How much do you really know about the bible ????


Take the quiz and post your score please,needless to say I scored poorly

http://ffrf.org/quiz/bquiz.php

I got 41, which apparently means I know more than a minister, priest, or rabbi!

I couldn't believe some of the answers.

fullywired

These guys fall into the same trap as evangelicals and fundamentalists.

I got lucky--50. Doesn't mean I agree with them, but I knew what they wanted to hear

Peace,

RadicalGnostic

Actually it is pretty easy to get a high score by picking the most outrageous thing each time. If every Chirstian were made to take this test it would probably open some eyes.

I got 15 right. The average score

I got 10 and I was kinda trying. lol

This servey is extrememly theologically biased......it contains questions based on many speculative theories and states them as fact. You must remember.....one who simply reads the Bible will recieve little knowledge. After all, how can you read a divinely spken/written book if u do not contain the divine spirit whom wrote it to translate and interpret it?

and I'm not a Xtian
just goes to show that the Bible is a load of old baloney (unless youre reading it from an anthropological point of view)
Now take the "how much do you really know about the Koran"
anyone getting more than 40 points gets a free dynamite waistcoat and a bus ticket to Haifa

notice the whole "You must remember.....one who simply reads the Bible will recieve little knowledge. After all, how can you read a divinely spken/written book if u do not contain the divine spirit whom wrote it to translate and interpret it?" line

What is it your saying ?that the answers to these questions are wrong?.We don't know who wrote the book and if it's the word of of God it shouldn't need any interpreting if the people it was written for, are meant to understand it



fullywired

The words of the scriptures are a great puzzle that was dismantled to protect it from corruption, only the individual who truly asks with an earnest desire to know the truth will be given the keys to understanding. Many can quote the Bible word for word (including the devil himself) but few understand its meaning. There are two keys to understanding, one is in the heart of man and the other is held by the Holy Spirit of God.
The first key is attained by free will and a desire to know the truth (the heart). The Holy Spirit holds the second key to protect it from corruption by the deceiver until they are delivered to the born again soul shortly after acceptance of redemption.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Irish

Fine words there Irish but I don't buy it .I maintain that it should be able to be read by all and understood.without all these different interpretations.You seem to be saying that God wrote it just for Biblical scholars not the ordinary man in the street


fullywired

What I am trying to say is exactly the opposite. God made it confusing for the intellectually elite so that it can only be understood on an individual that seeks from his heart not from his reason. Faith has to come first, there is no other way. And of course you don’t buy it, it’s a free gift after all.
The truth of Christianity is simply simple so even none intellectuals can understand the concept of a loving Creator.
I spent about four years of study and arguments with the intent to discredit Christianity and failed only to finally realize that the answer did not require an analytical mind but only a little simple personal faith.
Sometimes we look for complicated answers to seemingly complex questions. Many times in school I had racked my brains trying to find a mathematical equation that I felt was insurmountable and awoke the next morning and realized it was really very simple. We assume as humans that answers to such questions could only come from elite humans that live on mountain tops. When we should be asking the child that points out the mountain to us. The older I get the more I realize the answers are quite often right under our noses and we almost feel cheated to learn otherwise. I call it the expert syndrome. I always liked this definition of an expert. EX = has been and SPERT = a drip under pressure. Maybe we just think to hard but not smart!

Irish

Is this saying let your heart rule not your head ?



fullywired

Only when dealing with God and Women

Well I have been in trouble with women with doing that but so far God has stayed clear


fullywired

In other words, he gave us a brain but he doen't want us to use it...it wants us to be simpletons and for that reason he made his holy word to be confusing unless you are simple minded...naw don't wash (1) Irish is not simple minded (2) God says he wants everyone to understand and beleive yet he makes his word so that those with a brain that they use can't understand or believe. sorry does not make sense...

Yes, He does say He wants all to believe, but only those who believe can trully understand the full context and texts of the Bible. God made it to where the essential parts to obtain belief and faith in Him are understandable in the Bible, but that all else must be interpreted through Him. After all, how can we understand the writings and knowlege of the Divine if not through Him Himself?

Oh, and thanx Irish. Beatiful job. God bless.

,If we give a bible to a person who had never heard of the christian religion .how will he gain belief and faith If he can't understand but a brief outline of the plot .


fullywired

"What Do You ReallyKnow About The Bible?"
Thank you for taking the quiz.

See below to get a free copy of Freethought Today.

Congratulations! You scored 33 correct out of 50!

