I got a 100% on the “ultimate” bible quiz, which is really one of the easiest quizes I’ve taken, but figured I would pass it along if any of you want to test your basic bible knowledge.
Maybe I should make my own quiz about contradictions and absurdities in the Bible…
You know the Bible 100%!
Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses – you know it all! You are fantastic!
I scored an 86%, which wasn’t too bad, since I haven’t read all of it.
98% for me – I missed #34 (Who said he could now die in peace, having seen the Christ child?). If I weren’t just getting to the end of my first read-through I would have done a lot worse. It’d be fun to plot a correlation between evangelical fervor and scores on this test.
Another 100% here — really not a very difficult quiz, especially since usually at least two, and sometimes three, of the multiple choices were obviously wrong (e.g., Jesus served PIZZA to the 5000? WTF?). BTW, Daniel, I’m a newcomer to your blog, and I enjoy your sensible, reasoned outlook. Keep up the good work!
I do not read the Bible. Thirty years ago in Catechism class I read some passages from the Bible but certainly not the trivia sections that would let me know that it was Baalam that had the talking donkey. Most of that religious education was rote memorization of the books of the Bible and commandments and such. For most of the intervening time I had no interaction whatsoever with scripture and only recently, with my entry into the skeptic and atheist blog community have I heard some of the choicer bits excerpted and analyzed. In fact, I would say that I have learned much more about the Bible since coming out as an atheist than I was ever taught as a reluctant and disinterested Lutheran.
Even so, I scored 85%, a good solid “B.”
Hehe.. I got a 56% and I don’t think I’ve ever read a page.
100% and I never even had to stop and ponder. Of course, I’ve read the bible cover to cover a number of times, so that puts me several laps ahead of most ‘christians’ I know.
I got 73%. I think that the ones I didn’t know were pretty trivial…
Hahaha, it’s more fun to get them wrong! Now I need to make a book of Biblical mad libs. :)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own elbows. But those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like buffalo. As for me and my house, we will serve the turkey!
You should have a Winter Solstice party or something. The food sounds delicious.
@McBloggenstein
“I don’t think I’ve ever read a page.”
You, sir, are a Philistine!
I know it 98%. As for me and my family we will serve the wine.
It’ll be 2 years ago tomorrow that I announced I’d left the “faith”.
Still got 100% though….
Guess that comes from studying it, and working for Campus Crusade….
“You, sir, are a Philistine!”
Haha! You’re right… I should study up on the “word of God” because…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
I couldn’t think of a good reason.
Can you enlighten me?
Daniel, I have an interesting question you could pose:
“If you have left the faith and are now atheist, do you wish you hadn’t ever embraced faith?”
In other words… “Do you feel it was a waste of time?”
I’ve never read a page in my life either, am a firm non-believer and come from an atheist family and I got 75%! Rather alarming how much of this nonsense sticks to you as you wander through life. Having said that, I tried to get all the answers wrong to see if it would chastise me and I still got 14%. Maybe it’s not exactly the best yardstick regarding familiarity.
@McBloggenstein
As Dawkins said: “You’d be rightly written off as uncultivated if you knew nothing of the Bible. You need the Bible to understand literary allusions.”
“As Dawkins said: “You’d be rightly written off as uncultivated if you knew nothing of the Bible. You need the Bible to understand literary allusions.””
lol…
So I’m uncultivated because I didn’t know who had a talking donkey?
You shouldn’t presume to know anything about me.
Just because I haven’t read the Bible doesn’t mean I am not able to understand it’s concepts, or are not familiar with it’s stories and lessons.
If I ever claimed to be an expert on anything related to the Bible, it would be understandable that because I haven’t read it that you shoot me down. But because I never have and never will claim such a thing, I think I should be able to comment on topics related to religion without persecution.
McBloggenstein,
The talking donkey is not the reference. It is more about many of the stories from the bible that are referenced in classic literature.
For example:
“is there balm in gilead?”
The whole book East of Eden
and many others…
And as someone who was raised lazy catholic, I felt kind of dumb in high school not getting some of the references. I once did a whole 10 minute class report on the meanings of a song called “Peter’s Dream” by Lennie Gallant and it didn’t dawn on me for one second (until my classmates pointed it out) that the protagonist of the song was a metaphor for Peter the apostle! The chorus of the song is “last night I dreamt that I was sailing on the sea of galilea, we cast our nets upon the water and Jesus pulled them in with me”.
