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  • Tom Servo
    Area Man
    • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
    • 5898
    #1

    Are you smarter than an atheist?

    While looking at polling data for another thread, I came across this quiz from the Christian Science Monitor. It's 32 quick and easy religious questions. They say that atheists and agnostics actually got more of these questions than other religious people. How do you compare?

    I got 81%, which was below the average of 84%.

    QUIZ
    “Any sufficiently advanced capitalism is indistinguishable from rent seeking.” ~ =j
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    • phillygirl
      Not superior, just kind
      • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
      • 19840
      #2
      I got 97%...1 question wrong about the Protestants.
      Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
      Robert Southwell, S.J.

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        • gary m
          Reprobate
          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
          • 8016
          #3
          USA
          Are you smarter than an atheist? A religious quiz
          Quiz results

          Your score Average reader score
          31
          Correct 1
          Wrong 97%
          You answered 31 of 32 questions correctly for a total score of 97%.

          Get the 4 gospels order wrong. John, Paul, George and Ringo was not an option, so I took a guess and it was the wrong one.
          We are so fucked.

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            • Lady Marva
              Senior Member
              • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
              • 13321
              #4
              88%. Acceptable.

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                • Celeste Chalfonte
                  apostate
                  • Saturday, October 5, 2013
                  • 27897
                  #5
                  Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
                  I got 97%...1 question wrong about the Protestants.
                  Also 97%, because I gave the post-1999 answer. Mine was correct NOW. They didn't say, "Traditionally...."
                  "Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)

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                    • phillygirl
                      Not superior, just kind
                      • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                      • 19840
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Celeste Chalfonte View Post
                      Also 97%, because I gave the post-1999 answer. Mine was correct NOW. They didn't say, "Traditionally...."
                      Which question?
                      Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
                      Robert Southwell, S.J.

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                        • Celeste Chalfonte
                          apostate
                          • Saturday, October 5, 2013
                          • 27897
                          #7
                          Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
                          Which question?
                          Salvation by faith alone.
                          "Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)

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                            • Gingersnap
                              Resident stylistic consultant
                              • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                              • 24058
                              #8
                              Quiz results

                              Average reader score 84%

                              Your score 32 Correct, 0 Wrong 100%

                              You answered 32 of 32 questions correctly for a total score of 100%.
                              Guess I am.
                              "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."

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                                • Michele
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                  • 13964
                                  #9
                                  Are you smarter than an atheist? A religious quiz
                                  Quiz results

                                  Your score Average reader score
                                  31
                                  Correct 1
                                  Wrong 97%
                                  You answered 31 of 32 questions correctly for a total score of 97%.

                                  Got the question about shiva, vishnu, Hindu wrong...should have looked at the words longer to make a better guess.
                                  May we raise children who love the unloved things - the dandelion, the worm, the spiderlings.
                                  Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards the sun...
                                  And when they're grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice,
                                  may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the one.

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                                    • Gingersnap
                                      Resident stylistic consultant
                                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                      • 24058
                                      #10
                                      I have used my superior guessing skills on many quizzes to good effect but none were needed here for me. I study the Bible and I have taken comparative religion courses in college and continue to read about many religions even now.

                                      Now being an excellent adherent to my own faith always, not so much.

                                      I do try, though.
                                      "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."

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                                        • phillygirl
                                          Not superior, just kind
                                          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                          • 19840
                                          #11
                                          I don't study the Bible. I only guessed on 1…the one I got wrong. Although, in truth, I only found out about transubstantiation while in college….from a Protestant…I was like "whaaat??"
                                          Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
                                          Robert Southwell, S.J.

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                                            • Gingersnap
                                              Resident stylistic consultant
                                              • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                              • 24058
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
                                              I don't study the Bible. I only guessed on 1…the one I got wrong. Although, in truth, I only found out about transubstantiation while in college….from a Protestant…I was like "whaaat??"
                                              Well, you are widely read and most people aren't and those who are often skip anything that smacks of the Holy (in any religion).

                                              More's the pity.
                                              "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."

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                                                • Michele
                                                  Senior Member
                                                  • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                                  • 13964
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
                                                  I don't study the Bible. I only guessed on 1…the one I got wrong. Although, in truth, I only found out about transubstantiation while in college….from a Protestant…I was like "whaaat??"
                                                  I thought the bible questions were easy...just not up on everything about Hinduism. And...well...I think I'm okay with missing one.
                                                  May we raise children who love the unloved things - the dandelion, the worm, the spiderlings.
                                                  Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards the sun...
                                                  And when they're grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice,
                                                  may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the one.

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                                                    • scott
                                                      Go-to Guru
                                                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                                      • 15799
                                                      #14
                                                      97%

                                                      I thought John Edwards was a creepy Democrat.
                                                      "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                                                      -John Locke

                                                      "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                                                      -Newman

                                                      "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                                                      -Newman

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                                                        • phillygirl
                                                          Not superior, just kind
                                                          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                                          • 19840
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by scott View Post
                                                          97%

                                                          I thought John Edwards was a creepy Democrat.
                                                          Me too...or someone that talks to ghosts!
                                                          Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
                                                          Robert Southwell, S.J.

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