Parrothead Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I got them all right. But religion is a fascination to me and I study a wide variety of world religions for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Would you tell me if Maimonides was ... ? Well, I knew it was either Jewish or Hindu...guessed wrong. At least that was the only one I missed. Not too bad for a Protestant, I guess :p Jewish :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 missed 3... two were second guessing, one I had no idea. I was surprised at the # per religion on average...I though they would be higher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edithcrawley Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I got 31, missed the Maimonides question. I didn't like how each question was on a separate page, it took too long to load. I'm United Methodist, but leaning more and more towards becoming Episcopalian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I got 31/32 correct. I thought a few of those questions were not religious questions but gov't and/or constitution questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I got them all right. That means I am a smart little atheist and I'm not gonna to listen to people who point out that the quiz is simplistic and silly! :tongue_smilie: ETA - I think I deserve 33/32 for knowledge of US law by a non-American. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 31 right and I missed a crazy easy Xtian one. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 30 correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 The average person gets 16/32? Seriously, where did they find all those people who didn't know half of this stuff?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAR120C Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I only missed 1. I thought "Edwards" was too obvious for the awakening. And I was being REALLY GOOD and not reading DS's notes on the Great Awakening which are right here on the table with me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Seriously? I'm really surprised that most adults would only get 21 or fewer correct. Maybe a non-English speaker taking it in English? Or something. Of course, it wouldn't surprise me at all that the WTM folks got 28-32 right. Most of the questions seemed *really* easy. A lot of the answers seemed that someone could easily guess the right answer if they didn't just know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed the one about the Maimonides. Sad thing is, I HAVE read about them before! :glare: The only other one I got wrong, I KNEW the answer to and accidentally hit the wrong button. Not too difficult of a quiz. Most of us with a basic understanding of various religions could do fairly well. Of course, many of the questions were not really about religion but about America, and I would think some who don't live in the States might now know those. I only knew all of the teacher/classroom ones because I taught for so many years in PS in the US. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I got 32/32, although I have to confess that I waffled between Edwards and Finney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed one - Maimonides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed four. One of them I chose my second choice. I knew nothing about Jonathan edwards, didn't know the bible could be used in literature, and I didn't know Indonesians were Muslim. It was a lot of history, to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I got 32 right! That is 100%! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Ignore that ninny who voted that she only got 6-10 right. That was me--and I got 8 wrong and 24 correct. I read the poll wrong. Sorry! :blush: I would have only missed five if I had gone with my first instinct instead of thinking that the really obvious ones must be trick questions. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I saw this awhile ago, so I forget which ones I got wrong, but I know it was only two. Like others, I'm astounded that anyone could score below about 25 on this since I thought all but a few of them were extremely easy, but I'm usually surprised by how badly Americans score on all kinds of tests, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Ha! I knew about Indonesia and the Muslims thanks to Heather in NC's posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed 4. ....I also didn't know Maimonides, and couldn't remember which religion went with the Dalai Lama. Me too! Hey, I thought that agnostics believe the world was created by God, but that he stepped back and let it go on without any more involvement. Where did I get that idea? Hmmmmmm....And along with that i just hit the wrong button and immediately realized it. Nirvana is a Buddhist belief, not Hindu. So anyway, I'm tickled that I got a 28. Not bad for an old lady. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I saw this awhile ago, so I forget which ones I got wrong, but I know it was only two. Like others, I'm astounded that anyone could score below about 25 on this since I thought all but a few of them were extremely easy, but I'm usually surprised by how badly Americans score on all kinds of tests, so... Lots of people would pick a wrong answer just because it's multiple choice test. At least that occasionally happens to me--especially if they seem too easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Me too! Hey, I thought that agnostics believe the world was created by God, but that he stepped back and let it go on without any more involvement. Where did I get that idea? Hmmmmmm....And along with that i just hit the wrong button and immediately realized it. Nirvana is a Buddhist belief, not Hindu. So anyway, I'm tickled that I got a 28. Not bad for an old lady. Blessings, Lucinda I believe that would be a Deist. See? I do know this stuff. :tongue_smilie: Or maybe a theistic evolutionist... :001_unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed "Is a public school teacher allowed to read from the Bible?" and duh, I know it's in K12s The Human Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed 3. I blame my husband for one of the three. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed two - one was a wrong click and the other was The Great Awakening. I had that down to two choices but chose poorly. ;) But, I love religion - reading about it, talking about it, studying it. I'm a Catholic, but previously was Protestant, had very close friends in high school who were Mormon (and love talking with the missionaries that come by once in a while), and dh and I studied Judaism for a while when we left Protestantism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 32 correct out of 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Do people really not know this stuff? :confused: Um, I got 8 wrong and there were several others that I was lucky on my guessing. I guess I'm not one of the smartest fish in the sea. