Oh?
Sometimes a cigar IS a cigar!
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’re up early. Farm chores?
Of COURSE!
We have NO idea just WHICH verses might be TRANSLATED CORRECTLY in the Bible; so we MUST use stuff that is DIRECTLY from the Hand of GOD!
--MormonDude(Ain't this OBVIOUS?)
HuH!?!?!?
Looks a bit ONE-sided to me!
Luke 22:42
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
Ah; you MOCK us yet again!You people KNOW that ONE caracter of Reformed Eygptian® can contain LOTS of information; when translated by a TRUE prophet of GOD!
--MormonDude(We WILL laugh last!)
Mormons are deceived by the spirit of the DEVIL!
Oh?
Sometimes a cigar IS a cigar!
So Zippy; how are FUNDAMENTALIST Mormons not MORMONs since they believe in the Book of MORMON and actually FOLLOW what GOD told them in D&C 132?
Maybe not - RESTORNU has a hard time getting folks to respond to her pings...
bone52; JDW11235; Normandy; 1010RD; Paragon Defender; DelphiUser; ....
EXACTLY the same thing has happened in the MORMON movement - starting with the DEATH of Joseph Smith.
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Temple Recommend Questions
1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost? 2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer? 3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days? 4 Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church? 5 Do you live the law of chastity? 6 Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church? 7 Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? 8 Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel? 9 Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen? 10 Are you a full-tithe payer? 11 Do your keep the Word of Wisdom? 12 Do you have financial or other obligations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations? 13 If you have previously received your temple endowment: Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple? Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple? 14 Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been? 15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances? |
But many DO travel it, and lend a helping hand to those who are struggling along the Way.
Show me OBEY!!
And cureloms are best when barbequed!
That’s funny, I was doing it as satire of antis who interpet one Scripture and declaire Mormonism “dead”.
"Momma; I've learned that PRESBYTERIANism is UNTRUE."
It was the question whether teachers can LEAD a prayer in classrooms.
I don't know.
Goback and take it again to see! ;^)
Yeah...
Like ONE MAN / ONE WOMAN...
Yeah...
and 'some' MORMONs who not ALLOWED to be called MORMON by the SLC bunch of hypocrites; who EXCOMMUNICATE folks for merely following GOD's order in D&C 132.
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