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I so rarely link to the Christian Science Monitor
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Are you smarter than an atheist? A religious quiz
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups in a 32-question survey of religious knowledge by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. On average, Americans got 16 of the 32 questions correct. Atheists and agnostics got an average of 20.9 correct answers. Jews (20.5) and Mormons (20.3). Protestants got 16 correct answers on average, while Catholics got 14.7 questions right.


Quiz results
30 Correct
 2 Wrong
You answered 30 of 32 questions correctly for a total score of 94%.


I flubbed the acts versus faith thing and a question on pre-President Santorum consitutional law. Didn't seem like an especially hard quizz.

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What I learn from this discussion thread is that atheists and agnostics (including myself) ought to be better-informed about the First Great Awakening.

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