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than protestants and catholics. the pew forum on religion and public life did a representative telephone survey of 3,400 people. out of 12 questions about the bible and christianity, mormons got more correct answers than everyone else, including white evangelicals. of 11 questions about world religions, jews, atheists and agnostics did best. and on four questions about religion and the law, atheists agnostics and jews also scored higher than all other groups. the number one predictor of the scores was how far people had gone in school. many observers pointed out when it comes to religion, knowledge isn t everything. greg smith is a senior researcher at pew. many people are religious themselveses in the way they live their life and the way they approach faith. but that doesn t necessarily mean they have perfect knowledge of religion or even of their own faith. the survey also found that many people think the restrictions on religion and public schools are tighter tha ....
additional funding by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. also by the henry louis foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m b abernathy. it s good to have you with us. there was evidence that atheists, agnostics jews and mormons know more about religion than protestants and catholics. the pew forum on religion and public life did a representative telephone survey of 3,400 people. out of 12 questions about the bible and christianity, mormons got more correct answers than everyone else, including white evangelicals. of 11 questions about world religions, jews, atheists and nosts d st. and on four questions about religion and the law, atheists agnostics and jews also scored higher than all other groups. the number one predictor of the scores was how far people had gone in school. many observers pointed out when it comes to religion, knowledge isn t everythin ....