“While most respondents across the board crushed the questions regarding the Bible, the fact that only about half knew that the Golden Rule is not one of the Ten Commandments is pretty weak. It’s straight out of the Onion story about the area man who’s a ‘Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be.’ ”
Mary Beth Williams writing about the Pew religious knowledge survey at Salon.com; an interesting take from a skeptical believer.
Having gotten 15 out of 15 on that Pew quiz (by the skin of my teeth), I would love to take the full test. I was a paid ringer this year, singing for the first time at the Jewish High Holy Days at a local synagogue, and it was depressing to see how much I don’t know about that faith, given that my father is Jewish.
As my college Religion professor says, “Have you ever met a Judeo-Christian?”