Posted on 09/29/2010 3:05:05 PM PDT by zippythepinhead
Atheists and agnostics know more about major world religions than many people of faith, while Mormons can answer more Bible questions than their Catholic and mainline Protestant counterparts.
Those are among the somewhat startling conclusions about religious literacy in America the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life drew after surveying 3,412 Americans.
Some of the multiple-choice questions were relatively simple: Where was Jesus born and who led the exodus from Egypt? What religion was Mother Teresa, what day does the Jewish Sabbath begin and what is the name of Islam’s holy book?
Others were more obscure: What is Indonesia’s dominant religion? Which Christians teach that salvation comes through faith alone?
About half the Protestants (53 percent) couldn’t correctly identify Martin Luther as the person whose writings and actions inspired the Protestant Reformation. Fewer than half of Americans (47 percent) knew the Dalai Lama is Buddhist and only 38 percent correctly associated Vishnu and Shiva with Hinduism.
John Morehead, director of the Western Institute for Intercultural Studies in Salt Lake City, had already noted religious illiteracy in the general population as well as in the evangelical community. But he did not expect Mormons to top them in their biblical fluency.
“Mormons tend to emphasize Mormon scriptures like the Book of Mormon rather than the Bible in their devotional life,” Morehead said in an e-mail.
Even some LDS scholars were surprised to find Mormons at the top.
(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...
THX 1138
Great placemarker.
But speaking of filthy and bloody rags, do you know of the passage in Isaiah 64:6 where he says this about our good works:
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags"
Do you know that the original Hebrew for filthy rags translates as bloody, used, menstrual rags? Can you imagine anything more vile and nasty? And yet, anything we try to do to please God on our own is seen by him as such.
Elsie: It is a recorded FACT that JS made 'prophecies' that did NOT come true. What say ye?
As usual when a Mormon is asked about this, one of two things happens: resounding silence, or "Joseph- Smith-prophesied-that-his-name-would-be-known-for-good-and-evil-and-I-know-him-for-good-and-you-know-him-for-evil-so that-proves-he's-a-prophet-besides-I-know-the-book-of-Mormon-is-true-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-Icanthear you"
In this case, we have the following:
NO REPLIES
Hey, at least it’s different...
Wait - Isn't "Heavenly Father" your God? A completely separate being than Jesus, each with their own body? Is Stourme confused?
Which reminds me of the question: Why isn't it called The Church of Heavenly Father of Latter Day Saints?
Where did Jesus establish 15 apostles
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12 and 12 and those 3 CEOs
5. Presbyterianism does not give the Gift of the Holy Ghost as described in Acts 8:14-19
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Nor does mormonism...
nor any man...
Only Jesus does that...
Anyone can ask Jesus for the Holy Ghost for themselves...
Ya notice that Jesus got the Holy Ghost 1800 years before joey Smith was even born...
Hey if Nana can get the Holy Ghost with power and speaking in tongues 10 years before she ever heard of the Joey Smith and his cult, why cant everyone else ???
(actually the Holy Ghost is a fairly new concept for the mormons ...years ago (even into the 1980s) I was told by the mormon missionaries that there was no such thing...)
:)
bttt
You numbies love to talk about bloody rags so what is the problem...
Now you want to say that it is aflithy comment yet for years many of you have repeated those words...
But I say through the Atonement of Jesus Christ my soul is cleanse!
But I say through the Atonement of Jesus Christ my soul is cleanse!
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Kid you can say it till the cows comre home...
but nothing that happened in the Garden of Gethsemanee caused your soul to be cleansed...
Placemarker
Ms Thorne or Thistle you were saying...
You PERVERT!!
WHY do you show a NAKED butt?
Hey lady put your cloths on!
placemarker
***Agreed; there are several studies that link the visions that Joseph Smith and his cadre with the magic mushrooms of upstate New York, rather than ethanol.***
Any chance it could have been ergot fungus in the grain? it caused lots of halucinations in Europe.
It's been a while since I've done that research. I believe that ergot fungus has been considered and ruled out, but I'm not sure. Good call. It certainly has been a consideration.
***All LDS Scripture is sacred to me from the Bible to the Pearl of Great Price. All are the “Word” and are of God.***
Then you will just love this!
The real translation!
http://www.bookofabraham.com/boamathie/BOA_6.html
I/1) [”Osiris, the god’s father], prophet of Amon-Re, King of the Gods, prophet of Min who slaughters his enemies, prophet of Khonsu, the [one who exercises] authority in Thebes,
(I/2) [. . .] . . . Hor, the justified, son of the similarly titled overseer of secrets and purifier of the god, Osorwer, the justified, born by the [housewife and sistrum-player of ]
(I/3) [Amon]-Re, Taikhibit, the justified! May your ba-spirit live among them, and may you be buried on the west [of Thebes].”
(I/4) [”O Anubis(?),51 . . .] justification(?).
(I/5) [May you give to him] a good and splendid burial on the west of Thebes as on the mountains of Ma[nu](?).”
[Osiris shall be towed in]to the great lake of Khonsu,
and likewise [the Osiris Hor, the justified,] born of Taikhibit, the justified,
after his two arms have been [placed] at his heart, while
the Breathing Document, being what
is written on its interior and exterior, shall be wrapped in royal linen and placed (under) his left arm in the midst of his heart. The remainder of his
wrapping shall be made over it. As for the one for whom this book is made,
he thus breathes like the ba-spirit[s] of the gods, forever and ever.
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