tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post754744600649463527..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: “Atheists know most about religion” [updated]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-60389723534254723362010-10-09T16:32:16.865+13:002010-10-09T16:32:16.865+13:00Actually this is false. You write
"A new P...Actually this is false. You write <br /><br /> "A new Pew survey of religious knowledge confirms most religionists know little <i>about their own religions,</i> let alone others."<br /><br />The Survey found that athiests knew <i>less</i> about Christianity than white evangelical Christians. Athiests got higher marks overall because they knew more about Islam, Judaism, Hinduism etc and knew more about the law. But on the questions about the bible and Christianity they did less well. <br /><br />What the survey shows then is that athiests know less about Christianity than white evangelicals but know more about other religions and the law.<br /><br />see for example the analysis at http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/index.php/do-atheists-know-more-about-christianity-than-evangelicals/#more-2127. <br /><br />Funny how the atheist blogsphere have run with a story affirming the total opposite of what the study found.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03391070527721119070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3681557403405805092010-09-30T10:24:18.701+13:002010-09-30T10:24:18.701+13:00Reasonable is being an atheist.
You're not an...Reasonable is being an atheist.<br /><br />You're not an atheist.<br /><br />Therefore you are not reasonable.<br /><br />Flawless argument Dinther.Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-34599988987085373882010-09-30T09:08:18.153+13:002010-09-30T09:08:18.153+13:00@BdB With the words of Jeff from his latest post,...@BdB With the words of Jeff from his latest post, you just make it too easy.Dintherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09444894238003853527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-26392991536023316372010-09-30T08:00:46.009+13:002010-09-30T08:00:46.009+13:00I've done this test now with some other people...I've done this test now with some other people, all would call themselves Christians, and they all score 13-15.<br /><br />I'm afraid this Pew poll will be another example of too good to be true.<br /><br />Or perhaps this is an excellent example of premature optimisation, or as one would call it in LP: a suboptimal solution: Little knowledge makes one a Catholic, some knowledge makes one an atheist, and extensive knowledge makes one a Presbyterian...Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-27873855604712556672010-09-30T07:29:36.499+13:002010-09-30T07:29:36.499+13:00@Bdb: Congratulations on your coming out. :-)
@J...@Bdb: Congratulations on your coming out. :-)<br /><br />@Jeff: Phew! I was beginning to worry no-one else was chuckling.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36640377376488100582010-09-30T04:25:28.472+13:002010-09-30T04:25:28.472+13:00The quote is a clever reversal of Kant's famou...The quote is a clever reversal of Kant's famous aphorism: "I have found it necessary to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith," from his almost-as-famous work on epistemology <i>Critique of Pure Reason</i>.<br /><br />(Sorry the quote is not exact; I'm doing this from memory before my first cup of tea.)Jeffrey Perrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841019772535869442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-73726265928136653792010-09-29T19:19:07.670+13:002010-09-29T19:19:07.670+13:00BdB is out at last! ;-0BdB is out at last! ;-0Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-11180710880948560182010-09-29T13:46:28.450+13:002010-09-29T13:46:28.450+13:00Dinther, I thought the argument was that atheists ...Dinther, I thought the argument was that atheists know so much more about religion. The more you know, the more atheist you become.<br /><br />So I must be an atheist.Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-46392253637748906282010-09-29T13:26:27.671+13:002010-09-29T13:26:27.671+13:00@Berend de Boer. Good for you. You must be a good ...@Berend de Boer. Good for you. You must be a good Christian.Dintherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09444894238003853527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-29274567249806750992010-09-29T12:17:45.652+13:002010-09-29T12:17:45.652+13:00Just did the Pew survey and I scored a perfect 15 ...Just did the Pew survey and I scored a perfect 15 out of 15.Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-64115494731815443232010-09-29T11:59:29.528+13:002010-09-29T11:59:29.528+13:00It's in the right hand sidebar...It's in the right hand sidebar...Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-33164519224961030782010-09-29T11:58:15.958+13:002010-09-29T11:58:15.958+13:00Yeah, atheists are blogging and twittering this al...Yeah, atheists are blogging and twittering this all over.<br /><br />But has anyone seen the list of actual questions?Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-77028909169565319012010-09-29T11:46:13.863+13:002010-09-29T11:46:13.863+13:00Excellent.
I vaguely remember that my own convers...Excellent.<br /><br />I vaguely remember that my own conversion to atheism happened when my Catholic faith was fighting a rearguard action and I studied a Christian dictionary for reinforcement.<br /><br />Obviously, it failed, and getting that monkey off my back remains a big personal achievement.<br /><br />It intrigues me that many of us who had memes imposed on our young minds have dealt with them by studying the very things that should have kept us in the flock.J Cuttancehttp://<html dir="ltr">noreply@blogger.com