How much do you know about religion? (test yourself in the Pew Forum Test)

http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/ ^

[MNDude]

And how do you compare with the average American? Here's your chance to find out.

Take our short, 15-question quiz, and see how you do in comparison with 3,412 randomly sampled adults who were asked these and other questions in the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey. This national poll was conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life from May 19 through June 6, 2010, on landlines and cell phones, in English and Spanish.

[al_c]

14 out of 15 for this Catholic. I missed the last one about the great awakening.

No, I didn’t pick Billy Graham on that one. :-)

[truthguy]

Read later

[RobRoy]

I’m taking the test anyway just for fun, but the site is not responding very well.

I’m on question seven and have no clue what the answer is (regarding Vishnu and Shiva). I guessed Taoism only because it is the religion I know the least about (of the ones mentioned) and I have not come across those two words before..

The first six were easy, even the trick question about the Sabbath.

[andy58-in-nh]

100%. Even I’m surprised. ;-)

[bvw]

This ‘quiz’ isn’t about religion at all. It’s about Statist secular control, and telling the masses what they must think of religion.

[TheBattman]

The quiz is VERY slow - each page takes several seconds for the server to even reply...ugh

[Ro_Thunder]

The test kept crashing for me - but I refreshed and got through it.

You answered 14 out of 15 questions correctly
for a score of 93%.

SPOILERS -

Question Your Response Correct Answer % of survey respondents answering correctly
1. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt? correct Answer Moses Moses 72%
2. What was Mother Teresa’s religion? correct Answer Catholic Catholic 82
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Ten Commandments? correct Answer Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Do unto others as you would have them do unto you 55
4. When does the Jewish Sabbath begin? correct Answer Friday Friday 45
5. Is Ramadan…? correct Answer The Islamic holy month The Islamic holy month 52
6. Which of the following best describes the Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for Communion? correct Answer The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ. 40
7. In which religion are Vishnu and Shiva central figures? correct Answer Hinduism Hinduism 38
8. Which Bible figure is most closely associated with remaining obedient to God despite suffering? correct Answer Job Job 39
9. What was Joseph Smith’s religion? correct Answer Mormon Mormon 51
10. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer, or not? correct Answer No, not permitted No, not permitted 89
11. According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to read from the Bible as an example of literature, or not? correct Answer Yes, permitted Yes, permitted 23
12. What religion do most people in Pakistan consider themselves? correct Answer Muslim Muslim 68
13. What was the name of the person whose writings and actions inspired the Protestant Reformation? correct Answer Martin Luther Martin Luther 46
14. Which of these religions aims at nirvana, the state of being free from suffering? correct Answer Buddhism Buddhism 36
15. Which one of these preachers participated in the period of religious activity known as the First Great Awakening? wrong Answer Billy Graham Jonathan Edwards 11

[TheBattman]

Make that - they are having major issues:

We are experiencing technical difficulties and are working to resolve them. Please try again soon.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Too easy.

I wanted atleast one question about Serpent Handling.

[Rightly Biased]

for later

[wita]

(I confused the Hindus and Buddhists on the Nirvana question).

As did I.

Missed the Jewish sabbath start day as well.

[fatima]

Keeps crashing.

[born2bfree]

14 out of 15 for me.  I missed the Buddhist question.

I am not much of a "Church goer" any more. 

I am more of a "being the Church" and much prefer to set around the living room discussing scripture with believers and non believers alike and discovering what Jesus has to say to us.

Call it House Church, Simple Church, Organic Church, or whatever where we have meatings around the dinner table which are much more enjoyable than meetings sitting in rows.

[IYAS9YAS]

Same here (93%). Missed #15. Never heard of it.

[RobRoy]

I just finished the test but it crashed. It was really a “culture/history” test. It was the kind of stuff you learn in “religious studies” class. Good for understanding other cultures or maybe doing well at Trival Pursuit, but not much use for coming to any understanding of ones Creator or relationship with same - or even fellow man for that matter.

[mpackard]

Shiva, the destroyer.....Hinduism (I just read about it in a Bourne book : ))

[GingisK]

...One can study the Bible and unlock all it’s secrets and still know nothing about the world’s religions...

That wasn't the case until Martin Luther paved the way to making the Bible available to "common people". Prior to that, Scripture was accessable only to church officials.

[QBFimi]

bible ping

[RobRoy]

What about the Greek Orthodox church?

[RobRoy]

>>Shiva, the destroyer.....Hinduism <<

Doh!

I love your source. ;)