Who got a perfect score (15 out of 15) on this quiz about general religious knowledge? THIS GUY. Take the quiz, and then check out the demographic information. The second most knowledgeable were Atheists/Agnostics. “Worship Service Attendance” (weekly, monthly/yearly, seldom/never) had almost no correlation to increased knowledge. All in all a pretty interesting result.
I can’t imagine the production company involved will allow it to stay up for long, so move on this quick. Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” all up ons The Youtube. It’s in 10 sections, each of about 10 minutes apiece. Very thought-provoking, although you do have to tolerate a remarkable amount of blowhardiness from Bill.
Over at Andrew’s blog, his fill-ins (particularly Patrick) have been talking a lot about atheism, and posting replies from readers with their own thoughts. This one hit particularly close to home:
Maybe there is a god. Maybe there are many gods. Maybe there’s no god at all
Maybe in the end it doesn’t matter, and I’ve just got to lead the best life I can, as I see it, and if that’s not good enough in the end — if there be an end instead of a simple fading away — then as far as I’m concerned, any god that would condemn me for doing my best to be the best person I can isn’t a god I’d want to believe in, in the first place.
I completely agree. I’m not sure what I believe at this point, but I do know this: if there is a God, and He thinks homosexuals should be treated as second-class citizens or says that I can’t eat bacon, then eff that guy.