Those ruler-wielding nuns and the grape juice and cookies at vacation Bible schools didn't do a good job.
Nonbelievers know more about religion than Christians do, according to a Pew survey released Tuesday. The poll shows, among other things, that half of American Christians don't know the authors of the four Gospels and almost half of Catholics (45 percent) don't understand the significance of Holy Communion.
"Large numbers of Americans are uninformed about the tenets, practices, history and leading figures of major faith traditions — including their own. Many people also think the constitutional restrictions on religion in public schools are stricter than they really are," the report says....