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Aqizzar

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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #30 on: October 02, 2010, 07:58:38 pm »

Criptfiend: Like Servant Corps said, the actual test Pew gave people was a lot longer.  And most people are pretty dumb anyway.  It always amazes me how many Christians I've met who have no idea what the Day of Ascension was.

12/15 myself.  Missed the Jewish Sabbath (I always confuse it with the Muslim Sabbath), the literality of Communion (This is the actual blood of Jesus?  Man, that guy was wasted!), and the Great Awakening bit, which I should be ashamed of as a student of history.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #31 on: October 02, 2010, 08:08:51 pm »

So, I was looking at the test results, and apparently Mormons know the most on average when it's just Christianity. Can't say I saw that one coming.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #32 on: October 02, 2010, 08:19:33 pm »

Got 12/15.  The Joseph Smith one actually tripped me up because I didn't see the Mormon choice.  But seriously, why do people expect Christians to know a lot about other religions?

And yeah, the debate of the literality of communion has been going on for so long, Christians and Catholics seem to treat it as a inside joke to chuckle about.

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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2010, 08:23:38 pm »

13/15

I got the communion one wrong.... supposedly, and had no idea on the last one.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2010, 08:26:06 pm »

12/15 HOWEVER, some of the questions are bull. Apparently, Hinduism has no belief in nirvana?
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2010, 08:29:17 pm »

In Hinduisim, the concept is almost the same but has a differant name: Moksha.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #36 on: October 02, 2010, 08:34:49 pm »

Listen up americunts,
We need an Internet for you
Separate from the rest of the world

So you stop wasting out time with your biased, US-centric shit

Sincerely,
World sans usa

Yeah, and British people too!  Those bastards and their BBC, always talking about stuff in Britan.  I hate that shit, kick them off the internet, the self-centered bastards.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #37 on: October 02, 2010, 08:44:01 pm »

Listen up americunts,

If you do not like it get your own.

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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #38 on: October 02, 2010, 08:47:41 pm »

Listen up americunts,
We need an Internet for you
Separate from the rest of the world

So you stop wasting out time with your biased, US-centric shit

Sincerely,
World sans usa

A+++, would get trolled again
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #39 on: October 02, 2010, 09:03:08 pm »

8/15
Got 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, and 15 wrong.

Eh, thought I would do better.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #40 on: October 02, 2010, 09:29:17 pm »

I don't get all this complaining about "why should Christians be expected to know about other religions".  Take your pick of:  A) Because everyone should know stuff about other people.  B) Why should Hindus for instance be expected to know anything about Christianity, especially when about 10 of the 15 questions are about Christianity?  C) Because the real test is more complicated than that.

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Sweet, Aqizzar addressed me by name.

I also misspelled it, so feel free to throw a 'u' into my name next time you feel like it.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #41 on: October 02, 2010, 09:32:09 pm »

14 out of 15. Failed the sabbath one (I suspected it might begin on friday, but went for saturday nonetheless). I got the last one out of sheer chance.

TBH I think that the last 5 questions did not make much sense.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #42 on: October 02, 2010, 09:33:55 pm »

That sabbath one got us all, huh?
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« Reply #43 on: October 02, 2010, 09:40:59 pm »

I don't get all this complaining about "why should Christians be expected to know about other religions".  Take your pick of:  A) Because everyone should know stuff about other people.  B) Why should Hindus for instance be expected to know anything about Christianity, especially when about 10 of the 15 questions are about Christianity?  C) Because the real test is more complicated than that.

As I believe I am the only one that really said that and thus the 'all' I will try to answer my thoughts on your questions.

A) Although true to a certain extent I do not need to know everything. Do I need to know Ramadan? Yes probably. Do I need to know about Nirvana? Not really.

B) Christianity was only used as a example.
Why are say Catholics
Perhaps I should have used more commas.

C) You have a good point and I did not know that.

Although then it is really comparing apples and oranges, is it not?

That sabbath one got us all, huh?

*Raises hand tentatively* I got it.
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Re: Test Your Religious Knowledge
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2010, 10:12:54 pm »

14/15

Missed the question on Catholic communion.

You guys didn't know that the Sabbath started on Friday?
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