The Answers
1. What was the rainfall in the 4th largest city in Hunan Province on the day that Wolverhampton last won the FA cup?
4.2"
2. List the 6 most populous crepuscular mammal species.
Black rat, house mouse, black bear, white-tailed deer, domestic cat, ocelot.
3. What is the literary connection between the following cities? Athens, Venice, Verona, Windsor and Tyre.
They are the only cities to appear in the titles of Shakespeare's plays (near the mark, Jenny
).
4. What is the most widely consumed toxic vegetable in the world?
Taro.
5. Within 1000, how many people die from black widow spider stings every year?
Zero.
An Explanation
Yes, they could have VERY easily have Googled the answers (I did). I find it telling that none did. The thread got 14 replies and 192 views, leading me to believe that more than a few Christians viewed the questions. Yet not a single one attempted to do a smattering of websearching to find out an answer. However, you ask them a question related to their faith and get back reams and reams of what are clearly (to me, at least) recently Googled information.
While this test was by no means scientific, it does lend at least a little support to my long-held contention that believers in general and Christians in particular are stunningly uninterested in knowledge that does not directly and immediately support their particular belief system. Reminds me of hobbits: They like their books filled with things they already know, set out fair and square with no contradictions.
Boru
1. What was the rainfall in the 4th largest city in Hunan Province on the day that Wolverhampton last won the FA cup?
4.2"
2. List the 6 most populous crepuscular mammal species.
Black rat, house mouse, black bear, white-tailed deer, domestic cat, ocelot.
3. What is the literary connection between the following cities? Athens, Venice, Verona, Windsor and Tyre.
They are the only cities to appear in the titles of Shakespeare's plays (near the mark, Jenny
).4. What is the most widely consumed toxic vegetable in the world?
Taro.
5. Within 1000, how many people die from black widow spider stings every year?
Zero.
An Explanation
Yes, they could have VERY easily have Googled the answers (I did). I find it telling that none did. The thread got 14 replies and 192 views, leading me to believe that more than a few Christians viewed the questions. Yet not a single one attempted to do a smattering of websearching to find out an answer. However, you ask them a question related to their faith and get back reams and reams of what are clearly (to me, at least) recently Googled information.
While this test was by no means scientific, it does lend at least a little support to my long-held contention that believers in general and Christians in particular are stunningly uninterested in knowledge that does not directly and immediately support their particular belief system. Reminds me of hobbits: They like their books filled with things they already know, set out fair and square with no contradictions.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
