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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vision does religion allow the believer?

2. How does the aboriginal see the figures of antiquity?

3. How does the Australian aboriginal measure time?

4. What is the attitude toward the idea that humans are the holder of absolute truth?

5. What is wrong with science questioning religion's ability to answer questions of ultimate reality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the best question that should be asked about religion?

2. How did the Roman Catholic church view itself from the time it became the official religion of Rome?

3. What debt does Western civilization owe to Muslims?

4. Briefly explain the totem of primal religions.

5. Discuss briefly the economics of Islam.

6. What was Muhammad's greatest contribution to the Muslim people?

7. What is the current condition among the primal religions?

8. How did the Jews profess to find meaning for life?

9. What impact did Jewish history make on the world?

10. Briefly describe Jesus as the originator of the Christian religion.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on different approaches to suffering. All religions recognize the existence of suffering but approach the subject in different ways. Select two or three religious teachings on suffering and draw either parallels or contradictions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay expressing your opinion about displaying the Ten Commandments in government offices and courts. Approach the subject from the point of view of religion as well as the point of view of a historical basis for public law. State which interpretation of the Ten Commandments seems the better for you.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about religious viewpoints on sin. In your essay be sure to refer to the way the Buddha perceived sin. Also discuss sin as presented to the Israelites in the form of the Ten Commandments.

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