More than half of Protestants (53 percent) cannot correctly identify Martin Luther as the person who inspired the Protestant Reformation. Forty-five percent of Catholics do not know that their church teaches that the bread and wine used in Communion do not merely symbolize but actually become the body and blood of Christ. And 43 percent of Jews do not recognize that Maimonides, one of the most venerated rabbis in history, was Jewish.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
What is your Religion IQ?
What do you know about religion? Not just Christianity, but the many different religions that surround us. If you're like most Americans, you don't know very much. A new study shows that American religious knowledge is at, perhaps, an all-time low.