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February 9, 2010
News Quiz: Riot Déjà Vu
Christian homes burning in eastern India . . . again. Also: Do men with jobs reduce abortion? How do you prove "nuns are — above all — women"?
1
What factors seem to reduce the number of abortions in the U.S.?
Higher male employment
Giving $1350 more a year to people living in poverty
Higher family income
Removing a family cap on Medicaid payments
All of the above
None of the above
2
Did
Donald Miller
end his prayer at the Democratic National Convention with "in Jesus' name"?
Yes
No
Sort of
3
Did
Joel Hunter
?
Yes
No
Sort of
4
Which
isn't
something Jay Bakker, son of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker, has done?
Model for Kenneth Cole menswear
Preach at a church called Revolution, “a church for people who have given up on church”
Have a TBN show called
Revolution
Have a reality show called
One Punk Under God
Bakker has done all of the above.
5
At least 11 people have died in renewed Hindu-Christian violence in Orissa, India. What does this round of riots have in common with the ones that began last Christmas Eve?
A Hindu mob, claiming Christians were responsible for an attack on one of their leaders, started burning Christian buildings.
There is debate over whether Christians are attacking Hindus.
There are rumors that Maoist rebels were instigators.
Even after instituting a strict curfew, local police were unable to control the situation. Troops were sent in.
More than 500 people are homeless. Many fled into the jungle.
All of the above
6
An Italian priest's plan to show the world that "nuns are — above all — women" and that they aren't necessarily dour has been nixed. What was he going to have them do?
Hold a beauty pageant where the contestants were nuns
Wear more tailored, form-fitting habits
Host a TV talk show, a la
The View
Sell Christmas cookies door-to-door
All of the above
None of the above
7
Most of the "prayer camps" for the mentally ill in Ghana try to heal resident patients by __.
Fasting and prayer, as well as basketmaking
Fasting and prayer, as well as chaining and beating them
Fasting and prayer, as well as farm work
Fasting and prayer, as well as forced marches
Fasting and prayer, as well as constantly playing sermons over the P.A. system
All of the above
8
Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian son of Hamas leader Hassan Yousef, has emigrated to America. Why?
His father feels a more pluralistic society would do him good.
He is engaged to a Christian woman he met on eHarmony; she won't move to Ramallah.
He has converted to Christianity and feels he can no longer live in Ramallah with his family.
He is writing a book for a Palestinian audience about evangelicals in America.
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