How good is your religious knowledge?

14/ 15, I answered nirvana as belonging to Hinduism instead of Buddhism :( I have to refresh what I know on the two.gamefan606

Meh, I don't know anything about supreme court rulings. However, I remember everything I was taught in school :P

13/15

14/15

Catholics REALLY think communion becomes the literal blood and body of christ? That's horrible. When I was a Christian, I figured communion was symbolic.

14/15

Catholics REALLY think communion becomes the literal blood and body of christ? That's horrible. When I was a Christian, I figured communion was symbolic.

Lab392

I still think of it as symbolic anyways. I actually started off with pretty bad marks in grade 9 religion because my teacher didn't like my opinions. :P

14/15

Catholics REALLY think communion becomes the literal blood and body of christ? That's horrible. When I was a Christian, I figured communion was symbolic.

Lab392

13/15

I'm kinda surprised. I didn't know about the jewish sabbath, I haven't had much exposure to Judaism. Also the one with the person who was most obedient to god despite suffering.

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14/15

Catholics REALLY think communion becomes the literal blood and body of christ? That's horrible. When I was a Christian, I figured communion was symbolic.

Theokhoth

I've talked to Catholics before on this matter and I still have no idea what is really meant by it. It's like, it's still bread and wine, and nothing physically changes, but it's actually Christ's body and blood, even though physically it's still bread and wine, and... this is about where I get sufficiently confused to give up.

14/15. I missed the last question because it was so obscure compared to the rest. Plus, the rest of the questions were incredibly simple and focused highly on Western traditions.

And its pretty obvious why atheists tend to have greater knowledge of religions... because they invest time in actually learning about them, instead of just accepting what their religious community leader talks about.

I'm going on to be a professor of religious studies... so I hope I would have done well on this quiz... >_>

14/15. I missed the last question because it was so obscure compared to the rest.

foxhound_fox

Oh good, another Canadian missed the last question, I don't feel so bad now. :P

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14/15

Catholics REALLY think communion becomes the literal blood and body of christ? That's horrible. When I was a Christian, I figured communion was symbolic.

GabuEx

I've talked to Catholics before on this matter and I still have no idea what is really meant by it. It's like, it's still bread and wine, and nothing physically changes, but it's actually Christ's body and blood, even though physically it's still bread and wine, and... this is about where I get sufficiently confused to give up.

14/15

Catholics REALLY think communion becomes the literal blood and body of christ? That's horrible. When I was a Christian, I figured communion was symbolic.

Lab392

That's a pretty important part of the Catholic faith. I'm surprised so many Catholics got that one wrong. In fact, I have a hard time believing that those people are really practicing Catholics.

Article about this in the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html?_r=2&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB

"One finding that may grab the attention of policy makers is that most Americans wrongly believe that anything having to do with religion is prohibited in public schools."

"But fewer than one of four knew that a public school teacher is permitted "to read from the Bible as an example of literature." And only about one third knew that a public school teacher is permitted to offer a cIass comparing the world's religions."

This surprises me a lot. I would have expected quite the opposite from the religious people.

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"Fifty-three percent of Protestants could not identify Martin Luther as the man who started the Protestant Reformation."

"Forty-five percent of Catholics did not know that their church teaches that the consecrated bread and wine in holy communion are not merely symbols, but actually become the body and blood of Christ."

Wow. That is incredibly surprising. It just goes to show how little people are actually learning "about" their religions... and are just participating in the community and rituals.

"One finding that may grab the attention of policy makers is that most Americans wrongly believe that anything having to do with religion is prohibited in public schools."

"But fewer than one of four knew that a public school teacher is permitted "to read from the Bible as an example of literature." And only about one third knew that a public school teacher is permitted to offer a cIass comparing the world's religions."

This surprises me a lot. I would have expected quite the opposite from the religious people.

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"Fifty-three percent of Protestants could not identify Martin Luther as the man who started the Protestant Reformation."

"Forty-five percent of Catholics did not know that their church teaches that the consecrated bread and wine in holy communion are not merely symbols, but actually become the body and blood of Christ."

Wow. That is incredibly surprising. It just goes to show how little people are actually learning "about" their religions... and are just participating in the community and rituals.

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