Homework answers / question archive / 1) Which of the following is a difference between local churches in Christianity and Scientology? a

1) Which of the following is a difference between local churches in Christianity and Scientology? a

Arts

Share With

---

1) Which of the following is a difference between local churches in Christianity and Scientology?
a. Unlike local churches in Scientology, local churches in Christianity conduct auditing and counseling. 
b. Unlike local churches in Scientology, local churches in Christianity are semi-independent corporations. 
c. Unlike local churches in Christianity, local churches in Scientology are organized on a business model. 
d. Unlike local churches in Christianity, local churches in Scientology do not have the legal permission to operate.

 

2. Which of the following is a common feature of all new religious movements?
a. They start big but fail to become international movements. 
b. They are founded by a large group of people. 
c. They can spring up quickly and disappear quickly. 
d. They are loosely organized.

 

3. What is the Mormon temple rite unifying families for time and eternity?
a. circumcision 
b. baptism 
c. sealing 
d. endowment 

 

4. Identify a true statement about religion in the West.
a. Christianity is the only religion in the West that has apocalyptic features. 
b. Islam is the dominant religion in the West. 
c. New religious movements in the West lack diversity. 
d. Most new religious movements in the West come from Christianity.

 

5. Which of the following is true of Falun Gong?
a. It has failed to reach the Western world. 
b. Its teachings oppose Buddhism and Daoism. 
c. It is widely accepted by the people and government of China. 
d. Its essence is to achieve mental and spiritual renewal.

 

6. What movement whose name literally means "Practice of the Wheel of Dharma" is a controversial new religious movement begun by Li Hongzhi in 1992?
a. Wicca 
b. Falun Gong 
c. Druidry 
d. Taiping Tianguo

 

7. What book first compiled in 1851 by Franklin Richards is the second Latter-day Saints scripture?
a. Book of Mormon 
b. King James Version 
c. Pearl of Great Price 
d. Doctrine and Covenants

 

8. Which of the following is true of Mormonism?
a. Mormonism originated in a setting of fervor of competing American Protestants. 
b. Mormons have always opposed polygamy or plural marriage. 
c. Mormons lived in harmony with slave-owning Missourians in the 1830s. 
d. Mormonism is similar to Christianity in its teachings about God.

 

9. Identify a true statement about new religious movements.
a. When they encounter opposition, they fall apart. 
b. When they last for centuries, they become known as religions. 
c. They are cultural in their response to the modern world. 
d. They develop over generations under multiple leaders.

 

10. New religious movements are controlled from the top. Which of the following is a consequence of this tightly organized structure?
a. They fall apart when they encounter opposition. 
b. They are cultural in their response to the modern world. 
c. They often take generations to emerge. 
d. They often make strong demands of their followers.

 

11. Founded in 1930 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism, what is the largest Japanese new religious movement?
a. Aum Shinrikyo 
b. Falun Gong 
c. Soka-Gakkai 
d. Gedatsu-kai

 

12. Which of the following is a difference between the Raëlians and other UFO groups founded in the twentieth century?
a. Unlike the Raëlians, the other UFO groups founded in the twentieth century tend to be in decline. 
b. Unlike the other UFO groups founded in the twentieth century, the Raëlians were founded by a large group of people. 
c. Unlike the other UFO groups founded in the twentieth century, the Raëlians fear space aliens. 
d. Unlike the Raëlians, the other UFO groups founded in the twentieth century believed that humans descended from aliens.

 

13. In Scientology, what refers to the images of past experiences stored in the mind that hinder full functioning?
a. auditings 
b. engrams 
c. thetans 
d. dynamics 

 

14. What is a Hindu new religious movement founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda promoting Vedanta and yoga?
a. Rajneesh International Foundation 
b. Self-Realization Fellowship 
c. Transcendental Meditation movement 
d. People's Temple 

 

15. What is a religion or religious sect that is extremist and under the control of an authoritarian leader called?
a. cult 
b. church 
c. guild 
d. denomination