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Catholic

Do Catholics believe in exorcism?

First Communion

How and why did the Reformation happen?

What do Catholics believe about the death penalty?

What do Catholics believe about war?

What happens when we die?

What is the difference between a deacon and a priest?

What's the difference between a Protestant and a Catholic?

Evangelical

Are all evangelicals politically conservative?

Can somebody be evangelical and liberal?

Is evangelical the same as fundamentalist?

What are evangelical distinctives?

What is the difference between an evangelical and a Protestant?

What is the difference between mainline Protestants and evangelical Protestants?

What is the status of the Bible in the mainline churches?

When and where did evangelicalism begin?

Who are evangelicals?

Hindu

Do Hindus worship cows?

Is Hinduism polytheistic?

What is the creation story in Hinduism?

What is the role of celibacy in Hinduism?

Why do Hindus worship images/embodied forms of divinity? Is this idolatry?

Interfaith

How many other commonalities does the bible share with religions that pre-date Christianity?

Jewish

Do Jews believe in Heaven and Hell?

Do Jews believe in life after death?

How did the laws of kosher and non-kosher animals emerge?

If there are women rabbis, then why are there synagogues ...

The Holocaust happened over 60 years ago ...

What is a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah?

What is the difference between Catholics and Jews?

When Jews mourn they do something called shiva; what is that all about?

Who is a Jew?

Why do Jews not believe in Jesus?

Latter-day Saint

Are Mormons Christian(s)?

Do all Mormons live in Utah?

Does the LDS Church have paid clergy?

How do Mormons integrate their theology with politics?

How do Mormons view education?

Aren't Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses (i.e. the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society) pretty much the same thing?

What are the 5 most-frequently quoted scriptures from each of the books in the LDS Canon?

What is the Joseph Smith Translation or JST?

Where did the Book of Mormon come from?

Why are you called Mormons?

Library

I see Sikhism was omitted from your list of religions. Any reason it was left out?

Muslim

Does Islam advocate violence, and what is jihad?

Do Muslims believe that Islam was established on Mt. Moriah?

How does Islam view women?

I always hear about Islamic law? What is that?

Is the Quran the source of Islamic doctrine and law?

Is there salvation outside of Islam?

What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite Islam?

What is the Quran?

What is the relationship between reason, revelation and free will in Islam?

Who was Muhammad and what does he mean to Muslims?

Pagan

Are all Pagans polytheists

Are all Pagans Witches?

Doesn’t “pagan” just mean “not Christian”?

Do Pagans follow any kind of code of ethics?

Do Pagans Worship Satan?

How does someone “convert” to Paganism?

How many Pagans are there?

Is Paganism a “nature religion”?

What do Pagans believe

What is the significance of the pentagram?

Progressive Christian

What is the most liberal of the Protestant denominations?

Other/Multiple

Is there any real difference among the mainline denominations?

What are doctrines and do all Christian churches have them?

What do Christians believe happens during the Second Coming? Does the world end?

What does it mean to be "saved"?

What is the relationship between Islam, Christianity and Judaism?

What were the main differences between Calvin and Luther?

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