{"id":33514,"date":"2013-05-02T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/test-your-religious-knowledge.html"},"modified":"2013-05-06T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T16:31:04","slug":"test-your-religious-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/test-your-religious-knowledge.html","title":{"rendered":"Test your religious knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Via <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/108952536790629690817\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"108952536790629690817\">Philip Plait<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/05\/02\/science_and_religion_viral_pew_surveys_yield_surprising_results.html\" class=\"ot-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/05\/02\/science_and_religion_viral_pew_surveys_yield_surprising_results.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I scored 100%, in the 99th percentile, and didn&#39;t really think any of the questions were <i>that<\/i> difficult, except maybe one history-focused question, the last one, which was netted\u00a0the lowest scores overall.<\/p>\n<p>I found the results of the legal-focused questions interesting, too.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/features.pewforum.org\/quiz\/us-religious-knowledge\/img\/logo.gif&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/features.pewforum.org\/quiz\/us-religious-knowledge\/'>U.S. Religious Knowledge Quiz<\/a><br \/>\n                                                How much do you know about religion? And how do you compare with the average American? Take a short 15-question quiz from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life to find out.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'><span class='gpb-reshare'><br \/>This post has been reshared 1 times on <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QV8TWkhittU' target='_new'>Google+<\/a><br \/><\/span> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QV8TWkhittU' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via +Philip Plait\u00a0and\u00a0http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/05\/02\/science_and_religion_viral_pew_surveys_yield_surprising_results.html I scored 100%, in the 99th percentile, and didn&#39;t really think any of the questions were that difficult, except maybe one history-focused question, the last one, which was netted\u00a0the lowest scores overall. I found the results of the legal-focused questions interesting, too. 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