Source: Religion News Service
CLEVELAND -- According to Islam, do humans carry the sins of their ancestors?
What is more important in Judaism -- the self or the community?
What does "70 x 7" refer to in the Bible?
If you answered "no," "the community" and "how often Jesus says we are to forgive each other," you would be ahead in a new board game designed to promote interfaith understanding.
The game, 7th Heaven, tests players' knowledge of Judaism, Islam and Christianity in a way that people from junior high school age and up can enjoy learning about different religious practices, said John Cooper, a mechanical engineer from Lincoln, Neb., who developed the game.
Does the game succeed?
The consensus after a recent contest among four interfaith leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim traditions was that 7th Heaven is a useful, if limited and occasionally flawed, way to make interfaith learning fun.