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) Wow, that's the best they could do? And what's with the "will you tell me..." questions? (please, please say you’ll tell me! You WILL tell me, won't you? Please say yes!) Edited October 11, 2012 by Susan in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Ignore that ninny who voted that she only got 6-10 right. That was me--and I got 8 wrong and 24 correct. I read the poll wrong. Sorry! :blush: :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I thought I would be a smartypants and get them all right but I missed two, Maimonides and Edwards. I really wanted to cheat and ask dh but I didn't. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 29 :) Did better than I thought. It's been awhile since hs/college and I wasn't sure if I was mixing up hinduism with buddism on a few questions. I didn't know the jewish guy or the Great Awakening guy and Messed up Pakastan. I know they don't follow muslim law, as many other countries in the area, so I wasn't sure if they had a stronger Christian base. Should've know (we have Pakastan reletives. If I had thought about it more, I would've known.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) Um, I got 8 wrong and there were several others that I was lucky on my guessing. I guess I'm not one of the smartest fish in the sea. :tongue_smilie: Well you're darn smart compared to the "average American" :001_smile: Re atheists apparently knowing more about religion I would expect that if you did a proper quiz more with in-depth questions, you'd find that many religious people who can't remember the basics of other faiths would have lots of detailed knowledge on their own religion, ie they've learned 'deep' rather than 'wide'. Edited October 11, 2012 by Hotdrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) 32 right. I was pretty sure on most of them. I'm a Protestant (Reformed) Christian who's always been interested in World History, religion, and people groups. I don't remember much about Maimonides other than he was Jewish. I'm off to Google and learn :) Edited October 11, 2012 by ladydusk I knew his descent, I can't spell his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Are you smarter than an atheist? A religious quiz Technically, I'm exactly as smart as an Atheist. ;) I scored a 31. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 :lol::lol: Yeah. Proof positive that I really am that bad at multiple choices. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) Here is the original article cited in the Christian Science piece; it has more details and interpretation. Some members might be pleased to know that the survey included control general knowledge questions, including one that asked who was the author of Moby Dick. ;) Edited October 11, 2012 by Hotdrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnae Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed 2 - Maimonides and the Dalai Lama. And I'm Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Only missed one...Maimonides. Never heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed one, but I would dispute it. It was the "faith alone" question, I put neither protestants nor catholics, because I thought the concept of divine grace was key in addition to faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Here is the original article cited in the Christian Science piece; it has more details and interpretation.Some members might be pleased to know that the survey included control general knowledge questions, including one that asked who was the author of Moby Dick. ;) Thanks for linking! Interesting read, and if you click to read the next two sections, you can find out the nine general knowledge questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I've taken it before and got them all correct. I think the title "Smarter than an atheist" is both misleading and insulting. Misleading to believers because it doesn't mean atheists are more intelligent; just better informed about various religions. Insulting to atheists because, well what does it mean? Most of us know "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?", so it sounds like atheists aren't supposed to be smart. :confused: The reason many atheists and agnostics do better is simply a matter of research. Many of us came from religious backgrounds, and didn't just stop believing in a deity/deities. We researched other religions to find out if maybe it was just our own we no longer believed in. By the time we come to the come to the conclusion that we don't believe any of them, we've learned a lot about most of them. Another reasonable explanation I've seen is that Catholics or Protestants or Pagans or etc. of whatever educational level all categorize themselves the same way; whereas very educated nonbelievers are more likely to describe themselves as atheists, while the less educated tend to describe themselves as 'not religious' or 'spiritual but no organized religion.' I'd want to see some actual supporting survey data for that; but it seems reasonable that a description that still carries some social stigma would have some variation in its usage, and educational level seems a likely one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jentancalann Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 30 out of 32. The Maimonides guy and Nirvana. I thought that was hinduisom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Catholic and got them all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anneofalamo Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I didn't know Maimonides. that one got me, and another about salvation thru faith alone being both catholic and protestant? I put neither and stand by that, and buddist and hindu always confuse me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Was it supposed to be hard? I missed two. One I second guessed myself and the other was about Maimonides. I have no idea who maimonides is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-2-7 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed one. I didn't know who Maimonides was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbeym Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I missed 4. When the Morman religion was founded - i thought it was earlier than 1800. Maimonides - never heard of him and guessed wrong. First Great Awakening - knew it wasn't Billy Graham but couldn't remember much of what it was about. Indonesia question - didn't know where they fell. I was raised Catholic, but left the church and now self-identify as an evangelistic, non-denominational Christian. But I guess the couple years I spent at a UU church helped broaden my knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I got 100% but I totally guessed on Maimonides (sp?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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