You scored 15/66 = 23%. This beats or equals 9.2% of test takers.
-- I think that the people who take this quiz are people who know about the Bible in general. People tend to avoid quizzes they are completely clueless about.
The numbers are high, because those who know the bible well are more likely to take the quiz. Those who don't know it probably skip it. Just like I skip any quizzes related to professional Hockey, Basketball and Soccer.
I always remember it because I believe it's about an angel that visits to fortell the revelation, yes? OR I am a good ol Catholic who knows so little of the Bible? LOL
9/66 I'm quite pleased with that having never read the Bible in my life and having only been to church for weddings and school Christmas services, I knew the first 5 of the Old Testament and the first 4 of the New.
Why is it that Micah is designed to trip me up by not asking for the H, but Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Obadiah, Jonah, Zephaniah, and Zechariah are not?
I'm using an apt metaphor to make a joke, not insulting anyone or making any sort of argument. You see the joke as insulting and argumentative because the apt metaphor triggers some self-realization that puts you on the defensive... consider why.
Fishbone do you exist solely to troll kalbahamut? I have seen a few of your comments now all declaring that kal has lost an argument and nothing else except maybe a casual insult.
First time I've noticed this person but yes my head is so full of thoughts of how amazing I am that I am much too stupid to understand that I got owned by the guy snootily ranking forms of humor so as to make themselves feel superior to someone making a joke they disagree with. He's totally got me pegged.
TWM03, I call 'em like I see 'em. thanks for noticing that I give opinions (both good and bad). Kal has enough trolls already and knows how to put on his big boy pants, he doesn't need me.
You scored 16/66 = 24%. Sad that I only remembered this many books. Proud that I haven't wasted time memorizing more because religion is a waste of time.
What TW said. If you're waiting to figure things out until you're dead, by the time you have the opportunity to figure out you've been wrong all along it will be too late and you'll never realize it.
I wouldnt say relationships with imaginary people is a waste of time. It helps a lot of people through tough times and I am not talking about just religion. But like kids from an abusive family and stuff like that, they make up a friend, a safe place so to speak.
I am also not sure if knowing about religion is important, definitely not necesarry. Not more or less necesarry than knowing all the plantnames or cities in another country. It cán be usefull. But you can get along just fine not knowing anything about it.
really? I'm quite sure that religion has a much greater impact on the world than the names of the planets. Even as obviously made up as it is, it still informs a great deal of human behaviors, interactions, psychology, customs and laws.
As the religion basis is usually having a deity, if religion isn’t a waste of time, then, what you said, “imaginary friend” is not a waste of time. No offense, of course.
Lately I feel like I've spotted more and more old threads that must have previously contained some years-old comments by me that just recently went missing... like here... what is Conservatopia even responding to originally? And why nix it? It couldn't have been that bad if it stood for four years. It just makes the series of follow-up comments confusing. QM or someone got mad at me one day and started going through and deleting comments I guess.... or... they're just generally fed up with me at this point and now whenever anyone reports one of my years-old comments for being offensive or insulting... instead of ignoring the frivolous complaints... he's started deleting the old comments. To the detriment of the site. Whatever. I have no idea what my original comment here was that Conservatopia was replying to... but I can't imagine a bigger waste of time than a relationship with an imaginary friend.
If we're Christians and it doesn't pan out in the end, oh well. We can say we tried to live a good life and care for others, been loyal to our family and tried to make the world a better place.
If we're not Christians, though, and we show up on the doorstep of heaven, then we're in big trouble.
Pascal's Wager is so deeply flawed that it is a completely bogus argument, and it is very insulting and naive of you to say that people who are not christian are unable to "care for others, be loyal to their family and try to make the world a better place"
You can do all those things without being Christian. Many people do, and they do it without subjugating or degrading homosexuals, women, and other "heathens." If there is a God who is in any way like the Christian conception, I think he'd be smart enough to know the difference between genuine believers and people who just shrugged and said "Well, what do I have to lose?" That's a bit like saying to someone you're dating, "Well, you're not great, but I don't think I could do better, so..."
I would suggest looking up the article on Pascal's Wager at RationalWiki. It's hilarious, in addition to being extremely thorough in its logical debunking.
