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I Find Your Lack of Faith Intriguing Quiz


This quiz will focus on quotes from famous people throughout history who are or who have been known to have agnostic or atheist views.

A photo quiz by RedHook13. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
RedHook13
Time
5 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
391,876
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
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Awards
Top 5% quiz!
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Question 1 of 10
1. "I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae (parasitic wasp) with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars."

The man who delivered this quote, is the author of the book that is being referenced in the cartoon. He is famous for his discoveries regarding evolution and natural selection. Who could it be?

Answer: (man's name (first and last or just last name))
Question 2 of 10
2. "I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm - not all - that religion used to fill."

The man who delivered this quote has become a very successful billionaire. Who is this person, who decided to open up a window into his personal beliefs?
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Question 3 of 10
3. "The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies."

The man who spoke these words was a famous American author who wrote the novels that you see depicted in the cartoon. Who was this person?

Answer: (man's name (first and last or just last name))
Question 4 of 10
4. "So long as the priest, that professional negator, slanderer and poisoner of life, is regarded as a superior type of human being, there cannot be any answer to the question: What is Truth?"

The man you see in the portrait was a famous philosopher from Germany. He has been regarded as the "father of nihilism". Who is this person who spoke the words you see above?
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Question 5 of 10
5. "Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time... But he loves you".

Which late comedian and known atheist uttered these words during a routine on an HBO special entitled "You're All Diseased"?
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Question 6 of 10
6. "As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay!"

This quote comes from a famous American musician. Many people will identify him as the "Piano Man". Who could this person be?
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Question 7 of 10
7. "I was raised in a religious home. It was unreasonable enforced religion that turned me off it. It was a joyless, unpleasant, stupid, barbaric thing when I was a child and I've never gotten over that feeling."

The person who made this comment is a famous American comedian and director. One of his more notable movies is titled "Manhattan". Who could this be?
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Question 8 of 10
8. "I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them."

What was the name of the Renaissance era scientist who got on the bad side of the Catholic church after publishing his discoveries? His name was placed onto the spacecraft shown in the photograph.
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Question 9 of 10
9. "The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all."

This quote comes from a modern day scientist who became the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He was also the host of a podcast named "StarTalk". Who could this be?
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Question 10 of 10
10. "The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."

Which of these scientists spoke the words you see above. He is famous for his "Pale Blue Dot" monologue, inspired by a photo taken of a distant earth by Voyager 1.
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae (parasitic wasp) with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars." The man who delivered this quote, is the author of the book that is being referenced in the cartoon. He is famous for his discoveries regarding evolution and natural selection. Who could it be?

Answer: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was a famous scientist who came up with theories of evolution and natural selection. In 1859, Darwin published a book entitled, "On the Origin of Species". Darwin made many of his discoveries during a voyage around the world via the HMS Beagle from 1831-1836. Earlier in his life, Darwin was a Unitarian and had plans on becoming a clergyman, but after conducting his research, he began to question the Bible and religion in general.

His discoveries have become an ongoing debate between those who support evolution and those who support creationism.
2. "I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm - not all - that religion used to fill." The man who delivered this quote has become a very successful billionaire. Who is this person, who decided to open up a window into his personal beliefs?

Answer: Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the successful founder of the Microsoft Corporation. He was born in 1955 and was raised as a Protestant. He is supportive of the moral structure that the Christian religion teaches its followers, but has become agnostic in his religious beliefs. Bill Gates has not completely discounted the existence of God, but is open to the idea that we simply do not know and to allow science to uncover what is true.
3. "The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies." The man who spoke these words was a famous American author who wrote the novels that you see depicted in the cartoon. Who was this person?

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was a famous American author, who wrote the novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His legal name was Samuel Clemens and he was originally a Presbyterian. It is debatable whether or not Mark Twain was in fact an atheist.

While he may have believed in God in general, Mark Twain was against any organized religion, especially Roman Catholicism.
4. "So long as the priest, that professional negator, slanderer and poisoner of life, is regarded as a superior type of human being, there cannot be any answer to the question: What is Truth?" The man you see in the portrait was a famous philosopher from Germany. He has been regarded as the "father of nihilism". Who is this person who spoke the words you see above?

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who lived from 1844-1900. He is most famous for his nihilistic views. Nihilism is defined "as a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless". Nietzsche's father was a Lutheran pastor and in his early years, Nietzsche had studied to become a minister himself. Later, as he got older, he had lost his faith, declaring that "God is dead".
5. "Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time... But he loves you". Which late comedian and known atheist uttered these words during a routine on an HBO special entitled "You're All Diseased"?

Answer: George Carlin

George Carlin (1937-2005) was an American stand-up comedian who was known to push the envelope hard during his comedy routines, especially when he spoke of politics and religion. In his early life, Carlin was raised as a Roman Catholic and even attended Catholic school.

As he got older, he came to reject religion, often bringing it up in his acts. Carlin joked about the ten commandments, telling us that there really should have been only two. He also joked that he worshipped the Sun and prayed to Joe Pesci.
6. "As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay!" This quote comes from a famous American musician. Many people will identify him as the "Piano Man". Who could this person be?

Answer: Billy Joel

Billy Joel is an American rock musician. In 1973, he released one of his most famous songs "Piano Man". He was born in the Bronx, New York to Jewish parents. Despite this, Billy Joel did not practice the Jewish religion. He was even baptized at a Christian church during adolescence. He publicly declared himself an atheist during an interview with radio personality, Howard Stern.
7. "I was raised in a religious home. It was unreasonable enforced religion that turned me off it. It was a joyless, unpleasant, stupid, barbaric thing when I was a child and I've never gotten over that feeling." The person who made this comment is a famous American comedian and director. One of his more notable movies is titled "Manhattan". Who could this be?

Answer: Woody Allen

Famed director and comedian Heywood "Woody" Allen was born in New York in 1935. His birth name is Allan Stewart Konigsberg and he was born into the Jewish religion. Woody Allen's family had strong religious values, which Allen came to reject as he got older and became an atheist. He jokingly said, "To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition."
8. "I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them." What was the name of the Renaissance era scientist who got on the bad side of the Catholic church after publishing his discoveries? His name was placed onto the spacecraft shown in the photograph.

Answer: Galileo

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was a scientist who lived during the Renaissance Era. He is famous for his improvements to the telescope, which allowed him to study planets such as Jupiter, discovering four of its moons in 1610. He also did research promoting the theory of heliocentrism.

However, this research led Galileo into trouble with the Catholic church and everything Galileo had published was banned. Galileo would be declared a heretic by the church and in 1633, Galileo was imprisoned where he spent the final years of his life.
9. "The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all." This quote comes from a modern day scientist who became the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He was also the host of a podcast named "StarTalk". Who could this be?

Answer: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium, which is part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He has also been the host of the modern version of the "Cosmos" television series as well as "StarTalk", a podcast and television series promoted by the National Geographic Society. Dr. Tyson has identified himself as being specifically agnostic and not atheist.

He even edited his own Wikipedia page to correct this assumption.
10. "The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity." Which of these scientists spoke the words you see above. He is famous for his "Pale Blue Dot" monologue, inspired by a photo taken of a distant earth by Voyager 1.

Answer: Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was a famous American scientist and educator. He was the host of the original "Cosmos" television series in 1980. He was also famous for his "Pale Blue Dot" speech, which came in response to a photograph taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft which was of the Earth from beyond the orbit of Saturn. Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York and his parents were Jewish.

However, Carl Sagan later declared himself specifically an agnostic, not an atheist. He has stated that "we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists."
Source: Author RedHook13

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