Survey: Americans don't know much about religion

[JDaveG]

(09-28-2010 08:57 PM)zigg zagg Wrote:  im an atheist and i dont sling mud. my wife is christian and i encourage her to participate in church etc... i showed her this article last night and she agreed, she said i know a lot more about religion than most people she knows especially supposed christians. i thought the article was very good and she did too. i dont see why you would suggest that atheists know more because we study to sling mud. i think the article hit the nail on the head when it stated that we have spent time looking at other religions and philosiphies as opposed to turning reason off in the name of faith and shutting down any kind of study of other ideas.

I should clarify -- I don't think atheists and agnostics necessarily find fault and sling mud. My agreement was with the fact they tend to study more. I know a lot of atheists who are comparative religion majors, for example. They tend to have broader knowledge of various religious beliefs and customs, but the knowledge tends to not be very deep.

I should read more carefully and detail more carefully what I agree with and what I do not. My apologies for that.

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(09-28-2010 11:40 PM)phocis850 Wrote:  And for the record, the "Christians" being the loudest are the ones getting the attention. Seek the quiet and humble ones and you'll find more honest answers.

Agreed. The proselytizers are also typically the least informed.

[zigg zagg]

great responses from everyone.

[HolyDuckett!]

(09-28-2010 11:40 PM)phocis850 Wrote:  I'm a Christian. I ain't skeered of saying it
Religion is for the dogs, but that higher being will be forever.

I'll just add this one comment and then I'm done (admining a football forum here, not TBN).

It takes one moment in someones life to truly believe. That moment cannot be manufactured, nor can it be planned for. It just happens and it happens in a specific way for each individual. Some people are ready to listen at that moment, others are too busy or just don't care.

I had a moment when I was 15 years old and it nearly scared the crap out of me. I tell those that are interested in it what happened and some people are like "wow", others not so much. But then you can hear about someone elses moment and it is completely different.

Get what I'm saying?

I'm not trying to convert anyone on here. I respect what people believe (right or wrong). Everyone has a right to seek the answers in their own ways. All I can do is give my experiences as my point of view.

And for the record, the "Christians" being the loudest are the ones getting the attention. Seek the quiet and humble ones and you'll find more honest answers.

Nicely put.

I scored 13/15, which was 93 percentile. I missed the two questions which were essentially on Christian history.

[JDaveG]

(09-30-2010 02:46 AM)HolyDuckett! Wrote:  Nicely put.

I scored 13/15, which was 93 percentile. I missed the two questions which were essentially on Christian history.

Did you even blink at the Jewish sabbath question? I knew better -- it asked when it STARTED, not which day it was. And being entirely fair, technically by Jewish reckoning, after sundown on Friday IS Saturday. But the way it was worded threw me.

Orthodox Christians use Jewish reckoning to this day in their calendar. If a particular feast day follows on a Wednesday, and if we hold an evening service to celebrate it, it falls on Tuesday night (evening Vespers being the first service for the following day). I kicked myself for missing that question.

[TomBradyMVP12]

I am not the most religious person and I don't try to be but I do believe in God and Jesus and I love them very much. I don't go to church or anything like that. I just say my prayers, read my Bible everyday, and try to watch my actions and thoughts.