It doesn't give a date for Christ's birth, just as it doesn't say how many wise men there were, and it certainly doesn't mention a Christmas tree in the desert land nor tell about Santa Claus. Not all our Christmas traditions come from the Bible. I have no problems with celebrating arbitrarily assigned days to honor Christ's birth, death, and resurrection, nor do I have a problem with celebrating traditions that were integrated from other cultures or pagan celebrations, such as Christmas trees, Easter eggs, etc I celebrate both the religious holidays and some of the secular traditions. There are sects of Christianity who do not celebrate Christmas for reasons such as the one you mentioned, and I have no problem with them, either. I've never had anyone tell me I can't celebrate the religious holiday, but if it happened, then that I would have a problem with. To those of you who celebrate this time of year, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and/or Happy Holidays to all.
The days aren't actually arbitrary, but they come from pagan tradition predating Christianity. And I have no problem with Christians assigning significance to the date, either, or taking older traditions and putting their own spin on them. And I certainly don't take any issue with the idea that there should be a day where people try to be nicer to each other or celebrate family or generosity or other stuff like that. Just a bit of fun, on all sides of this comment.
Nowhere. Apparently, archaeological studies say that Jesus was born in a period correspondent to the month of October. I believe it was this date by convention of the Catholics, and the date stayed like that, although we celebrate Jesus’s birthday everyday.
There is no archaeological evidence that Jesus was ever born at all, let alone that indicates which month he was born. The simple fact of the matter is we do not know and likely never will. But there were holidays set near the the winter solstice long before the first century AD. When Christianity became a Roman religion, it co-opted many pagan Roman holidays and traditions.
According to the bible, Jesus was murdered when he was 33 and 1/2 years old. Since his arrest was effected sometime after he celebrated the last supper (Passover dinner) with his apostles,
and as the Passover is always celebrated in either later March or early April, counting six months from April would bring us to October. Thus, it is likely that Jesus was born sometime in October, while it was still warm enough for the shepherds to be out in the field with their flock.
It's warm enough in Israel for shepherds to sleep outside all year. Especially 2000 years ago when people weren't accustomed to indoor climate controls. And Jesus was executed as a criminal, according to tradition, not murdered.
Pilate admitted there was no basis for his execution. Since he wasn't a criminal in that sense, it is fair to say he was murdered. And his crucifixion was not traditional. There were many things that were done differently with the intent to cause more pain and suffering than usual.
You believe that a civilization that executed criminals by nailing them to elevated posts and slowly letting them die agonizing deaths to sepsis, exposure, dehydration and/or animal predation is concerned about the humane treatment of political prisoners and traitors to the empire? You've been sold a bill of goods, man.
Pilate said that he found no reason for crucifix Jesus. He could basically say a “f*** up” to the people who pressuring for the crucifix of Jesus, and release Him, but was everything already “consummate”. If not by that we wouldn’t be free of the sin (although we still sin), and have the chance of live with God in the heaven.
Know them all in danish, but struggled real hard with the english names and spelling. Got them all however, except Ecclesiastes and Lamentations, which are called something entirely different in danish.
Would God give you credit for knowing the names of nearly all the books of the Bible in some language that the books weren't originally written in and isn't your first language? What sort of credit would he give you? Do you think I should learn them in as many languages as possible? Do some languages count more than others? I wonder if God would give me credit for learning languages generally...
Average score is 41, wow I thought I was pretty average with 10.. I guess mainly religious people (or with religious upbringing) took this quiz and others avoided it.
Damn, super tough for someone who's not Christian or from a Christian family. I did read it for some basic understanding at some point but I didn't really pay attention to the book names. 26/66 isn't even close to average but I feel like I performed fairly well. Many of those were guesses though.
This beats or equals 4.8% of test takers. This quiz was really tough. 40% of the people knew Habakkuk. really?
-- I think that the people who take this quiz are people who know about the Bible in general. People tend to avoid quizzes they are completely clueless about.
"I will hide Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You." Apparently it refers to the books of the Bible as well, hmm?
The Lord knows those that are His.
I am also not sure if knowing about religion is important, definitely not necesarry. Not more or less necesarry than knowing all the plantnames or cities in another country. It cán be usefull. But you can get along just fine not knowing anything about it.
If we're Christians and it doesn't pan out in the end, oh well. We can say we tried to live a good life and care for others, been loyal to our family and tried to make the world a better place.
If we're not Christians, though, and we show up on the doorstep of heaven, then we're in big trouble.
It comes in handy... although not for spelling. :P
kidding... Merry Christmas, JetPunkers
Merry (late) Christmas for you also :)
and as the Passover is always celebrated in either later March or early April, counting six months from April would bring us to October. Thus, it is likely that Jesus was born sometime in October, while it was still warm enough for the shepherds to be out in the field with their flock.
If it were only one, then it would be Psalm. (Check your nearest bible)