Subj : Re: religion quiz To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 02:58:52 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > Chaya wrote in > news:Xns96C9DD83415DEchayaruth@204.153.244.170: > >> Jim Larson wrote: >> >>> Chaya wrote: >>> >>>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=10907 >>>> >>>> Interesting. Many of the items were pretty transparent, and I knew I >>>> answered a couple of items differently than most Jews probably would: >>>> >>>> Islam 83% >>>> Judaism 63% >>>> Paganism 63% >>>> Agnosticism 50% >>>> Buddhism 42% >>>> Satanism 42% >>>> atheism 29% >>>> Hinduism 21% >>>> Christianity 13% >>>> >>> >>> (I take it you answere "Yes" to the praying 5x daily while facing >>> Mecca question?) >> >> >> Come to think of it, that's probably the one that did it. And the "I >> enjoy dressing so as to cover my body from head to toe" probably >> helped. >> >> Actually, I'm pretty sure I answered the modesty question in the exact >> opposite of Islamic teachings. > > You mean that you wanted women to cover up from head to toe for the sack > of modesty? > It's not a requirement of Islam to cover up. I know for example my > girlfriend Aliya didn't. They don't in most secular Muslim countries. Hell, you'll even see a few women dressed in skirts in Pakistan of all places. It's the freak Wahabis[1] in parts of the Arab world that are to blame. -- Jim [1] For those not familiar, think cross between televangelist and Calvinist. Here's a random link: http://fp.thebeers.f9.co.uk/islam_denominations.htm .