Matt,
I know what she meant by literary allusions, and I know she wasn’t talking about my results on the test. I was just joking about the donkey.
I was responding to both of her statements, which boiled down to her saying that because I have not read the Bible, that I am uncultured, I do not value literature, and that I am not well read.
@McBloggenstein
“So I’m uncultivated because I didn’t know who had a talking donkey?”
- Yes.
“You shouldn’t presume to know anything about me.”
- Just what I can deduce from your comments.
“Just because I haven’t read the Bible doesn’t mean I am not able to understand it’s [sic] concepts, or are not familiar with it’s [sic] stories and lessons.”
- 56%, you said?
“If I ever claimed to be an expert on anything related to the Bible, it would be understandable that because I haven’t read it that you shoot me down.”
- Who’s an expert on what is irrelevant. You imply there’s no reason to read the Bible. Allow me to express dissent, please.
“But because I never have and never will claim such a thing, I think I should be able to comment on topics related to religion without persecution.”
- Keep the comments coming. They might be challenged, though.
sarahplain,
Good job attacking someone on a blog. It makes a lot of sense. It sounds like someone looked at my blog and is not happy.
Thank you for pointing out my punctuation errors.
I haven’t seen your smiling face around here before. Have you read a lot of my comments? Have I said something that offends you? Why do you care enough about me to comment in such a way? I’ve been around here for a while and never once have I seen someone comment about another reader in such a way.
I didn’t mean to imply that there is no reason to read the bible. I think it should hold an important place among other great works of literature. However, I don’t think that if someone hasn’t read the Iliad or Moby Dick that they will be absolutely unable to discuss the allegorical nature of them, or make relevant or admissible comments when discussing them
“Keep the comments coming. They might be challenged, though.”
Hmm.. The act of challenging a comment. I sure wouldn’t want that. I wouldn’t want to partake in a debate or a discussion or anything like that.
I make quite a few comments on this blog, and of course some of them are challenged, that is why I enjoy it so much, because it encourages discussion. However, they are not challenged for the reason that you are suggesting they will be. I do not refer to passages in the Bible for the very reason that I am not as familiar with it as much as most people here.
Wow. Let’s brag about how well we scored. Three of 42 questions concerned my age, gender and regularity of Bible readings. Another question gives me the option of Donald Duck, Donald Trump, Don Knotts.
This is not a quiz, not ultimate.
@McBloggenstein
You really didn’t mean to imply that there is no reason to read the Bible?
The Iliad or Moby Dick aren’t on the same footing as the Bible as to how they’ve influenced Western culture.
By the way, this isn’t personal. It’s not my intention to diminish your reputation as a valuable contributor here. It’s your free choice to STAY ignorant. But then don’t ask people to “enlighten” you.
No, I absolutely did not mean to imply that there is no reason to read the Bible. The original tone of Daniel’s post and other comments was to belittle the “ultimate” bible quiz. Going along with that tone, I just explained that I got over 50% on the quiz having never read the Bible.
I purely used the Iliad and Moby Dick to make a point about discussion. I in no way meant that they were on the same footing as the Bible as being influential in Western culture. Where did you get that?
You honestly think that anyone that hasn’t read the Bible is ignorant? Ignorant with regards to the Bible, of course. But generally ignorant?
Get off your high horse and perhaps try to contribute to some real discussions rather than attacking someone you for some unknown reason have an agenda against, and leave your ego at the door.
@McBloggenstein
No need to repeat what was said in the post and your first comment – it’s still there. No one takes this quiz seriously. That’s why I only jokingly called you a Philistine. (Now I’m repeating myself.)
I know you were trying to make that point, mentioning these other great works of literature. Precisely because it has been so influential, the Bible is incomparable. My point is that ignorance of the Bible stretches out much further, and hinders one from engaging in intelligent discourse on many topics. In the First World there really is no excuse for it. Pick up a bible, any bible – you’re missing out on much.
I suppose you are not “generally” ignorant. Maybe you are the exception to the rule.
I will “try to contribute to some real discussions” when I feel so inclined. And my ego won’t fit through a door, even though I am slim.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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Eliza
Haha 68%, not bad for someone who hasn’t even read it all yet!
76% , I did it in 5 minutes and I’m not sure i understand all the questions, as you can see my english is far from perfect.
But I wonder about believer’s scoring…
P.S.: I don’t think they should ask “After how many days was Jesus resurrected from the dead?”