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Urban Legend Quiz 5

 

Appearing on 60 Minutes in 1994, Attorne General Janet Reno said that anyone who believed the Bible was a dangerous cultist. Is this a fact or absolute baloney? See below.

Urban Legend Quiz 4

A Belgian supercomputer nicknamed "the Beast" is gathering data about every person on earth. Is this popular religious urban legend an amazing fact, or absolute baloney? Find out on our diocesan blog.

Urban Legend Quiz 3

A physician once placed dying patients on a scale to measure the weight of the soul. Is this popular religious urban legend an amazing fact, or absolute baloney? Find out below.

Urban Legend Quiz 2

U.S. space scientists have discovered a "lost day," one day of asgtral time that can't be accounted for. This confirms the account in Joshua 10: 12-13 of God's halting the sun in the sky for a day. Is this popular religious urban legend an amazing fact, or absolute baloney? Find out below.
 

Urban Legend Quiz 1

On top of the Washington Monument, beyond the view of visitors, the words Laus Deo (Praise be to God) are inscribed. This was intended to signal that Washington was a devoted Christian. Is this popular religious urban legend an amazing fact or absolute baloney?

Actually, it’s partly true. Laus Deo is inscribed on the east face of the four-sided point that tops the Washington Monument. But that probably says more about religious sentiment in the era when the monument was built (1848-1884) than it does about the first president's faith.