4% of the americans think that...

[herbertwest]

According to a study made by the LA Times, on Culture, 4% of americans think that Stephen King wrote Moby Dick

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-religion-survey,0,7375137.story

[Emily]

Lovely.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Now wait just a second, you're telling me that Stephen King DIDN'T write MOBY DICK?

[pathoftheturtle]

Wow, the actual topic of the study is interesting.

If it was multiple choice, that 4% are probably just a semi-random segment of the larger group is simply have no idea who wrote Moby Dick.

Kind of makes you wonder, though; when is King gonna give us a monster whale novel? lol

[John Blaze]

And this is a surprise? 14% of Americans think Obama is the Antichrist. Just shows there are idiots everywhere.



I'm an asshole aqnd I approve this message.

[Bethany]

I took the entire survey and got all the answers correct. :excited: Not too shabby for an Evangelical :P

[gsvec]

Mark up another one to our wonderful education system. :(

[flaggwalkstheline]

well roland and ahab have some similar tendencies in their undending hunt for a whale and a tower

[John Blaze]

yes.

[jhanic]

Bethany, where did you find a copy of the survey. I've been trying to find it and come up empty.

John

[John Blaze]

I took the entire survey and got all the answers correct. :excited: Not too shabby for an Evangelical :PI got them all too. :) Only one that made me think about it is the Nirvana question.


Bethany, where did you find a copy of the survey. I've been trying to find it and come up empty.

John
Took me a while but I found it. Not sure if it's the same one from OP though, or if the question's not included here because this is an abridged version.

http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/index.php

[jhanic]

Thanks!

John

[pathoftheturtle]

Well, I haven't looked at that survey yet, but I bet the Nirvana question is not as hard as it looks.

[jhanic]

I scored 100%

John

[Bethany]

I scored 100%

John

I'd make an atheist/agnostic joke here, if I knew you a little better ;)

[jhanic]

I belong to a traditional Roman Catholic church, in which we have rejected all the changes imposed by Vatican II back in 1962 and those since. We still have a mass in Latin, etc.

John

[Jean]

I scored 100%
so did bears

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I only got 11/15. Still better than 80 percentile. Oh....I and I am also aware that SK did NOT write Moby Dick.

Everyone knows it was Dickens.:P

[Jean]

I only got 11/15. Still better than 80 percentile. Oh....I and I am also aware that SK did NOT write Moby Dick.

Everyone knows it was Dickens.:P
Moby Dickens.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

And to add insult to injury...for all you 100%ers...

I'm a preacher's kid!

[John Blaze]

as am I. :) NO EXCUSE :P

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

JB.....May I bask in your awesomeness?

[John Blaze]

if you must, but try not to drool on my majesty.

[Matt]

at least 4% of Americans think we faked the moon landing and that LBJ shot JFK himself.

Those are the same 4% that would end up locked in their cellars after the superflu.

[razz]

America: Land of the "free as long as you think like us" and home of the "brave enough to shit down everyone's back so long as they don't know it was you".

at least 4% of Americans think we faked the moon landing and that LBJ shot JFK himself.


That's bullshit. We all know it was the Comedian.

[Bethany]

And to add insult to injury...for all you 100%ers...

I'm a preacher's kid!


as am I. :) NO EXCUSE :P

:orely: You know what they always say about preacher's kids. :ninja:

[Stockerlone]

Nice test, think 14/15 as an NOT american is not so bad:orely:
I fail at nr. 15.

[herbertwest]

at least 4% of Americans think we faked the moon landing and that LBJ shot JFK himself.

Well, to be honnest i wouldnt bet that Americans did land on the moon...
I would tend to think that it was faked during the cold war...

[Jean]

at least 4% of Americans think we faked the moon landing and that LBJ shot JFK himself.

Well, to be honnest i wouldnt bet that Americans did land on the moon...
I would tend to think that it was faked during the cold war...
yeah, bears have their doubts, too

but, herbert... we don't even fall into those 4% - for obvious reasons

[mae]

at least 4% of Americans think we faked the moon landing and that LBJ shot JFK himself.

Well, to be honnest i wouldnt bet that Americans did land on the moon...
I would tend to think that it was faked during the cold war...
yeah, bears have their doubts, too

but, herbert... we don't even fall into those 4% - for obvious reasons

You guys can't be serious.

http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/apollo11menonthemoon.aspx

[Jean]

actually, the doubts come exactly from analyzing the video materials, but it is definitely not the right thread for this

[John Blaze]

methinks a new thread's about to sprout. :lol:

[Matt]

New thread sounds good.

All I know is Mythbusters busted the myths. :lol:

[Woofer]

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