News, Americans get an 'F' in religion.

[spunky1]

Originally Posted by Hatless Wonder

I'm not surprised. I had to take World Religions in high school, and it's one of the most useful classes I've ever taken.

I took world religion in college and found it fascinating as well. I guess it is where your interests lie. To understand the world I think it is very important to understand other countries religious views. Not from a spiritual perspective but from an understanding perspective. Learning about other religions can help one clarify ones religious views.

[dreamofmonterey]

Originally Posted by John1960

Sometimes dumb sounds cute: Sixty percent of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments, and 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were married.

Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University, isn't laughing. Americans' deep ignorance of world religions — their own, their neighbors' or the combatants in Iraq, Darfur or Kashmir — is dangerous, he says.

His new book, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — and Doesn't, argues that everyone needs to grasp Bible basics, as well as the core beliefs, stories, symbols and heroes of other faiths.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/religio...on-cover_N.htm

and sadly, not surprising. my neighbor was surprised to learn they practice Buddhism in Hawaii. He didnt realize it was a "real belief"" if Jesus wasnt in the book.


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