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Pew Study Does Not Say Atheists Know the Bible Better Than Theists

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My Actual Score (that block thing at the right is my score, it's off scale) I've seen it two ways, Know the Bible better or know "religion" better; both are misleading. example: tpix "Atheists Know the Bible Better than Christians? " How much do you know about religion? In a recent survey by the PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life, most Americans scored 50 percent or less on a quiz measuring knowledge of the Bible , world religions and what the Constitution says about religion in public life. The survey surprisingly found it's not evangelicals or Catholics who did the best - it's atheists and agnostics. It's not Bible -belt Southerners who scored highest - they where at the bottom of the survey. What a sad state of affairs when atheists and agnostics know more about the Bible than Christians. Last week the net was abuzz with talk of a Pew study that said atheists know the Bible better than Christians do. I found about 14 blogs referring ...