*snort* That quiz is a joke! I only got the last one wrong, because I never heard of that "great awakening" thing (and I don't think I want to), which is probably US specific, anyway, but the other questions are elementary school stuff!
It's pathetic that the nation of bible-thumpers does so badly at this, but on the other hand plausible, because there's no more potent combination than blind faith in something you don't understand, and even worse ignorance of the alternatives, to create instant fanaticism. ("You say I don't even know what I believe in? I'll kill you -- that'll prove you and everyone else my righteousness! Read a book? You think I can read? Pfft!")
And yeah, the more you know about religion, the less likely you are to participate in it yourself! Jesus may have been a wise man and more people should listen to his ideas of peace and equality, but that remains true without the mystic resurrection boohoo, miracle stories, and fancy, institutionalised rites. In fact, if people stopped to think of the message, instead of slapping his name on their own -- usually completely opposed -- goals, the improvement to the world would be amazing. Well, at the very least the hate mongers would have to be honest. I doubt most of them would actually stop only because they can't hide behind a misused name anymore.
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Date: 2010-10-01 07:13 pm (UTC)It's pathetic that the nation of bible-thumpers does so badly at this, but on the other hand plausible, because there's no more potent combination than blind faith in something you don't understand, and even worse ignorance of the alternatives, to create instant fanaticism. ("You say I don't even know what I believe in? I'll kill you -- that'll prove you and everyone else my righteousness! Read a book? You think I can read? Pfft!")
And yeah, the more you know about religion, the less likely you are to participate in it yourself! Jesus may have been a wise man and more people should listen to his ideas of peace and equality, but that remains true without the mystic resurrection boohoo, miracle stories, and fancy, institutionalised rites. In fact, if people stopped to think of the message, instead of slapping his name on their own -- usually completely opposed -- goals, the improvement to the world would be amazing. Well, at the very least the hate mongers would have to be honest. I doubt most of them would actually stop only because they can't hide behind a misused name anymore.