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FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
41. Easy quiz
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 10:07 AM
Aug 2013

"You answered 15 out of 15 questions correctly for a score of 100%"

What is disturbing is some of the responses from people who feel that it is unimportant to understand one of, if not the, most powerful motivators of human actions and attitudes.

People are anti-intellectual to the point of destructive ignorance.

C'mon folks: widespread curiosity and understanding are the only chance for survival we have.

I know that the three major religions Le Taz Hot Aug 2013 #1
+1 XemaSab Aug 2013 #2
Knowledge is power, MoonRiver Aug 2013 #3
15/15 XemaSab Aug 2013 #6
jews and atheist/agnostics score best on the quiz burnodo Aug 2013 #5
I am atheist and only 80%. I should have done better. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #12
I'm not in those groups and got all 15 questions Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #24
Anti-theist here, scored 14/15. Missed the last question. stopbush Aug 2013 #127
Nominally Jewish and truly lost religion nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #150
It says something about a tradition of asking questions. aquart Aug 2013 #156
Yep, that's pretty much the bottom line of it all IMO too. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #11
don't do nuance, huh? arely staircase Aug 2013 #79
9/15, I guess pretty well... PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #4
I got 14/15. MoonRiver Aug 2013 #7
Gah. I mixed up the first and second great awakenings. Recursion Aug 2013 #8
Same here. (nt) PotatoChip Aug 2013 #96
Never heard of either one. aquart Aug 2013 #153
100%. Know thy enemy. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #9
I scored in the top 16% and I'm not religious in the least, from what I've RKP5637 Aug 2013 #10
14 out of 15 surrealAmerican Aug 2013 #13
Same here. Being raised an atheist probably has something to do with my score. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #180
15/15 Bonobo Aug 2013 #14
93% due to my life long study of safeinOhio Aug 2013 #15
15/15 quaker bill Aug 2013 #16
+1 grantcart Aug 2013 #130
me too n/t catrose Aug 2013 #176
struggled with the great awakening question demwing Aug 2013 #178
early American Lit quaker bill Aug 2013 #181
Dang, missed one. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #17
I'm agnostic - you'll occasionally find me in a church TBF Aug 2013 #18
100%. Only the last question was remotely Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #19
15/15. Arkansas Granny Aug 2013 #20
I know enough to stay away from it... 99Forever Aug 2013 #21
I practice, and I believe you demwing Aug 2013 #177
Atheist Brewinblue Aug 2013 #22
Yeah, I struggled some with that one. MoonRiver Aug 2013 #30
Nice, thank you for the insult blueamy66 Aug 2013 #43
Do you actually believe that a cracker turns into flesh, suspending the laws of physics and reality? cleanhippie Aug 2013 #75
it's actually none of your business blueamy66 Aug 2013 #88
What do I believe about what? That a cracker turns into flesh? cleanhippie Aug 2013 #93
Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #97
Juror #6 really summed it up nicely, rug. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #102
I believe that I posted...."thanks for the insult" blueamy66 Aug 2013 #110
You're right. Faith could care less about reality. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #112
Bingo. Quixote1818 Aug 2013 #123
whatever.... blueamy66 Aug 2013 #158
Whatever? cleanhippie Aug 2013 #172
not quite... Ino Aug 2013 #189
Ever wondered why there are gluten-free communion wafers? If it turns into flesh, there's no gluten cleanhippie Aug 2013 #192
Yes. And wine is actually the blood. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #35
Yeah, they're a bit cannibalistic. Neoma Aug 2013 #37
Yeah - its called Transubstantiation Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #42
More than bizarre. It is sick. Like putting shrunken heads on poles. BlueStreak Aug 2013 #55
Are you saying that millions of Catholics are brainwashed? rug Aug 2013 #69
1) Yes, absolutely. 2) Somewhat -- enough to know about 1) BlueStreak Aug 2013 #105
Most Catholics don't even believe the doctrine Quixote1818 Aug 2013 #135
And then you have apologists who say things like "do you understand the doctrine?" cleanhippie Aug 2013 #78
I'll put you down as not understanding it. rug Aug 2013 #85
Put me down as not giving a shit what an apologist thinks. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #89
No, that's why you felt compelled to post. rug Aug 2013 #91
Keep trying, ruggie, you can beat that last-word compulsion. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #94
