Which Group Knows the Most About Religion? Atheists.
by Michael Collier on Oct 30, 2013 | Views: 153 | Score: 0
Average # of Questions Answered Correctly (out of 32) | |
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Hispanic Catholic | 11.6 |
Black Protestant | 13.4 |
White mainline Protestant | 15.8 |
White Catholic | 16 |
White evangelical Protestant | 17.6 |
Mormon | 20.3 |
Jewish | 20.5 |
Atheist/Agnostic | 20.9 |
Sources:
pewforum.org
Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions. On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey. Atheists/agnostics average 20.9 correct answers.