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Last fall, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life put out a U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey in which atheists did better than Christians in answering some basic questions about such matters as, “Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt?” (In case you were wondering, the correct answer was “Charlton Heston.” And if you believe that, odds are you are Christian and not an atheist — at least according to the Pew poll.)
The reason atheists did better is that, being at war with all mankind about the thing that matters to it most, they oppose all theists and are wary of the whole broad spectrum of religious belief (though with a particular focus on Christ, to be sure). Christians, in contrast, can hold up their end when talking about Christianity, but have never boned up on Jewish, Mormon, Islamic or Hindu teachings since, well, they’re Christian.
Anyway, not to be outdone by our atheist crosstown rivals, I thought it would be a good thing to offer our own quiz and see if we can’t increase our batting average with a second try. However, since OSV’s readers are largely Catholic, I thought we should focus on our knowledge of the Catholic faith and not spend time on Mormonism, Shinto, ancestor worship, Zoroastrianism, or the Seventh Seed in the Spirit Peculiar Baptists. After all, it’s best to have one’s own house in order before minding others’.
Accordingly, give this quiz a shot and see what your Catholic theological knowledge quotient (TKQ) is! A link to all the answers is at the end of the questions.
Catholic TKQ test
Circle the letter or letters that best fit the question, then click link below to see the correct answers.
1. According to Scripture, the universe was created
A. because God was lonely and needed somebody to talk to.
B. from nothing by the word of God.
C. because God needed a laboratory in which to learn new things.
D. by Stephen Hawking.
Click here to go to the other 14 questions and the answers
Last fall, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life put out a U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey in which atheists did better than Christians in answering some basic questions about such matters as, “Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt?” (In case you were wondering, the correct answer was “Charlton Heston.” And if you believe that, odds are you are Christian and not an atheist — at least according to the Pew poll.)
The reason atheists did better is that, being at war with all mankind about the thing that matters to it most, they oppose all theists and are wary of the whole broad spectrum of religious belief (though with a particular focus on Christ, to be sure). Christians, in contrast, can hold up their end when talking about Christianity, but have never boned up on Jewish, Mormon, Islamic or Hindu teachings since, well, they’re Christian.
Anyway, not to be outdone by our atheist crosstown rivals, I thought it would be a good thing to offer our own quiz and see if we can’t increase our batting average with a second try. However, since OSV’s readers are largely Catholic, I thought we should focus on our knowledge of the Catholic faith and not spend time on Mormonism, Shinto, ancestor worship, Zoroastrianism, or the Seventh Seed in the Spirit Peculiar Baptists. After all, it’s best to have one’s own house in order before minding others’.
Accordingly, give this quiz a shot and see what your Catholic theological knowledge quotient (TKQ) is! A link to all the answers is at the end of the questions.
Catholic TKQ test
Circle the letter or letters that best fit the question, then click link below to see the correct answers.
1. According to Scripture, the universe was created
A. because God was lonely and needed somebody to talk to.
B. from nothing by the word of God.
C. because God needed a laboratory in which to learn new things.
D. by Stephen Hawking.
Click here to go to the other 14 questions and the answers
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