Hey look, atheists and agnostics are more knowledgeable about religion than theists....

Originally posted by kaskade

Originally posted by something wicked

Originally posted by Tetrarch42
Not surprising at all. Every time I ask a Christian to justify the morality in the Bible's "Story of Jepthah" the first response is "Ughhh, duuuuhhh, what's that?!". When I explain it's a story which shows the Abrahamic God sanctioning the human sacrifice of an innocent young girl, the rebuttal usually falls along the line of "Well, I've never read that story, all I know is God is good and God is great and he did it for a reason!". Yeah, good going, your God's a complete douche, and you don't even know the source material from which you're preaching.

I think you are being a little extreme. I don't think you understand the context of that story and secondly you don't need to be an expert in theology to profess to having a faith. I'm not saying I do, I'm not saying I don't, but the two are different things.

On a VERY related subject, I keep seeing posts on ATS that shows only something like 20% of Americans know where America would be placed on a map - is this really a question of education or religion?

You sound like a real nice person to get along with though, I'm sure you mix well in civilised company.... sooner or later.

First off... its Civilized not civilised... Speaking about the whole religions versus education...we can clearly see your on the blind faith side.

Secondly...
Your right you dont have to be an expert in theology to profess to having a faith... but there is a difference between blind faith and KNOWING your faith.
I suppose you are one of those religious people who have "faith" and "religion" when it is convenient for you. Mess up all week, confess your sins on sunday, repeat that week...and the next...and so on and so forth.

I personally would rather KNOW my faith, rather than pretend to understand it.
I hold buddhist monks in high regards... You ask them a question they WILL give you an answer. Whether it be from their heart/soul... or from being memorized from the thousands upon thousands of pages.
DO THE WORK, dont half ass it. =]

I'll keep this civilised, oh and by the way, it's cascade, not kaskade.

I wouldn't say I follow any particular religion, not sure where you got that from. I don't mess up all week and then confess on a Sunday, again, not sure where I stated anything of the sort. Your last paragraph is intended to say what exactly? I'm sure a buddhist monk would be able to give you their interpretation of an aspect of their religion, as I'm sure a rabbi would of theirs, an Imman of theirs and a priest of theirs. That doesn't mean that a follower of any particular religion would know and understand the theology to the same extent, but I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.