# Religious Feud by 5 time champ \[Closed\]
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [July 29, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136 "2008-07-29T20:09:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/1 "2008-07-29T20:09:33Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS
Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points. And pro-rated if we don’t get 50 contestants.
_ **FORMATTING OF ANSWERS IS IMPORTANT!** _
Write your answers like this; Do not repeat the questions, no periods at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. If you need to comment or clarify your answers, do it AFTER the list of answers. Thanks.
JUST LIKE THIS:
1. answer
2. response
3. rejoinder
Let’s set the cut off at 11 am CDT on Thursday, July 31.
1. Other than Genesis, name a Book of the Old Testament?
2. Other than Mecca, name a Muslim holy city.
3. Name one of the Patriarchs of the OT
4. Name one of the Twelve Apostles
5. Name one of the 5 tenets of Islam
6. Name a holy mountain
7. Other than the Resurrection, name a miracle performed by Jesus
8. Name a famous or infamous televangelist
9. Name a non-Abrahamic religion i.e. not Christian, Muslim, Jewish
10. Name a ‘cult’ religion
Good luck, and may the Force be with you.
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### Author:  [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/2 "2008-07-29T20:10:36Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Visit Mecca
6. Mt Sinai
7. Walked on water
8. Pat Robertson
9. Hindu
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/3 "2008-07-29T20:32:50Z")
1. Exodus
2. Jerusalem
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. umm…death to America?
6. [Tai Shan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tai)
7. Lazarus raised from the dead
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/4 "2008-07-29T20:34:05Z")
1. Exodus
2. Jerusalem
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (haj)
6. Mt. Sinai
7. Changing water into wine
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/5 "2008-07-29T20:36:15Z")
It’s the 5 PILLARS of Islam, not tenets. Islam has many more tenets than 5. A tenet is just a belief. The Pillars are specific practices required by the religion.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/6 "2008-07-29T20:36:20Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Paul
5. There is only one god
6. Sinai
7. Raising the dead
8. Billy Graham
9. Buddism
10. Moonies
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/7 "2008-07-29T20:39:17Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Prayer 5 times a day (and it’s Pillars, not tenets).
6. Sinai
7. Raising of Lazarus
8. Pat Robertson
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/8 "2008-07-29T20:40:03Z")
1. Exodus
2. Karbala
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
6. Olympus
7. Water into wine
8. Jerry Fallwell
9. Hinduism
10. Scientology
Enjoy,
Steven
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/9 "2008-07-29T20:49:20Z")
1. Exodus
2. Jerusalem
3. Levi
4. John
5. There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
6. Mt. Sinai
7. Walked on water
8. Pat Robertson
9. Hinduism
10. Scientology
Notes:
1. noted maker of trousers
2. paraphrased
3. with this crowd, I may regret not choosing ‘turned water to wine’
4. But my heart belongs with Reverend Ike; he was so refreshingly upfront about wanting the money.
5. Conch?
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/10 "2008-07-29T20:53:57Z")
1. Exodous
2. Jeruselem
3. Moses
4.Peter
4. Mecca trip
5. Ararrat
6. Healing lepers
7. Tammy Fae
8. Zoroastrianism
9. Scientology
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### Author:  [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/11 "2008-07-29T20:58:58Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Moses
4. Paul
5. Surrender of the will to Allah
6. Ararat
7. Loaves and fishes
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Hinduism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/12 "2008-07-29T21:03:41Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Judas
5. Giving of alms
6. Mount Zion
7. Walk on water
8. Billy Graham
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/13 "2008-07-29T21:08:17Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca
6. Mt. Olympus
7. The loaves and the fishes
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Hinduism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/14 "2008-07-29T21:08:59Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Paul
5. Only one God
6. Ararat
7. Loaves and fishes
8. Pat Robertson
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/15 "2008-07-29T21:12:45Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Matthew
5. The giving of charity
6. Sinai
7. Water into Wine
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Buddhist
10. Branch Davidians
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/16 "2008-07-29T21:14:20Z")
Well shoot, I can see I tanked out on #10.
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### Author:  [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/17 "2008-07-29T21:16:36Z")
1. Exodus
2. Jerusalem
3. Abraham
4. St. Peter
5. Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)
6. Mt. Sinai
7. Multiplied the loaves and the fishes
8. Jimmy Swaggart
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/18 "2008-07-29T21:31:03Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Hajj
6. Mount Sinai
7. Water into wine
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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### Author:  [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/19 "2008-07-29T21:37:54Z")
1. Leviticus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Paul
5. Allah is merciful
6. Ararat
7. Turning water into wine
8. Jim Baker
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
I’m a little surprised I knew any of these. And I won’t be too surprised if I missed the point on a lot of them. I really, really wanted to answer the last one “Blüe Öyster”.
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### Author:  [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-feud-by-5-time-champ-closed/458136/20 "2008-07-29T21:39:31Z")
1. Exodus
2. Medina
3. Abraham
4. Peter
5. Hajj – pilgrimage to Mecca
6. Mt. Sinai
7. Water into wine
8. Jerry Falwell
9. Buddhism
10. Scientology
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