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 ...
You would do well to be humble as we all would. It is an admonition that is found in the Bible - both OT and NT.
Oh, and BTW, there is no "rest of the Bible". There is only the Old Testament and the New Testament. Hope that helps. :D
What is it with you Mormons and your self-proclamations of victory? DU was doing the same thing about 3 weeks ago but with a little more substance than you've exhibited. Since PD seems to re-post essentially the same thing over and over, I guess it is okay to recycle posts. Here was my response to DelphiUser in that earlier thread:
Thanks for the memory. When my nephew was young and we went on walks, he would suddenly race ahead, raise his arms in triumph and inform me that I had just lost the unannounced race. It was cute when a 5-year-old did it. It is embarrassing when an adult does it.
Reserve screen name?
Thanks, SD...a favorite site of mine since the early 2000s.
Well, when matching the screenname with the content of the posts, they seem to match maturity levels.
BTW happy V-Day anniversary Inmans!
Who knew embryonic gods were so snotty...
Yeah, Happy August 30, 2010..the day the mormon jumped not only the shark, but the whale as well!
“The Book of Mormon is also the word of God”
THAT is just an opinion that is false. Nothing more.
“Just as the New Testamen is a witness to the Old Testamnet so is the Book of Mormon another Testament!”
Again, JUST an opinion. Nothing more.
“Anti Mormons are possessed by the same horrible spirit!”
Again, JUST an opinion - and a false one.
Good post.............
ROFLOL!!!
“We are not Bible scholars. We just know our Bible and read it and study it.”
During 30+ years of talking with mormons and hundreds of hours here on FR talking with mormons, I’ve yet to meet a single mormon who knows the Bible. Not one.
They all seem to love the see and say method of seeing a word that is the same word mormonism teaches and then saying what it means - and always miss the meaning of the passage.
I testify that the Book of Mormon is as valid as the Bible and that the Spirit of the Lord witness is present in all of these documents.
In the Name of Jesus Christ!
Like your testimony carries any validity.
I testify that the “Lord of the Rings” is as valid as the Book Of Mormon...
More valid. The “Lord of the Rings” isn’t deliberately trying to deceive.
You mean hobbits aren’t real?
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