conducted by the Washington-based nonpartisan Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.

So the linked quiz (15 questions) is at best an abridged version of the poll that Pew conducted. FWIW.

Juniper · 10-11-2010, 10:29 PM

93% - I missed the question about the Jewish sabbath. D'oh!

spudcon · 10-11-2010, 11:02 PM

93% I thought it was illegal to even acknowledge the Bible existed in public schools.

Griff · 10-12-2010, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

93% I thought it was illegal to even acknowledge the Bible existed in public schools.

Not to be a smart ass but that really is a common misconception on the right. Student led prayer is also ok and pretty common on sports teams. It is only when authority figures do it that it becomes an issue. Of course, it is still commonly done, but wouldn't stand up in court if someone pursued it.

DanaC · 10-12-2010, 07:08 AM

14/15. *smiles* Though I guessed on two of them (Not being able to lead prayers in school, and the Johnathon Edwards guy, who I'd never heard of :P)

The one I got wrong, was the Jewish sabbath.

Spexxvet · 10-12-2010, 07:37 AM

I got the last one wrong, too. It was really obscure.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-12-2010, 07:53 AM

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You answered 15 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 100%.

glatt · 10-12-2010, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I got the last one wrong, too. It was really obscure.

Not so obscure. We read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" in public school literature class. Must have been senior year of high school. Jonathan Edwards was a hoot.

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The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times so abominable in his eyes as the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours.

Of course, he was a colonial American, so Dana would have no reason to know of him.

10-11-2010, 04:59 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I missed the last two. 87% __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-11-2010, 05:06 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You answered 15 out of 15 questions correctly for a score of 100%. Sweet! Pointless but sweet. I got 100% on my medication administration test today as well... prolly more important. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-11-2010, 08:25 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	14/15 I second guessed Jonathan Edwards. And sweet and pointless as Griff pointed out. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-11-2010, 08:31 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Missed 2 as well. Could have easily been 4... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-11-2010, 09:37 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Jews and atheists/agnostic know their religion best. This gels with my experience. They're the ones who have to fight hardest to defend their beliefs. But why are there no stats for hindus, muslims and buddhists? I'm thinking I'd like to introduce a religion licence. Believe whatever you want, but if you want to express your views in public, you must pass a test like this. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-11-2010, 08:31 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	100% Weird coincidence, about 30 seconds after answering the question about Job, Two and a Half Men, on in the background, had a few lines about Job in context.

10-11-2010, 10:29 PM	#9
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	93% - I missed the question about the Jewish sabbath. D'oh!

10-11-2010, 11:02 PM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	93% I thought it was illegal to even acknowledge the Bible existed in public schools. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-12-2010, 07:37 AM	#13
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I got the last one wrong, too. It was really obscure. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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