Post by Zadkiel on Feb 12, 2016 16:37:58 GMT
Have a question about religion? If you want want the best answers, you ought to ask someone that completely rejects it!
According to a survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, atheists and agnostics tend to know more about religion than members of most faiths, the Los Angeles Times reports. For example, most Protestants could not identify Martin Luther as the founder of the Protestant movement. Atheists took the top spot in the survey, followed by a tie between Mormons and Jews.
Why did atheists do so well? The study concluded that people often reject faith after growing up in a religious household, where they first learn a lot about religion, then challenge it, find its shortcomings and leave it. Also, atheists and agnostics tend to be better educated in general. Why did Christians do so poorly? It may be because once someone accepts a faith blindly, they stop examining it.
According to a survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, atheists and agnostics tend to know more about religion than members of most faiths, the Los Angeles Times reports. For example, most Protestants could not identify Martin Luther as the founder of the Protestant movement. Atheists took the top spot in the survey, followed by a tie between Mormons and Jews.
Why did atheists do so well? The study concluded that people often reject faith after growing up in a religious household, where they first learn a lot about religion, then challenge it, find its shortcomings and leave it. Also, atheists and agnostics tend to be better educated in general. Why did Christians do so poorly? It may be because once someone accepts a faith blindly, they stop examining it.
