(American) atheists know ‘more about re…

thabet — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:41:42 +0000

(American) atheists know ‘more about religion than (American) believers’:

The US Religious Knowledge Survey, released Tuesday from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, found atheists and agnostics know more basic facts about the Bible than either Protestants or Catholics. Among the other findings:

• 57 percent of Protestants can name the Bible’s four gospels.

• 55 percent of Catholics know their tradition teaches that sacramental bread and wine become Christ’s body and blood.

• 15 percent of white evangelicals know Jonathan Edwards participated in the First Great Awakening.

Here’s some responses to this story I have read from American bloggers: Daniel Larison, ED Kain, and S Brent Plate.

You can take a truncated form of the the quiz at the Pew website.

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