Re: .com/religion

In a message dated 19.09.2001 02:23:30 PM, trwier@MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:

><SNiPSNiP> the test takes an arbitrarily chosen set of criteria
>that differentiate some religions, and then uses that set to
>force all people into a handful of possible categorizations.
>It's little more than a game.
    Agreed. But if it was more developed, it might be more accurate (more
questions, for instance, - even highly pointed questions, i.e.:

Buddha is:
a) a religion-founding saint, prophet
b) a supernatural "deity"/god, savior, avatar
c) a human teacher, philosopher, "just a wise human"
e) a false prophet, heretic
[same question could apply to Jesus Christ, etc].

The universe, the cosmos, is comprehensible from the viewpoint of:
a) religion and faith alone
b) religion and science - faith and knowledge - separately
c) science in agreement with religion - science shaped/informed by religious
faith
d) science and religion in balanced harmony - religious beliefs based on and
adaptable to scientific knowledge
e) science and facts alone
f) none of the above (the cosmos is incomprehensible, unknowable)

Is/Are the founder(s) or central figure(s) of your religion or spiritual
belief (i.e. Jesus Christ, Moses, Buddha, Mohammed, etc.):
    a) more important, sacred, than the teachings
    b) equally important with the teachings
    c) less important than the teachings
    d) the teachings are all important, sacred
    e) not applicable

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