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 ...
But what do you actually 'know'?
Would it be more correct to say, "I must be true to what I believe."?
But; how many MILES have your shoes seen?
So; you disgree with MORMON scholars. Not unexpected.
Alma 7:10, ( a verse from the Book of Mormon itself, says )"10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God."
So is your own BoM a good enough source?
Alma 7:10, ( a verse from the Book of Mormon itself, says )”10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.”
I really do want to continue, but the word density boggles my limited mental resources.
Huh?
I counted 2 paragraphs and only 8 lines!
SURELY you are not suffering from Restiosis; are you?
I thought you guys WORSHIPPED god alone?
"Mother dear; I've learned that PRESBYTERIANism is UNTRUE!"
BE that way then!
We TRUE Mormons will keep up the fight against the TRUTH!
--MormonDude(and MORMON quotes as well!)
Yo!
Mom!
Didja hear that PRESBYTERIANism is UNTRUE?
Ya! I just learned it!
WISDOM has arrived in the thread: mere posers will be abashed.
Ah, PD with his inability to EVER actually post something of substance!<:P>Why haven’t you READ your own links yet?
The FR LDS do not daily post threads bashing faiths of others and people who do that have are under the influence of a nasty spirit!
…and don’t try to use this thread as a see, see, because it was a survey or opinion by reporters that is usually hard on the LDS.
The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 09/28/2010 | Peggy Fletcher Stack
You anti are not very nice people and at no time do any of you ever apply or display the lovely things of the Lord.
So far the Characteristics have been backbiting faultfinding and callous a hardness of the heart which the Lord has admonish many times!
Matter of fact the Lord has stated many time people with contentious behavior are not of His fold !
Well; we have an example in David; a man after GOD's own heart.
HE killed a man, and here is what he wrote about it...
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts [a] ;
you teach [b] me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings to delight you;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
He did NOT say, "Restore to me my SALVATION", but the JOY of Salvation!
1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Please, if you're going to post what Mormons believe about Bethlem/Jerusalem from a Mormon site, don't bother pinging me; either.
Your mileage may vary!
Put one close to ME, and it'll disappear with the coffee!
Yup!
Dawn was just barely showing a hint of light when I came downstairs. Just then, before I turned on any lights in the house, the motion light in the yard came on.
I could make out 3-4, maybe 5 deer over by the swingset.
I watched for about five minutes as they slowly went toward the south, the last place any corn is still standing; unharvested.
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