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No Vested Interest

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22. Agree in general. DU's subscribers are more likely than the average person in US to be

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 03:03 PM

Jul 2019

more knowledgeable in many subjects because they tend to be curiosity-based fact-consumers in general.

A short-answer quiz of limited number of questions is fairly easy for many to ace; in depth questions in a specific field would be much more difficult for all.

Many or even most subjects advance as one grows older, so a well-informed person has to continue in adapting what was learned in high school or college to current knowledge standards.
How much adaptation or new learning is done is usually a free choice by the individual.
I count myself as one who has not grown much in adulthood in certain fields.

Time, interest and demands of work and life limit our ability to consume new knowledge.

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Survey: Jews and Atheists Have More Religious Knowledge Than Christians [View all] NeoGreen Jul 2019 OP

I'm not surprised. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2019 #1

Me, either customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #7

A bit unfair... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #2

Or perhaps... trotsky Jul 2019 #5

Also a good possibility. TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #6

There's many notable atheist theologians and biblical historians Major Nikon Jul 2019 #16

And I have known a few. It's fascinating how many UUs and Quakers are atheists... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #18

That was my path. n/t customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #8

Mine too. n/t trotsky Jul 2019 #9

Me too Bretton Garcia Jul 2019 #15

You can take a 15 question quiz at the link. I'm a non believer and got 13. sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #3

I got a 13 as well. n/t murielm99 Jul 2019 #4

Hi NeoGreen - Interesting post (as always!) Pendrench Jul 2019 #10

15/15 & Christian. No wonder I'm uncomfortable in church. catrose Jul 2019 #11

Justifying their hateful ignorance is all that matters... czarjak Jul 2019 #12

15/15- Roman Catholic. No Vested Interest Jul 2019 #13

People in interest groups typically Igel Jul 2019 #21

Agree in general. DU's subscribers are more likely than the average person in US to be No Vested Interest Jul 2019 #22

15/15 Gnostic Christian, I guess Karadeniz Jul 2019 #14

Take note of where Evangelicals land. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #17

Ethnically or Religiously (practicing) Jewish? AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #19

With the assumption that these are self-identified descriptions made when responding... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #20