We spend a lot of time in my current grad class talking about religion in education.  Tonight, a student inquired what holiday’s were celebrated by atheists and was somewhat interested when I told her that we celebrate them all.  I further observed that in my experience, the typical atheist that I hang around with knows more than the typical religious person of any particular stripe.  

As if to prove my contention, a student from the class posted a link to the following Pew survey on Religious Knowledge, as given to the general American Public.

14 out of 15 right (PS-  Go fuck yourself, Jonathan Edwards).

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