Falling into the category of things that make perfect sense, but that should be considered by all those who consider themselves rational persons, are the results from this Pew Survey (non-rational persons, please be sure to alert those around you).
Back in 2010, a survey asked Americans 32 questions about the basic history, geography, and practice of the major religious traditions. On average, Americans answer half of them correctly. Who knows the most about the most religions? Agnostics and atheists (followed by Jews, and more surprisingly, Mormons). This shouldn't be surprising, really, but it should serve as one more indication that...well, that either everybody is right, or nobody is right. Based on this survey, it can probably be said that being an atheist/agnostic makes you more knowledgeable about all religions; it can't really be said that knowing more about all religions causes atheism, which would be a bit more damning. But I don't think we even have to go that far to get to ask one more time: how can any one (or two, or 10) religious paths be right?
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