How To Play "WHAT'S MY FAITH?"
The mystery guests will be dressed identically. We will all wear "Western" attire, for example, or we all will be in traditional Sikh dress.
Contestants (or audience members) will ask questions that the mystery guests can answer with "yes" or "no" or "I don't know" or "that doesn't apply to us".
Each question will be answered by all the mystery guests.
Questions should begin "in your faith community" and should be phrased as a Yes/no question.
Each panelist will answer yes, no, don't know, doesn't apply, or sometimes.
While each panelist is, of course, most familiar with one particular form of their faith, they will try to answer in a way which accurately represents their faith community as a whole. If this is impossible, since practice varies so widely within your community, answer it for yourself personally.
Questions will not be allowed about:
- the name of your congregation
- the name of your founder/prophet/guru/etc.
- the name you give to God
- the name of your Scriptures
The moderator will give a few examples of how questions can be phrased, "Do you believe in God?" rather than "What do you call God?"
"Does your faith community share a common set of Scriptures?" rather than "What do you call your Scriptures?"
The moderator also will remind the contestants and audience that the mystery guests will answer as individuals, and that beliefs and practices may vary within each faith community.
After 15 minutes the contestants (of audience) will guess the faith of each mystery guest. The guests will then identify themselves. Then we will show the video "Faiths of Long Island."
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