40 - 50: Wow! You know more than a minister, priest, or rabbi!

30 - 39: Congratulations! Better informed than most Americans

20 - 29: Passing Grade

10 - 19: Did you get your bible knowledge from Sunday School?

0 - 9: Don't feel bad. You may be better off not knowing much about the bible.

Average score: 15


Don't boil a young goat in the milk of its mother. --Believe it or not, this prohibition in Exodus 34:26 is the official tenth commandment, from the only set of stone tablets that were called "the ten commandments." There were three sets of commandments:

What is God's name?
Answer: A

Jealous. --This is a petty self-described insecurity from a supposedly all-wise leader.
"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (Exodus 34:14)

hhhhhmmmmmm never taught that at sunday school

lol well it seems alot that claim to have divine spirit don't understand the bible either.

31. According to Jesus, what must you do to have eternal life?
Answer: B

Obey the law and keep all the sacraments. <--Wrong answer.

Sell everything you have and give all the money to the poor. --Heaven will be very empty, it seems. How many Christians take seriously this direct command of Jesus?
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? . . . Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." (Matthew 19:16-21. See also Luke 12:33)

47. Should Christians always give what they have to anyone who asks for it?
Answer: Yes

Yes. --In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said: "Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again." (Luke 6:30, repeated in Matthew 5:42) Try asking Christians for their houses and possessions, and see how faithful they are to the teachings of Jesus. Borrow a Christian's car and see if they ever ask for it back. Modern believers know that Jesus was wrong and the bible is not to be taken literally.



so any christians really wanting to go to heaven can send me cash --- come on ..... jesus said so. And I'm pretty damn poor. yep I'm asking !

That quiz seems to be against the bible.

Answer this bible question: What happens to a person that refuses to believe in Jesus as Lord or refuses to repent of sin?

a) He will live a long life.

He will be prosperous.

c) He will burn in the lake of fire forever which is the second death

d) He will just go to sleep when he dies.

The correct answer is C .

About what, how brutal and violent all ancient peoples were in ancient times?

He wants everyone that is seeking the truth and loves righteousness to understand and believe. People that don't love the truth and have pleasure in unrighteousness will be decieved, in error and caught in a trap on the judgement day.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.


Luke 8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Jesus explained what the parables meant to the disciples that would stay around Him and seek the truth. The passersby in the crowd did not get the explanation.

To him who has shall more be given. To him who has not, even what he thinks he has shall be taken from him.

This is incorrect. It is from your surplus that you are supposed to give and to give to those who truly need it, as in having two coats and giving one away in need to someone who has none and needs one. It is a stand against greed and hoarding resources while there are those whose lack threatens their survival.

Considering the greed and corruption in so many governments, it is not at all a bad issue to air and address.

I started taking the quiz then about halfway I realized the biased anti-biblical tone of the quiz which is basically trying to squeeze any negativity out of the bible and throw it on a sugar filled plate. No thanks.

Times were completely different back then, Most of us would be shell shocked If we lived back then.

How can it be biased if it is quoting the bible?Do you only believe the bits you like ??All you have to do is ask yourself "are the answers true "if they aren't then tell us the true answer


fullywired

Whats the difference between a evangelical, and a lord of the rings nerd? Nothing!

It's biased because the website obviously. And some of those answers are not exact biblical quotes and are reworded.

One could write a similar quiz on the events of world war 11 using documented literature and even film footage to back it up and make it appear that the Allies were out to slaughter the German race and culture men women and children. There was pillaging, killing slaughtering/burning entire villages, towns and probably a few rapes and murders by a few individual soldiers. And don’t forget the kidnapping/brainwashing of innocent war brides to boot. And don't forget more people lost there lives in those few short years than recorded in the bible

Irish

Well then tell me what the correct answers should be ,quoting from the bible of course .not your own words



fullywired

Um, perhaps using the exact quotes from the bible? They are doing exactly what Irish was saying.

As I mentioned above questions and answers can be posed in such ways as to back up the intent of the author and that is what that particular quiz was designed to do. Miss led questions will give false answers.

Let me ask you only one question.

The evil allies during world war 11 are guilty of attempted genocide murder and slaughter of innocents that had no part of the war and were probably unarmed civilians. No discussion just a simple a or b answer!

A: True r B: false

Irish

A! Great analogy.

Your playing with words and answering a question with a question .
what are the correct answers .quoting the bible??? if they are wrong tell me so !!


fullywired

But that is exactly what they are doing with their questions

You can not answer my one question because it is misleading let you want us to answer a series of the same questioning practice.

