I got them all correct. I wonder how I'd do on the 32-question version (that's what Pew actually used, I think).
I suspect I'd do well. My atheism isn't responsible for it, though: as others have mentioned, it's education -- but I'd add also paying attention to the news. (And yeah, I was a Jesuit, so I have a bit of an edge...) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: William Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:27 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Atheism and Knowledge About Religion > > You can take the quiz at: > > http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/ > > and get your percentile ranking. > > It's ridiculously easy. > > Bill Scott > > > >>> "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> 09/28/10 9:42 PM >>> > Hi > > Shouldn't that be Bibles, Qur'ans, OR other similar texts? > If the survey questions sampled diverse religious traditions, > then perhaps a person committed to one religion might not do > well on religious tenets other than their own? > > Take care > Jim > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > [email protected] > > >>> <[email protected]> 28-Sep-10 5:24:46 PM >>> > Lacking any knowledge of empirical research regarding such > questions, plus the fact that millions of people are given > bibles, Qur'ans, and other similar texts from the moment they > are born and remain religious throughout their lives, I vote > for the third variable (or a constellation of variables). > > Miguel > > -- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:35:15 PM > Subject: Re: [tips] Atheism and Knowledge About Religion > > > > > Wuensch, Karl L wrote: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/37t55hv > > > > So, does atheism cause one to learn more about religion, does > knowing more about religion cause one to become atheist, or > might there be a third variable (or constellation of > variables) accounting for the correlation between atheism and > knowledge about religion? > Dave Silverman, president of American Atheists, was quoted in > the New York Times version of this story as saying: *I have > heard many times that atheists know more about religion than > religious people,.... > Atheism is an effect of that knowledge, not a lack of > knowledge. I gave a Bible to my daughter. That*s how you make > atheists.* > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html?_r=2&hp > > Chris Green > York U. > Toronto > ============= > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea 7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=5246 > > or send a blank email to > [email protected] tburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13058.902daf6855267276c83a63 9cbb25165c&n=T&l=tips&o=5249 > or send a blank email to > [email protected] > tburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=5250 > or send a blank email to > [email protected] tburg.edu > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5258 or send a blank email to leave-5258-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