Which is, of course, why you made that post. rug Aug 2013 #100
Which is why you are unable to not hav the last word. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #106
I imagine we may all agree that civility is not predicated on any religion... merely on the person. LanternWaste Aug 2013 #196
It's only sick if you both reject it demwing Aug 2013 #179
Huh? BlueStreak Aug 2013 #182
That's puerile demwing Aug 2013 #184
The doctrine says it *IS* actually human flesh and blood. That is why it is sick. BlueStreak Aug 2013 #194
No, the doctrine says it is the substance of the Body and the Blood of Christ demwing Aug 2013 #198
I knew it because of a scene from HBO's Oz... shawn703 Aug 2013 #92
The reason I got that one is because I photograph a lot of 1st Communions Quixote1818 Aug 2013 #121
They do. I broke out in silly giggles the day they brought that up Warpy Aug 2013 #126
I don't know that much and I got 14 out of 15 cali Aug 2013 #23
Enough to know its based on ignorance and lies. GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #25
You answered 15 out of 15 questions correctly for a score of 100%. xchrom Aug 2013 #26
Nimby bearssoapbox Aug 2013 #27
15/15 etherealtruth Aug 2013 #28
You answered 14 out of 15 questions correctly for a score of 93%. Ms. Toad Aug 2013 #29
Atheist. 100%. MineralMan Aug 2013 #31
15 out of 15 but the questions were super easy Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #32
^That. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #34
Apparently that whole cannibalism thing threw many people off. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #111
Got 10/15... 2naSalit Aug 2013 #33
It's good to sort of know in order to know about history in general though. Neoma Aug 2013 #39
I grew up 2naSalit Aug 2013 #40
No no, I meant down the line in history. Neoma Aug 2013 #44
Oh, true. eom 2naSalit Aug 2013 #45
15/15. Easy test. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #36
15/15 PADemD Aug 2013 #38
Easy quiz FrodosPet Aug 2013 #41
Interestingly... 2naSalit Aug 2013 #47
It's a trivia quiz Orrex Aug 2013 #57
Religion is anti-intellectual. 99Forever Aug 2013 #84
Not Anti but Pre or Prior To The River Aug 2013 #120
13 of 15. And I got the Catholic bread and wine thing wrong. Zorra Aug 2013 #46
Got 13 out of 15 correct... Humanist_Activist Aug 2013 #48
Really? Ms. Toad Aug 2013 #81
I heard about a survey in Ireland that said about 62% of them thought... Humanist_Activist Aug 2013 #134
I photograph a lot of 1st Communions so I got that one right Quixote1818 Aug 2013 #113
14/15. The last one stumped me. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #49
Probably because it occurred a couple hundred years before you were born. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #52
I guessed on that one and got it right Quixote1818 Aug 2013 #114
That was the only one I missed too, same reason, same wrong answer. 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #166
Missed two. Numbers 10 and 15.... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #50
You answered 13 out of 15 questions correctly Coyotl Aug 2013 #51
15/15 NuclearDem Aug 2013 #53
Ditto ReasonableToo Aug 2013 #162
I got 12. This is like "how much do you know about Dungeons and Dragons BlueStreak Aug 2013 #54
I would probably do better with the D&D test PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #59
D&D has ruined / ended a lot less lives than religion BlueStreak Aug 2013 #65
Maybe 2/15. there were two constitutional questions. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #67
Agreed. BlueStreak Aug 2013 #68
The constitutional questions had the lowest scores. rug Aug 2013 #71
indeed, there are many Americans especially among fundamentalist Protestants who believe a bunch of Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #95
To be fair, The Pew Trust hootinholler Aug 2013 #72
Maybe you missed my point BlueStreak Aug 2013 #83
Yes Apparently I did, but hootinholler Aug 2013 #101
That might have been the case 2000 years ago. BlueStreak Aug 2013 #122
100 percent...... Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #56
Are there any "now much do you know about atheism" quizes online? Orrex Aug 2013 #58
Here's one, 25 questions. Not interactive though. rug Aug 2013 #74
Nice--thanks! Orrex Aug 2013 #80
Whoops--blogs are blocked while I'm at work Orrex Aug 2013 #109
Why would there be? Atheism is nothing more than a lack of belief in a god. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #82
Really? I've had decades of theists telling me what atheism "really" is. Orrex Aug 2013 #86
That is still happening right here. Theists tell non-believers here everyday what atheism really is. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #98
Heh Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #187
