Take this quiz that will test your knowledge of religion. Once you complete the quiz, compare your results with a random sample of Americans and discuss what you find out. Please complete this posting by Monday, Nov. 14.
I scored a 14 out of 15. I figured the government would prohibit such an non-politically correct move, using the Bible in a public school is an "outrageous" in our liberal society today. To my surprise, a public school teacher can use the Bible as a literature reference. I have attended a Catholic school for 12 years, so I know my religion better than most people. Being Catholic, I not only studied my faith in depth, I have learned about other gods and religions as well. This, I believe, is how I have scored above average in the ratings against other religions.
I scored a 9 of of 15 on the quiz which is better than 62% of the population. Even though it is is not considered a good score on an academic scale, it is in this case. This could be attributed to the fact that I have been in a private catholic school for over 12 years. I have been required to take courses studying the bible, morality, world religions, ect. . . Of the groups represented, I consider myself a white catholic whose median score was 51%. While I don't see a 61% as having a 'high religious IQ', I am pleased to know that I scored higher then people similar to me. My dad will be happy to know that all of the tuition he has paid is paying off;)
As for the religious survey, I knew I wasn’t going to do so well. I scored a 6 out of 15. I scored higher than 30% of the public, but below 59% of the public. I knew most of the questions dealing with law and the Supreme Court but I had no clue about the rest of the questions. I’m surprised I even got 6 correct. But I was very surprised to read that atheists and agnostics scored higher than Protestants and Catholics on a test about religious knowledge. I don’t really have anything left to say about this topic. I’m drawing a blank. I used to go to church as a young girl, but that was ages ago. I don’t really have a label of what religion I practice or follow or agree with. Who am I to judge different religions when I know nothing about any of them?
I scored a 5 out of 15. I scored below 70% of the public population and higher than 19% of the public population. I'm shocked I was successful at five of those questions considering I only guessed. I imagine this reflects how much religion means to me but to each his own I suppose. About three questions were about teaching about religion in a public school and for me I just knew the answers. But since I don't know what you really want me to say, all I can say is this: This quiz doesn't state if I am a terrible person or a fantastic person, it only states that I'm not involved in religion all that much.
I scored a 12 out of 15. I was not really surprised at the score that I recieved. I scored about 87% of the public and higher than 7% of the public. I feel as though I scored as high because I went to Catholic school my whole life, but still some of those questions, to me, seemed more like common knowledge. I cannot really say that thought because I have been religious my whole life, so I do not really know what it is like to not be religious.
I score a 7 out of 15, which doesn't really surprise me. It doesn't surprise me because most of the questions were about the catholic religion, and I am not catholic, and I don't know a lot about other religion either. I am a religious person, but not in the catholic way. So my score didn't really surprise me the least bit.
My score was 11/15 which means that I was in the 73rd percentile. This score really did not surprise me to much becuase I am Catholic and they had quite a few questions that were related to the Catholic or Jewish religion whose principles are rather similar. When they started asking questions about the Eastern religions I was rather at a loss because I really don't have an interest in them. That does not mean that I don't think they have their own merits for I believe there is a little truth in everything, but I would rather spend time learning more about my own religion than about somebody elses. This might be a somewhat selfish world view, but I believe it is better to have a firm graspe on your own beliefs before you start studying what other religions believe.
Answering eight out ten questions correctly, I compared my score with other samples. I was actually surprised to see that catholic was not higher in average scores, because it is a dominate religion in many residents around the nation. Answering questions about Catholicism and Jewish religion came easier to me than easter religions.
I scored 11 out of the 15 question, giving me a 73 percentile. This means that I scored better than 80 percent of the public, but below 13 percent; which I actually find quite surprising, I expected my score to be much less. The questions I seemed to get right were any of the ones dealing with the main religions over here; questions involving the Christian or Catholic religion.
I scored a 6 out of 15 not a great score but i scored better than 30 percent of the public who have taken the quiz and i fell i do not know much about religion. I do not know much about other religions to where i feel comfortable answering questions with the best of my ability so on those I just took a guess.
