Atheists did better than most on a survey about religion

(written by Lawrence Krubner, however indented passages are often quotes)

Apparently people who identify as Christians did poorly answering questions about various religions. Of course, for a lot of people, “Christian” is more of an identity than a religion. They call themselves Christian because their parents were Christian, but they have not been to church as adults, save for weddings. I’ve read also that atheists have a higher average IQ than the general population.

Clergy members who are concerned that their congregants know little about the essentials of their own faith will no doubt be appalled by some of these findings:

¶ Fifty-three percent of Protestants could not identify Martin Luther as the man who started the Protestant Reformation.

¶ Forty-five percent of Catholics did not know that their church teaches that the consecrated bread and wine in holy communion are not merely symbols, but actually become the body and blood of Christ.