Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)

CEMB → Forum → Life, The Universe & Everything → Religions and Gods → Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)

Welcome

Welcome to CEMB forum.
Please login or register. Did you miss your activation email?

Donations

Help keep the Forum going!
Click on Kitty to donate:

Theme Changer

Site default theme Optional dark theme Basic wap2 interface

Topic: Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)

(Read 4329 times)

12 Next page « Previous thread | Next thread »
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)
OP - September 28, 2010, 03:15 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html?_r=3&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB

My Book
My Blog
- a.ghazali
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)
Reply #1 - September 28, 2010, 03:20 PM

From our our experience here with believing Muslims, I think we can draw the same conclusions.

Knowing Islam is the only true religion we do not allow propagation of any other religion. How can we allow building of churches and temples when their religion is wrong? Thus we will not allow such wrong things in our countries. - Zakir Naik
- muddy
- The Drama King
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)
Reply #2 - September 28, 2010, 03:23 PM

Ah, this is a biased study.. Nothing at all about muslims..

Admin of following facebook pages and groups:
Islam's Last Stand (page)
Islam's Last Stand (group)
and many others...
- _truth_
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #3 - September 28, 2010, 06:04 PM

Quote
A new survey of Americans' knowledge of religion found that atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons outperformed Protestants and Roman Catholics in answering questions about major religions, while many respondents could not correctly give the most basic tenets of their own faiths.

Forty-five percent of Roman Catholics who participated in the study didn't know that, according to church teaching, the bread and wine used in Holy Communion is not just a symbol, but becomes the body and blood of Christ.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_re/us_rel_religious_literacy_poll

Take the PEW Test here
http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #4 - September 28, 2010, 06:15 PM

link to test doesnt work

in any case here is the executive summary of the test results is - interesting that 16 out of 32 was the average &

- athists/agnostics averaging the highest @ 20 & mexican catholics the lowest on 12

I wanna take the test to see how I fare, will look for it..

My Book
My Blog
- GodIsNotGreat
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #5 - September 28, 2010, 06:16 PM

The link does work - it's just that the site is horribly slow.

19:46 <zizo>: hugs could pimp u into sex

Quote from: yeezevee
well I am neither ex-Muslim nor absolute 100% Non-Muslim.. I am fucking Zebra
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #6 - September 28, 2010, 06:17 PM

is this it?

~~http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/index.php?q=1~~

ETA: scrap that - this link is slow too

Everyone must be at it at once..

My Book
My Blog
- GodIsNotGreat
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #7 - September 28, 2010, 06:20 PM

Yeah.

19:46 <zizo>: hugs could pimp u into sex

Quote from: yeezevee
well I am neither ex-Muslim nor absolute 100% Non-Muslim.. I am fucking Zebra
- RIBS
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #8 - September 28, 2010, 06:26 PM

Quote
A new survey of Americans' knowledge of religion found that atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons outperformed Protestants and Roman Catholics in answering questions about major religions, while many respondents could not correctly give the most basic tenets of their own faiths.

That's interesting. Does that mean that athiests and agnostics have left religion after they knew alot about them?

...
- Lilyesque
- The Deconverter
- Pub Regular
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #9 - September 28, 2010, 06:34 PM

I scored 80% in the quiz

Quote
You answered 12 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 80%.
(Clicky for piccy!)
(Clicky for piccy!)
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #10 - September 28, 2010, 06:49 PM

Quote from: RIBS on September 28, 2010, 06:26 PM
That's interesting. Does that mean that athiests and agnostics have left religion after they knew alot about them?

I think its more down to the fact that those who have left religion, have done their research first

My Book
My Blog
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #11 - September 28, 2010, 06:50 PM

Quote from: Lilyesque on September 28, 2010, 06:34 PM
I scored 80% in the quiz

which link did you use?

My Book
My Blog
- canex
- Suggest a Title
- Ex-Muslim
- Raveeeee
- offline
Re: Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)
Reply #12 - September 28, 2010, 07:10 PM

does anyone have the questions?

