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paulistano in useless_facts

Mrs. Ark?

Nov 16, 2007 07:17

10% of Americans think Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.

Roughly 50% of Americans can't name a Gospel in the Bible (e.g. Matthew, Mark, Luke or John).

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justatailor November 16 2007, 15:06:47 UTC

The second fact is interesting seeing as how like 80% of Americans are Christian.

dj_underdog November 16 2007, 16:13:31 UTC

And I bet even less know the Ten Commandments.

kharmii November 16 2007, 16:13:38 UTC

I think it's because so many people identify themselves as being Christian because it's their culture, yet they don't regularly go to church. I was like that for so many years until just recently.

donchep November 16 2007, 22:08:48 UTC

See, but even then I find it sad, because regardless of beliefs the Bible is an important document for the sake of cultural literacy in the entire Western World.

paulistano November 16 2007, 23:15:39 UTC

I totally agree. Aside from its cultural impact, the prose and poetry are just beautiful, especially in the King James Version. While a person may not agree with the message, there's no denying the beauty of the expression.

justatailor November 17 2007, 10:19:10 UTC

And I identified as Roman Catholic for many years despite being pretty ignorant about my religion. Then I was agnostic for awhile and then I realized that, hey, I just don't dig this whole god thing anymore.

I personally think the book of Revelations is an excellent read, though.

growing_rose November 16 2007, 18:22:33 UTC

I wanna see some of these statistics applied STRICTLY to atheists or other non-Christians. I took a test in middle school which asked a few questions regarding the Bible and it made me think "What if I was Taoist? Raised in a family completely of that religion? Why in the world would I need to know something about the Bible then?"

joe71 November 17 2007, 02:07:07 UTC

My personal experience has actually been that atheists, at least, are fairly well-versed in the Bible.
After all, once you read what it *actually* says, you start to realize that it doesn't make any sense...

growing_rose November 17 2007, 03:24:05 UTC

I really must sit down and read the Bible one day. I've read LOTS of pieces of it when I was religious, but never got the chance to finish. Must get a copy of the Koran and a copy other religious books, too.

Then again ... I already have thirty plus books that I need to read and those are just the ones in my possession, not the ones that I intend to read, but don't own yet like "Y, the Last Man".

joe71 November 17 2007, 03:29:43 UTC

The book of Job is really eye-opening. I'd suggest reading that one, in particular.

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