Survey Measures Americans' Knowledge on Religion

Tue, Sep. 28 2010
By Audrey Barrick
Christian Post Reporter

Compared to atheists and agnostics, Protestants are less knowledgeable about the teachings, history and figures of major world religions, a new survey reveals.

Out of 32 religious knowledge questions asked by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, atheists and agnostics had on average 20.9 correct answers while Protestants as a whole answered 16 correctly.

Jews and Mormons also scored high with 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively.

When it came to Christianity, however, white evangelical Protestants were among those with the highest levels of knowledge. They scored 7.3 out of 12 on questions related to the Bible and Christianity. Mormons were the only ones to score higher, with 7.9. . the rest

Nevertheless, the survey showed that faithful Americans know little even about their own religion.

Survey: Americans don't know much about religion

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