All I want you to do is read the answers from the bible and correct those which are wrong but it seems you are having trouble doing that ,..by trying to get me on the back foot (pardon the cricketing term) by introducing a red herring .Are you saying the Bible is misleading?


fullywired

No but if you pose the right question in the right way you can make it appear it is. They are not questions that can be answered on a yes and no basis without entering into a trap the same as my one question to you;which you do not want to answer for the exact same reason. you need to consider it within the proper context. I got about halfway trough the questions when a little red flag goes up and I smell a skunk here!!! kicks in.

Got another one for you, does the nursery rhyme rub a dub dub promote homosexuality?

Think about it for a sec ‘three men in a tub’ wow! No wonder they called themselves the brothers Grimm. Just kidding ! But are you able to see what I am getting at honestly.

All the best
Irish

[quote name='Irish' date='Jun 24 2007, 12:18 AM' post='1739758']
No but if you pose the right question in the right way you can make it appear it is. They are not questions that can be answered on a yes and no basis without entering into a trap the same as my one question to you;which you do not want to answer for the exact same reason. you need to consider it within the proper context. I got about halfway trough the questions when a little red flag goes up and I smell a skunk here!!! kicks in.

Got another one for you, does the nursery rhyme rub a dub dub promote homosexuality?

Think about it for a sec ‘three men in a tub’ wow! No wonder they called themselves the brothers Grimm. Just kidding ! But are you able to see what I am getting at honestly.

All the best
Irish
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Your evading the question ,the quiz quotes the bible ,is it right or wrong ?.don't give me the old lawyers trick of using a question to answer a question

fullywired

I am not allowed to play the same ball as the author of the quiz?
My answer to you is they are right and wrong.
He is not here to see my answers, but you are here to answer my questions, still waiting

I have given you an answer that the author and yourself did not want to see. But I believe I have successfully demonstrated that you can take any event or work of literature and make it appear degretory to its original intent. That your honor was my intent, I turn it over to the jury and rest my case.

Irish

There can't be exact answers to some of the questions. A lot of them are based upon theological theories......subjects with many views with no apparent right. If the person taking the quiz doesn't follow that theory, then there is really no answer for that person. Many of the questions are biased in this way.

The quiz asks a question and gives the answer ,if the answer is wrong,tell us the correct one.How can the question be biased when it is based on the Bible ,unless of course you are claiming the bible is biased


fullywired

it doesn't say surplus. you may want it to say that but it doesn't.

mmmmmmmmm no. for the questions it asked THERE ARE correct answers for them.

for example -

3. What is God's name?
Answer: A

Jealous. --This is a petty self-described insecurity from a supposedly all-wise leader.
"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (Exodus 34:14)

Righteous.

Holy. --Sometimes the name of God is described as "holy" (see Psalm 99:3), but the name itself is not "Holy." In Isaiah 29:23, the name of God is given as "The Holy One of Jacob."

Jehovah. --The name "Jehovah" is a Christian mistake. It was forbidden to pronounce the name "YHWH" (Yahweh), and readers of the Hebrew scriptures were supposed to say "Adonai" in its place. "In written texts the vowels of Adonai were combined with the consonants YHWH to remind readers to pronounce Adonai instead of Yahweh. The incorrect hybrid, 'Jehovah,' arose from Christian misunderstanding in the late Middle Ages."(Harper's Bible Dictionary)


4. How should parents treat a stubborn and rebellious son?
Answer: D

He should be beaten seven times with a whip made of horsehair.

He should be stripped and humiliated at the gate of the city.

He should be expelled from the family.

He should be stoned to death. --This cruelly excessive Mosaic law was actually enforced at one time by the Massachusetts colony and has been used to justify child abuse and murder.
"If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them; Then shall his father and mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of the city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear." (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)

"And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death." (Exodus 21:17) "For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he that cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him." (Leviticus 20:9)


why I think some here are balking at the test is because it is showing them some things they'd rather not look at.

not neccesairly. For example, when the Assyrians, who had a great reputation of brutality Conquered Hebrew cities, they spared most of the people and sent them as servants thoughout their land.

Compassion as well as wanton brutality are recorded in those ancient times, but almost zero compassion among the Hebrew conquerors of Cannan.

When the Hebrews conquered a Cannanite city, Yahweh suppoedly told them to KILL every man , woman and child,, and the pets and farm animals.