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Still, do atheists actually know more about Christianity than Christians? No. Mormons scored the highest on questions specifically about Christianity, white evangelicals came in second. Both Atheists and Jews racked up points on questions about Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism.
Still, do atheists actually know more about Christianity than Christians? No. Mormons scored the highest on questions specifically about Christianity, white evangelicals came in second. Both Atheists and Jews racked up points on questions about Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism.
Seven months makes a difference how.
From the article:
Just how badly did Christians perform?
It depends on the denomination, but no group beat the atheists/agnostics. While Jews (20.5 correct answers) and Mormons (20.3) came in second and third, white evangelical Protestants trailed with a score of 17.6, followed by white Catholics (16.0), white mainline Protestants (15.8), black Protestants (13.4), and Hispanic Catholics (11.6). "We have a weird kind of Christianity in America if Christians don't even know what Christianity is,
Adam Hamilton factors what he calls Christians' lack of introspection and curiosity into their relatively low scores: "They accept their particular faith... to be true and they stop examining it," he says, and, in turn, don't bother examining other people's beliefs. "That, I think, is not healthy for a person of any faith."
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atheists tend to grow up in a religion, then consciously give it up after much thought and research.
Old news. I remember the article. Was discussed on other sites. Conclusion: a big "so-what".
I took the short quiz. got 13 out of 15. Missed the guy who did the first great awakening and whether a teacher can use the Bible as an example of literature. Hardly the stuff of "what it means to be a Christian".
Adam Hamilton factors what he calls Christians' lack of introspection and curiosity into their relatively low scores: "They accept their particular faith... to be true and they stop examining it," he says, and, in turn, don't bother examining other people's beliefs. "That, I think, is not healthy for a person of any faith."
I think that pretty much sums it up from my POV. It's actually one of the largest problems I have with religion in America in general. Blindly followed with no to little thought about other practices or the ability to expand their religious views and beliefs.
Old news. I remember the article. Was discussed on other sites. Conclusion: a big "so-what".
I took the short quiz. got 13 out of 15. Missed the guy who did the first great awakening and whether a teacher can use the Bible as an example of literature. Hardly the stuff of "what it means to be a Christian".
I highly doubt if the results were reverse, you would say a big "so what"
Old news. I remember the article. Was discussed on other sites. Conclusion: a big "so-what".
I took the short quiz. got 13 out of 15. Missed the guy who did the first great awakening and whether a teacher can use the Bible as an example of literature. Hardly the stuff of "what it means to be a Christian".
You misspelled "old news". What you really meant "inconvenient fact" but without the courage admit that it is merely relabeled in your desperation to support the flaws and fallacies of fable based bias and intolerance, a.k.a. religion.
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