And by religious education, I’m still not referring just to Sunday school.
A survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life show just how little Americans know about religion– including their own– which is pretty dismaying.
Some highlights:
•45% of Catholics did not know their Church teaches that the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Christ, not just a symbol
•atheists and agnostics did the best on the test, followed closely by Jews and Mormons
•only 23% thought that public school teachers were allowed to read from the Bible as an example of literature/history
•only 54% knew that the Koran was the Islamic holy book
Take a shortened quiz, based on the survey, here. The full questionnaire is also available [PDF].