Because they do. rug Aug 2013 #87
if you scored 14 out of 15 - you scored better than 97% of the American public - that's scary Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #60
click on by religious affiliation Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #62
interestingly, it seems tied to how actively bounded and defined each group is MisterP Aug 2013 #128
Like many others here, I got 14 out of 15. drm604 Aug 2013 #61
Huh...well I'm surprised... pipi_k Aug 2013 #63
Non religious, 14 out of 15. I was unfamiliar with the First Great Awakening... DreamGypsy Aug 2013 #64
Discussion of religion was par for the course in geography and history classes back in the day. CBHagman Aug 2013 #66
87% ~ 13 of 15 Grey Aug 2013 #70
i know that i know nothing n/t BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #73
I "know" that it was probably "created" by clever men, who claimed to know SoCalDem Aug 2013 #76
It's the scurge of mankind. nt valerief Aug 2013 #77
93 percent arely staircase Aug 2013 #90
Religious Affiliation- doesn't list Pagan. Nor Pantheist. The questions were so general KittyWampus Aug 2013 #99
15/15 frogmarch Aug 2013 #103
Perfect. and an atheist, how common. I've found that the more one learn about Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #104
no trick questions?? handmade34 Aug 2013 #107
14/15. temporary311 Aug 2013 #108
Here is the full 32-question quiz, as originally administered in the Pew survey, for those who are kath Aug 2013 #115
got them all too treestar Aug 2013 #132
I got 0% on that one... Ms. Toad Aug 2013 #160
I got 100% right on that one too. It's too easy. MineralMan Aug 2013 #133
Atheist, 32 of 32 correct. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #141
31/32 ReasonableToo Aug 2013 #165
30/32 - missed that one and the faith alone one Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #188
Look who did the best on this Quixote1818 Aug 2013 #116
That it and it's gods are as phony as a $3 bill Submariner Aug 2013 #117
You shouldn't have done that to those nuns. Orrex Aug 2013 #119
not to mention the drunk priests RainDog Aug 2013 #164
14 out of 15 Blue_In_AK Aug 2013 #118
That fact that I knew a bit means nothing about knowing about religion.. Tikki Aug 2013 #124
14 of fifteen -- thought Jewish Sabbath started on Saturday./ nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #125
That's the only one I missed, too. GoCubsGo Aug 2013 #161
87% treestar Aug 2013 #129
15/15 n/t RainDog Aug 2013 #131
15/15 ...... oldhippie Aug 2013 #136
93%. nyquil_man Aug 2013 #137
That must be an easy quiz krawhitham Aug 2013 #138
I got them all, though the last one was a guess LeftishBrit Aug 2013 #139
14/15 and I'm an Atheist. BlueJazz Aug 2013 #140
Asking when the Jewish Sabbath begins is a nasty trick question. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #142
15/15 with an unfair advantage Jim Lane Aug 2013 #143
13 out of 15 n/t malaise Aug 2013 #144
14/15. I've not heard of the First Great Awakening previously, guessed, and missed. TransitJohn Aug 2013 #145
To make it harder, one of the names was from the *second* great awakening 100 years later Recursion Aug 2013 #167
too easy. 100% eShirl Aug 2013 #146
15/15 LadyHawkAZ Aug 2013 #147
Not a lot tabasco Aug 2013 #148
I got one wrong... not bad nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #149
15/15 Another Atheist. wickerwoman Aug 2013 #151
15/15 but Jonathan Edwards was a guess. aquart Aug 2013 #152
15/15 - Atheist Paulie Aug 2013 #154
15/15 Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #155
All questions answered correctly. They were super-easy. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #157
14 out of 15 LiberalElite Aug 2013 #159
15/15 Correct distantearlywarning Aug 2013 #163
13/15. nt City Lights Aug 2013 #168
14/15 truth2power Aug 2013 #169
I missed two Chiennoir54 Aug 2013 #170
14 of 15, missed question 8 HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #171
15/15 -- 100% correct HeiressofBickworth Aug 2013 #173
14/15 - I missed the Nirvana question - but looking it up - I see that I wasn't completely off base Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #174
Yeah, I waivered on that one, too deutsey Aug 2013 #190
Jews, atheists and Mormons are particularly well informed eridani Aug 2013 #175
atheist here. Got 14 out of 15 but I guessed on many of them... Phentex Aug 2013 #183
Enough that it the term "religion" should be stricken as it is all "mythology" snooper2 Aug 2013 #185
15 out of 15 correct Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #186
The true religion "Nudism" was not represented there! RedCloud Aug 2013 #191
Not bad. ChazII Aug 2013 #193
15/15. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #195
15 of 15 Xyzse Aug 2013 #197
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