I scored a 14 out of 15. I figured the government would prohibit such an non-politically correct move, using the Bible in a public school is an "outrageous" in our liberal society today. To my surprise, a public school teacher can use the Bible as a literature reference. I have attended a Catholic school for 12 years, so I know my religion better than most people. Being Catholic, I not only studied my faith in depth, I have learned about other gods and religions as well. This, I believe, is how I have scored above average in the ratings against other religions.
ReplyDeleteI scored a 9 of of 15 on the quiz which is better than 62% of the population. Even though it is is not considered a good score on an academic scale, it is in this case. This could be attributed to the fact that I have been in a private catholic school for over 12 years. I have been required to take courses studying the bible, morality, world religions, ect. . . Of the groups represented, I consider myself a white catholic whose median score was 51%. While I don't see a 61% as having a 'high religious IQ', I am pleased to know that I scored higher then people similar to me. My dad will be happy to know that all of the tuition he has paid is paying off;)
ReplyDeleteAs for the religious survey, I knew I wasn’t going to do so well. I scored a 6 out of 15. I scored higher than 30% of the public, but below 59% of the public. I knew most of the questions dealing with law and the Supreme Court but I had no clue about the rest of the questions.
ReplyDeleteI’m surprised I even got 6 correct. But I was very surprised to read that atheists and agnostics scored higher than Protestants and Catholics on a test about religious knowledge.
I don’t really have anything left to say about this topic. I’m drawing a blank. I used to go to church as a young girl, but that was ages ago. I don’t really have a label of what religion I practice or follow or agree with. Who am I to judge different religions when I know nothing about any of them?
I scored a 5 out of 15. I scored below 70% of the public population and higher than 19% of the public population. I'm shocked I was successful at five of those questions considering I only guessed. I imagine this reflects how much religion means to me but to each his own I suppose. About three questions were about teaching about religion in a public school and for me I just knew the answers. But since I don't know what you really want me to say, all I can say is this: This quiz doesn't state if I am a terrible person or a fantastic person, it only states that I'm not involved in religion all that much.
ReplyDeleteI scored a 12 out of 15. I was not really surprised at the score that I recieved. I scored about 87% of the public and higher than 7% of the public. I feel as though I scored as high because I went to Catholic school my whole life, but still some of those questions, to me, seemed more like common knowledge. I cannot really say that thought because I have been religious my whole life, so I do not really know what it is like to not be religious.
ReplyDeleteI score a 7 out of 15, which doesn't really surprise me. It doesn't surprise me because most of the questions were about the catholic religion, and I am not catholic, and I don't know a lot about other religion either. I am a religious person, but not in the catholic way. So my score didn't really surprise me the least bit.
ReplyDeleteMy score was 11/15 which means that I was in the 73rd percentile. This score really did not surprise me to much becuase I am Catholic and they had quite a few questions that were related to the Catholic or Jewish religion whose principles are rather similar. When they started asking questions about the Eastern religions I was rather at a loss because I really don't have an interest in them. That does not mean that I don't think they have their own merits for I believe there is a little truth in everything, but I would rather spend time learning more about my own religion than about somebody elses. This might be a somewhat selfish world view, but I believe it is better to have a firm graspe on your own beliefs before you start studying what other religions believe.
ReplyDeleteAnswering eight out ten questions correctly, I compared my score with other samples. I was actually surprised to see that catholic was not higher in average scores, because it is a dominate religion in many residents around the nation. Answering questions about Catholicism and Jewish religion came easier to me than easter religions.
ReplyDeleteI scored 11 out of the 15 question, giving me a 73 percentile. This means that I scored better than 80 percent of the public, but below 13 percent; which I actually find quite surprising, I expected my score to be much less. The questions I seemed to get right were any of the ones dealing with the main religions over here; questions involving the Christian or Catholic religion.
ReplyDeleteI scored a 6 out of 15 not a great score but i scored better than 30 percent of the public who have taken the quiz and i fell i do not know much about religion. I do not know much about other religions to where i feel comfortable answering questions with the best of my ability so on those I just took a guess.
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