I didn't bother going past question 1. I don't feel the need to know the ins and outs of other people's religions, only the essentials of their beliefs.
Also, I'm looking at the demographic breakdown...20% of white evangelical Protestants apparently do not know who Moses is? And33% don't know what the Ten Commandments are? And 7% of Mormons don't know who Joseph Smith was?
Those seem like rather basic points of knowledge. :P
I'm not taking that quiz thing cause my computer is messed up or something. But I think I have pretty decent overall knowledge about religion, considering how I am very anti-religion.
I got 13; I got one of the US congress questions wrong and the Jewish sabbath one. I took a World Religion course at my school, so that helped, I guess.
same here. I can't remember now what the last question was :(
I forget the exact name of the event in question, but the answer was Jonathan Edwards.
Given that like 8% of the population got that one right, and given that almost everyone here has claimed to have gotten it right... I'm getting the sense that either some people are lying or I missed an important class one day in school. I'd honestly never even heard of the event or the person in question.
same here. I can't remember now what the last question was :( something about the first great awakening? i don't know wtf that is. damn you 15 years of catholic school eduksashun!
[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="comp_atkins"] same here.GabuEx
I can't remember now what the last question was :(
I forget the exact name of the event in question, but the answer was Jonathan Edwards.
Given that like 8% of the population got that one right, and given that almost everyone here has claimed to have gotten it right... I'm getting the sense that either some people are lying or I missed an important class one day in school.
Oh, right; I actually do remember that, covered it in 11th grade English; for some reason, Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" made a strong impression on me; probably just my sympathy for those suffering God's wrath :P
Oh, right; I actually do remember that, covered it in 11th grade English; for some reason, Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" made a strong impression on me; probably just my sympathy for those suffering God's wrath :Pxaos
Oh, that guy. I know the sermon well, but must've forgotten the guy's name.
[QUOTE="xaos"]Oh, right; I actually do remember that, covered it in 11th grade English; for some reason, Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" made a strong impression on me; probably just my sympathy for those suffering God's wrath :PGabuEx
Oh, that guy. I know the sermon well, but must've forgotten the guy's name.
I think I've riffed on this very forum with something like "Spammers in the Hands of an Angry Mod" :P
[QUOTE="xaos"]Oh, right; I actually do remember that, covered it in 11th grade English; for some reason, Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" made a strong impression on me; probably just my sympathy for those suffering God's wrath :Pxaos
Oh, that guy. I know the sermon well, but must've forgotten the guy's name.
I think I've riffed on this very forum with something like "Spammers in the Hands of an Angry Mod" :P
I have to ask the people in this thread: is the First Great Awakening a standard part of the American educational curriculum? I feel dumb that I had no idea about that. :P
I think the answers for when the sabbath begins were really poorly worded. The hebrew calender is lunar, so Saturday (and by extension the sabbath) hebrew calender-wise actually begins Friday night, but there's a huge distinction between just "Friday" and "Friday night".
I have to ask the people in this thread: is the First Great Awakening a standard part of the American educational curriculum? I feel dumb that I had no idea about that. :P
GabuEx
It was mentioned in my Advanced Placement History course, I don't think it came up in the standard ones.
I took the test. It finally worked for me. I got a 14. The question I missed was the one about the Catholic Church's teaching about bread and wine for Communion. Honestly, I find that pretty far-fetched that they believe that the bread and wine are literally Jesus's body and blood. I should've gotten that right, because I wonder why they even put that question there unless Catholics actually believed that the bread and wine are Jesus's body and blood. It's not noteworthy if they had thought it was figurative.
I took the test. It finally worked for me. I got a 14. The question I missed was the one about the Catholic Church's teaching about bread and wine for Communion. Honestly, I find that pretty far-fetched that they believe that the bread and wine are literally Jesus's body and blood. I should've gotten that right, because I wonder why they even put that question there unless Catholics actually believed that the bread and wine are Jesus's body and blood. It's not noteworthy if they had thought it was figurative.Genetic_Code
According to The Daily Beast 4 out of 10 Catholics got that question wrong.
I took the test. It finally worked for me. I got a 14. The question I missed was the one about the Catholic Church's teaching about bread and wine for Communion. Honestly, I find that pretty far-fetched that they believe that the bread and wine are literally Jesus's body and blood. I should've gotten that right, because I wonder why they even put that question there unless Catholics actually believed that the bread and wine are Jesus's body and blood. It's not noteworthy if they had thought it was figurative.Genetic_Code
I've discussed transubstantiation with a Catholic on this forum :o
I have to ask the people in this thread: is the First Great Awakening a standard part of the American educational curriculum? I feel dumb that I had no idea about that. :P
GabuEx
Yes, I'm pretty sure it is, or at least it was in mine.
I have to ask the people in this thread: is the First Great Awakening a standard part of the American educational curriculum? I feel dumb that I had no idea about that. :P
I try to avoid religious contact so I would be ignorant, I don't know why I just kind of think religion is annoying.
Sajo7
As an atheist I find it fascinating. Actually faith in general, whether it is political, cultural, or religious is very interesting.
Well if you look at it in the standpoint of it being a story, but for some reason I feel embarassed to watch shows about religion and I can't get out of my head that people take this stuff seriously.
[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="comp_atkins"] same here.GabuEx
I can't remember now what the last question was :(
I forget the exact name of the event in question, but the answer was Jonathan Edwards.
Given that like 8% of the population got that one right, and given that almost everyone here has claimed to have gotten it right... I'm getting the sense that either some people are lying or I missed an important class one day in school. I'd honestly never even heard of the event or the person in question.
I just guessed on that question. :P However, I have heard the name "Edwards" before, so I just guessed that.
14 out a 15... missed the one about Joseph Smith, guess I need to pay more attention to Mormons, eh? Not bad though, most of those questions were pretty easy.
wouldn't have known "Which one of these preachers participated in the period of religious activity known as the First Great Awakening?" "Jonathan Edwards" if I hadn't just covered it in history class
I have to ask the people in this thread: is the First Great Awakening a standard part of the American educational curriculum? I feel dumb that I had no idea about that. :P
GabuEx
I learned that when I was going through American history in grade 8.
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