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. - Voltaire
- Lilyesque
- The Deconverter
- Pub Regular
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #13 - September 28, 2010, 07:14 PM

I used the one given by the OP.
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)
Reply #14 - September 28, 2010, 07:41 PM

http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/

but its working slowly

My Book
My Blog
- _truth_
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #15 - September 28, 2010, 11:00 PM

Yea link works, just very laggy right now. Probably because everyone is now trying to do that test lol
- serrated_colon
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #16 - September 28, 2010, 11:52 PM

15/15
- QueenIsabel
- Pub Regular
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #17 - September 29, 2010, 02:27 AM

You answered 13 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 87%.
- z10
- Pub Regular
- Imago Dei
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #18 - September 29, 2010, 02:39 AM

100% on the quiz

At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
- Nour
- Ex-Muslim
- Misanthropic ex-'revert'
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #19 - September 29, 2010, 06:41 AM

14 out of 15. Missed the last one.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

The sleeper has awakened - Dune

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish!
- osmanthus
- Cave dwelling
- Pub Regular
- Fingerer of piglets
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #20 - September 29, 2010, 07:15 AM

Same score as me, but I bet you got the one about the Jewish Sabbath right. I picked Saturday.

Mind you I had to take a guess at 15 so that was just a fluke.

Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West.
- Lynna
- Pub Regular
- Seek peace. Endure. Find joy.
- offline
Re: Quelle surpise - Atheists Outdo Believers on Religous knowledge :)
Reply #21 - September 29, 2010, 08:19 AM

Humm...
My score is 93%. Missed one.

My score is better then 97% of the public and below 1% of the public.

I'm not an Atheist, Agnostic, Jew or Mormon.

I'm a Jehovah's Witness.

Maybe I scored high because my grandparents (well 1/2 of them) were Jewish. Or maybe, it could be because when I lived in Indonesia I went to an Islamic high school. It could have been because of that summer when I was 12 when my Mom sent me to Catholic summer camp, (nobody has every figured why she did that because to this day she hasn't forgiven her sister for marrying a Catholic. her sister died 18 yrs ago). Maybe, it has something to do with my PCS. I think the real reason is the test was just very easy.

It will be interesting to see how the group here pans out. Compared to the group in the article.

If at first you succeed...try something harder.

Failing isn't falling down. Failing is not getting back up again.
- a.ghazali
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #22 - September 29, 2010, 11:14 AM

Damn. Got the last one wrong.

Knowing Islam is the only true religion we do not allow propagation of any other religion. How can we allow building of churches and temples when their religion is wrong? Thus we will not allow such wrong things in our countries. - Zakir Naik
- GodIsNotGreat
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #23 - September 29, 2010, 11:21 AM

I got 12 out of 15.

19:46 <zizo>: hugs could pimp u into sex

Quote from: yeezevee
well I am neither ex-Muslim nor absolute 100% Non-Muslim.. I am fucking Zebra
- Aziz
- Afairyist
- Ex-Muslim
- Big Al is watching you!
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #24 - September 29, 2010, 11:48 AM

Got the Sabbath question and the last question wrong. Answered 13 out of 15 correctly.

German ex-Muslim forum — My YouTube — List of Ex-Muslims —
Wikis: en – de – fr – ar – tr
CEMB-Chat
I'm on an indefinite break...
- Ishina
- Militant Atheist
- Ex-Muslim
- No Fate But What We Make
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #25 - September 29, 2010, 11:57 AM

I got bored and drew a dick and a fanny in the margin instead.

Too fucking busy, and vice versa.
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #26 - September 29, 2010, 12:12 PM

10/15

My Book
My Blog
- Cheetah
- Global Moderator
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #27 - September 29, 2010, 12:18 PM

I got 13 out of 15.

"Befriend them not, Oh murtads, and give them neither parrot nor bunny." - happymurtad's advice on trolls.
- Saif Rahman
- Ex-Muslim
- Je suis Haram
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #28 - September 29, 2010, 12:20 PM

what did you get wrong?

My Book
My Blog
- Ephemeral
- Ex-Muslim
- offline
Re: Survey: Americans don't know much about religion
Reply #29 - September 29, 2010, 12:22 PM

13/15 87%

"If intelligence is feminine... I would want that mine would, in a resolute movement, come to resemble an impious woman."
12 Next page « Previous thread | Next thread »