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Interview Questions |
Catholic |
Jew |
Amish |
Muslim |
Christian |
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Do you have any spiritual beliefs? |
Yes. Jesus, and the Virgin Mary. |
Yes, I do, I am Jewish. |
I’m not sure. |
Yes. Islam, Allah is one. |
Oh Yes, I have a lot of spiritual beliefs that come from the Bible. |
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Do you go to church? |
Yes |
Yes I do. I attend a synagogue. |
Yes. |
Yes, to a mosque. |
I do. |
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Which one do you go to? |
St. Joseph’s Parish |
I attend several in Brooklyn. |
Amish. |
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I go to Trinity Church. |
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Are you a member? |
Yes. |
Yes, I became a member at my bar mitzvah |
Yes. |
Yes |
I am. |
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And how long have you been a church member |
From the time I was born. |
Roughly thirty years now. |
20 years. |
I was born a Muslim. |
Since shortly after my conversion, then I was baptized as a believer. |
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Why did you choose your specific faith? |
My parents were Catholics and that made me a Catholic also. |
I was born Jewish, and God’s chosen me, and I’ve chosen him. |
I was born into it and had some family influence. |
Because it is the truth. |
Through friends that for the first time in my life shared with me the good news of the gospel.. |
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Have you ever studied other religions? |
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Yes, but have been dissatisfied with them. |
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No |
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To you personally, what is the most important book to own and read? |
The Bible |
The Torah |
The Bible |
The Koran |
Clearly the Bible, because I believe that the Bible alone is the word of God. If we have but one book to own, it should be a Bible. |
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What are the main religious books of your denomination/faith? |
The catechism |
The Tenok, Talmud, and the Mishnah |
The Bible. |
The Koran and the Hadith |
We don’t have any religious books besides the Bible, although there are many writings of Godly Christians that we look to, although none are on the same level as the Bible. |
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Do you use a Bible? |
Yes. |
The Hebrew Bible |
Yes. |
No |
Yes. |
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What translation? |
English |
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German translation, Martin Luther. |
I use the Koran |
I prefer the New American Standard Bible. |
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Why is that? |
Because that’s all we have. |
Because it is accurate, it’s the original writings, and proven. |
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Do you read other books and/or newspapers? |
I read the newspaper. |
Oh yes, extensively, a number of others. I am interested in the world I live in. |
Yes. |
Yes |
I have taken an interest in some history books, and I do read a news magazine regularly to keep informed about the world around me. |
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Which newspaper do you read?
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The Daily Local News |
The Jewish local one, it is written for Jews |
Magazines, Investors, Hunting, Reader’s Digest. Evening News. |
Historical books, and various newspapers. |
We currently don’t subscribe to a newspaper. |
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On average, how often do you read the newspaper? |
Everyday |
Daily. Probably an hour or two, I enjoy reading. |
Every day.
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As much as I can to follow current events. |
I am always reading some books besides the Bible. On a daily basis I read a little bit of the News Magazine. |
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Do you understand the newspaper language? |
Yes |
Oh yes, I read Hebrew and English. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, they are written in English. |
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On average, how often do you read the Bible? |
About once or twice a week |
Daily, an hour per day |
About once a week. |
At least five times a day. |
I try to read the Bible daily. |
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Do you always understand what you read in the Bible? |
No. |
Most of the time I do. |
No, not really. |
Mostly. |
With the help of the Spirit of God, who is given to Christians, we can understand the Bible. Of course, I don’t claim to understand every detail. |
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Why not? |
I don’t know what it’s saying. |
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Because it is in German. |
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Why do you spend more time to reading a secular, worldly newspaper than the book that you claim is the most important? |
I understand the newspaper better than the Bible. |
I would say that I don’t do that. I read them both the same. |
Can’t answer that. |
That’s a hard question, but a good one. |
I don’t think that is the case. We certainly shouldn’t neglect the Bible. |
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Do you feel that God is pleased with your answer? |
No. |
I don’t know for sure, I suppose I could do more. |
Can’t answer that. |
I don’t know. I hope He is. |
I believe so, but want to do better as a student of God’s Word. |
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Are you bilingual? |
Yes. |
Yes. |
Yes. |
Yes. |
No, not really. I am not fluent beyond English. |
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Which ones do you speak? |
English and Italian |
Hebrew, English, and Yiddish |
Pennsylvania Dutch and English. |
Hindi, English, and Arabic |
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Which are you fluent in? |
English |
All three, but I use Yiddish most often |
Both |
English and Hindi |
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Do you read and write in these languages? |
No, just English |
Yes, I do |
Just English |
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In which is your Bible written? |
English |
Hebrew, it is a sacred language |
German |
Arabic |
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In what language do you read the newspaper? |
English |
Hebrew and English |
English |
English |
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If you could read the news in the same language as your Bible, would you? |
Yes. |
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I don’t know. |
Yes |
I would want to read my Bible in the language that I best understood. |
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To you personally, who is Jesus? |
He’s the son of God |
He was a historical rabbi, a very intelligent person. When he claimed that he was God’s son, we dismissed him and his teaching. |
The Son of God. |
He was a prophet. |
He is my Saviour and Lord and King and Master, the second person of the Trinity, the Son of God, God in human form, and the Saviour of sinners. |
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Have your sins been forgiven? |
Don’t know. |
They are being continually forgiven, if I have been faithful in prayer, service, and in giving. |
I hope so. |
I don’t know, I hope. God knows best. |
They have been, every one of them. |
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Do you believe in heaven or hell? |
Yes. |
Yes, both. |
Yes. |
Yes. |
Yes, because the Bible clearly teaches it. |
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If you were to die right now, where would you go? |
Don’t know. I think I might go to purgatory first and then maybe, maybe, go to heaven. |
It would depend on my faithfulness to my works, prayers, giving, and service. |
I hope I’d go to heaven. But I don’t know. |
I don’t know, hopefully to heaven. |
I have great confidence that I would go immediately into the presence of God. The Bible says, for the Christian, to be absent from the body is to be at home with the Lord. |
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By using your Bible, can you backup your answer? |
No. |
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I don’t know. |
Yes, if I die while I’m praying, maybe I’ll go to heaven. |
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, lest any man should boast. |
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Does your church have rules such as what clothes you can wear, etc.? |
Yes. |
Oh yes, the ultra orthodox, and we have strict rules. |
Yes. |
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The only rules our church has are those that are found in the Bible. The ethical and moral commands and directives of the Bible. |
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In your church, who makes the rules? |
The priest. |
The rabbis, but they have also been handed down to us, and I don’t disagree. |
The Bishop |
Allah |
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Are you allowed to disagree with the rules? |
Yes |
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Yes |
No |
Since the rules we follow are the rules of God’s word, we don’t want to disagree because as Christians we want to please God. |
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In what language do you read the newspaper? |
English |
Hebrew and English |
English |
English |
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