[Golotop]

I am disappointed with "Nothing in particular" religion results. It's a shame for their "nothing in particular" cause.

[Romobencience]

Most people who say they belong to a certain religion in surveys don't believe most of the doctrine anyway.

[SkHukV3N]

Wow that they didn't know, or wow that anyone can actually believe the bread and wine is the blood of Christ?

[Keendwainge]

Wow that they didn't know, or wow that anyone can actually believe the bread and wine is the blood of Christ?

I meant the former, but really, both. Then again, no more ridiculous than any other religious belief.

[defenderfors]

Spillung

[fedelwet]

Well, it's a know fact that atheists are more intelligent and worldly wise than religious people. You only have to look at the posters on this site to realise that.

Also, once a religious person has allowed themselves to be brainwashed by a certain doctrine, they're hardly going to give a **** about the doctrines of all the other made up mumbo jumbo they don't believe in.

Religious people are some of the most atheistic (selectively speaking) people I've ever met...

[Amoniustauns]

Wow.

Why a wow? A ton of "Catholics" are nominally Catholic. Their parents were Catholic, they've been to Church on Christmas, but little else.

As for the survey results, it's not a surprise. Atheists would tend to study all religions a bit more, as they've actively rejected religion, especially more than those that believe in God, but aren't all that big on studying up on it (who are thrown in with the people who do actively study their relgion).

[PRengin]

Why a wow? A ton of "Catholics" are nominally Catholic. Their parents were Catholic, they've been to Church on Christmas, but little else.

Yes, that's what I meant by

Most people who say they belong to a certain religion in surveys don't believe most of the doctrine anyway.

But, still this is one of those things that everyone knows because it's so widely mocked isn't it?

[hacyOrgachbic]

You answered 15 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 100%.
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. Read the Full Report

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

The total survey was a bit larger than that.

JM

[Andoror]

I got 14 too, failed on one of the yank questions too.

[AALee]

Meh, 14/15. Oddly, I messed up the Jewish Sabbath. I knew it ran (roughly) sundown to sundown, but got confused and went with Sat->Sun instead of Fri->Sat.

-Arrian

[FelicitaJ]

My wife was having a conversation with a co-working yesterday. Said co-worker sent her kid to some sort of Catholic school (communion prep or somesuch?). The nuns running the class have been doing this thing where they send care packages to felons in jail. The Catholic woman had a real hard time with that. After explaining her problems w/that, she went on to grumble that "our likely next governor is going to get rid of the death penalty."

You can argue for/against her positions on the issues, but both clearly contradict Catholic doctrine. She probably uses birth control too!



It's a GOOD THING most religious people don't take their holy books too seriously.

-Arrian

The Bible actually doesn't say anything explicit about death penalty or birth control.

It is pretty explicit for sending care packages to Felons though.

JM

[TriamiCaw]

My wife was having a conversation with a co-working yesterday. Said co-worker sent her kid to some sort of Catholic school (communion prep or somesuch?). The nuns running the class have been doing this thing where they send care packages to felons in jail. The Catholic woman had a real hard time with that. After explaining her problems w/that, she went on to grumble that "our likely next governor is going to get rid of the death penalty."

I will say that since I've become a Christian, I've had massive problems with the DP. Whereas before I was pro-DP (though with DNA testing), now I'm anti and don't really understand Christians that argue for killing someone else.

[Evoncalabbalo]

For the US model two facts should be the deciding factor.

1. It costs more.
2. It provides no practical benefit to society over life imprisonment.

The morality doesn't even matter on that level. Although I think the risk of a wrongful execution is another major factor against.

Not sure why an illogical thirst for revenge should trump those two facts.

[hechicxxrr]

For the US model two facts should be the deciding factor.

1. It costs more.
2. It provides no practical benefit to society over life imprisonment.

The morality doesn't even matter on that level. Although I think the risk of a wrongful execution is another major factor against.

Not sure why an illogical thirst for revenge should trump those two facts. 1. It does, but it doesn't have to. Ideally, it would not, while still providing reasonable protections for the accused.
2. Assuming there is *zero* deterrant value, yes.
3. Risk of wrongful execution + clear evidence of discriminatory practices = major, major problems. Hence my stance.

Thirst for revenge should have no part in any of it, but we're talking about human beings here. People are bloodthirsty *******s.

-Arrian

[juliannamed]

It stands to reason that a significant portion of atheists were driven to it by their experiences within hypocritical organized religions. That would explain their knowledge. They were the ones that asked difficult questions and found the answers unsatisfactory. So it's no surprise that they know more than the unquestioning people who stuck with their religion.

[serius_06]

Also what is an Athiest?

[ladleliDypenue]

The Bible actually doesn't say anything explicit about death penalty

Huh? About how many times was the phrase "shall be put to death" used? About a dozen in Exodus and Leviticus alone?

Oh, but Jesus came along and changed all that, right?

[Izzy]

I got 14 too. Failed 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?

The answer surprised me a bit. Seems another asterisk needs to be added to the Land of the Free*.

[Usogwdkb]

15/15... it's amazing that only 11% of the American public got the First Great Awakening question right when there's only three options. We're worse than monkeys