Jess, I've read the same theory. And I've also heard Catholic theologians say, over and over, "Separation of church and state was the greatest thing ever to happen to the Church." At least in the US, the thinky Catholics have spent the last half century in a constant state of bogglement at the far right fundamentalist/evangelical movement that wants a churchy state; have these people never cracked a history book?
Of course, the Catholics are now being overrun by the exact same sentiment, the idiots.
I finally got into the quiz, and managed 100%. It was weird to read through it and think about exactly how I came to know the various items. Ramadan? The Marguerite Henry book about the Godolphin Arabian, and the awesomely snarky Muslim guy in my college dorm who would hang out in the lobby waiting for his pizza to arrive after sunset. Buddhism? My freshman year best friend who abandoned college to join the Zen Mountain Monastery. The Sabbath starting on Friday night? My mom's huge collection of 20s-50s paperback quirky comic novels about growing up Jewish in the various boroughs. Shiva? Studying the Cold War and Oppenheimer in AP US History.
George W. Bush doesn't go to church.
I've only gotten to 7 of the questions, but I'm pretty sure I've gotten them all right, thank goodness.
I'm pretty sure the Buffistas are going to average 100% on that quiz, if not higher.
The quiz loaded initially, but would hang for several tries after I answered the question. After hitting "try again" 3 or 4 time,it moved on to the next question. Then I got an error message that said "We are experiencing technical difficulties and are working to resolve them. Please try again soon." Boo! I was kicking ass!
I was raised in a pretty devout Catholic house and went to a school that was nominally public, but used to be run by our church and still had nuns and religious classes, and I don't ever recall learning about the transubstantiation until I went to an Anglican university. (My mother was terrified they were going to convert me, BTW. They did, to atheism.)
Yeah, if you're a Bible-oriented Protestant, and not a Lutheran, you could do a lot of studying before you actually got to Martin Luther.
A question from someone who has only gone to Catholic schools...do they not teach this sort of stuff in history class?
The assistant is in today!
She was all "Oh, I got your emails." And I was all "Oh, can we do this some other way?" And also, I was, like 12.
But still, maybe something will be smoothed out, and I should have pain meds by the end of the day. Just have to get through the bulk of this one.
Without killing my new computer.
Kristen, I learned about it in history class.
I didn't realize that Catholics really thought that it was body and blood until I watched Tales of the City.
A question from someone who has only gone to Catholic schools...do they not teach this sort of stuff in history class?
I was wondering the same thing. As a Jewish atheist, I have no religious reason to know who he is, but the Reformation was a big part of European history class.
