June 22, 2005
Yet Another Theology Quiz
Rob keeps retaking tests and getting the same result.
Here's a slightly more sophisticated one, the Belief-O-Matic, as it tests you on 20 questions ranked by importance.
I took this quiz a couple of years ago and it told me I was a Reform Jew. I definitely like the Reform Jew congregation members I have met, I just don't think I could ever adjust culturally to the different mode of communal worship. As long as there is a semi-traditional Methodist church around, that's where I'll be when I go to church.
In any case, my beliefs must have changed a small amount over the last few years, as I am now more Unitarian (100%) than Reform Jew (94%). I am also - disturbingly - barely more liberal Christian than Islamic.
I would be interested in seeing your top 5 results in comments (or post them at your blog and trackback here).
Here are my full results:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Secular Humanism (84%)
5. Neo-Pagan (83%)
6. Sikhism (78%)
7. Bahá'àFaith (77%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
9. Islam (70%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
11. New Age (66%)
12. Nontheist (65%)
13. Jainism (62%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (62%)
15. Scientology (59%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
17. New Thought (57%)
18. Taoism (53%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
20. Hinduism (47%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
26. Roman Catholic (22%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
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Okay, I'll bite:
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestant- 100%
Orthodox Quaker- 92%
Eastern Orthodox- 89%
Roman Catholic- 89%
Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant- 86%
I don't like some of the question choices, but I'd guess the end result is fairly accurate. What amuses me is that while Quaker comes in at 92%, the nonviolence part would pretty much kill any thoughts of following that path.
At least I only hit 27% in Scientology.
Posted by: Jack Grey at June 23, 2005 03:18 AM (Jq8H8)
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1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (95%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (86%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (83%)
And if the Internet says it, it
must be true.
Posted by: Robert the Llama Butcher at June 23, 2005 07:23 AM (IkTb7)
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That was kind of interesting.
1. Sikhism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (95%)
3. Islam (83%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (83%)
5. Bahá'àFaith (78%)
I'm a little surprised that my acceptance of homosexuality as something that should not be condemned allowed both Islam and Orthodox Judaism into my top 5. I have no idea how Sikhs feel about that issue. Interestingly enough, the one faith I do adhere to, sort of, didn't even make the top 27 -- Conservative Judaism. Oh well, I'm really probably closer to Reform anyway.
Posted by: RP at June 23, 2005 07:57 AM (LlPKh)
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Full post is in the URL. Brief highlights:
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (97%)
3. Jehovah's Witness (88%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (84%)
5. Roman Catholic (84%)
Glen A. Larson has some explaining to do.
Posted by: The Country Pundit at June 23, 2005 10:42 AM (O4yOv)
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I don't get this *at* *all*, but here we go:
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) [Quoi? I swear I answered "disagree" on the pacifism question!]
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (98%)
4. Roman Catholic (98%)
Well, at least Scientology ranked low.
Posted by: Chan S. at June 24, 2005 08:44 AM (7kycG)
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Thank you all for sharing your results.
In my top 5, I was very surprised at the Quakers, since I answered as a non-pacifist with a "very important" rating next to it. The Neo-Paganism also struck me as a big surprise.
Posted by: JohnL at June 24, 2005 10:15 AM (Hs4rn)
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I took this once before (long long ago -- at least by blog years), and I'm still about the same:
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (84%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (75%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
5. Liberal Quakers (68%)
My church membership is with the United Church of Christ -- what *really* worries me about this is that fact that for me, Scientology came up
#9...
Posted by: LDH at June 24, 2005 03:03 PM (bqPDz)
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I answered every question with the straight atheist answer. Naturally, the non-theist category was only in 7th place. Fairly worthless quiz.
Posted by: Beck at June 27, 2005 03:02 AM (ZyH0M)
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It's a common misconception that all Quakers are
pacifist. I looked up some info to back this claim up: In 1927 the
majority of Quakers were nonpacifist, " Some 90% of eligeible Quakers
served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces [in WWII]", and an official
statement from FGC (Friends General Conference) "While the Quaker Peace
Testimony stands against war, not all young Friends have such a leading,
and they should be respected for their individual convictions".
A very nonpacifist Quaker who also scored as a reformed Jew
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June 21, 2005
Top 100 Movie Quotes
Frankly, dear readers,
I don't give a damn. Actually, that's not quite true. Many of these quotes were truly quote-worthy, while others seemed to be included out of a sense of duty.
A real travesty was number 21, a quote which always grates on me: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
You see, I think the original line in the book was far superior: "A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone."
Substituting Chianti for Amarone is like substituting Budweiser for Guinness. It's the kind of dumbing-down for which a real Dr. Lector would have eaten the screenwriter.
The top 25 quotes are below the fold:
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#8 shooda been "I've a bad feeling about this", it wooda described fans reactions to George's later creations.
Posted by: Kelly at June 22, 2005 11:39 AM (kuGVj)
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I am in total agreement with you on this one. They dumbed the line down for the movie. The idiots. He would never have said a chianti, as nice as some of them can be.
Posted by: RP at June 23, 2005 07:46 AM (LlPKh)
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And another thing, now that I read the list, how did "Candygram for Mongo!" not make the top 25? Or anything from Blazing Saddles, for that matter?
Posted by: RP at June 23, 2005 07:48 AM (LlPKh)
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Re 13. "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Love Story, 1970
In 1972 movie "Whats up, doc?", Streisend character repeats this line to which the ONeal character replies in another quote worthy fashion: "Thats the dumbest thing I ever heard!"
Some fine quotes, some are pretty silly, but the outrages thing is there are no Monty Python quotes! Even a "London Underground is not a political movement!" from "A Fish Called Wanda" would have made my day.
Posted by: lemuel kolkava at June 24, 2005 05:14 PM (aOCIX)
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Great comments about the omission of anything from Blazing Saddles or Monty Python. I also think they got the worng Star Wars quote: it should have been "No, I am your father."
In our house, the most-quoted Star Wars lines are Yoda's "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try" and Vader's "I find your lack of faith... disturbing."
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June 16, 2005
Lovecraftian Vegas
Pete at
A Perfectly Cromulent Blog describes Las Vegas thus:
I mean, I always assumed Vegas (the Strip, especially) was this massive networked series of gaming and security systems, all run by some vaguely Yog-Sothothian being housed in a giant cave under Nellis Air Force Base. I just wasn't expecting it to be confirmed so conclusively.
Love the Lovecraftian vibe. Glad he made it back safely.
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Theological Profile
You scored as Classical Liberal. You are a classical liberal. You are sceptical about much of the historicity of the Bible, and the most important thing Jesus has done is to set us a good moral example that we are to follow. Doctrines like the trinity and the incarnation are speculative and not really important, and in the face of science and philosophy the surest way we can be certain about God is by our inner awareness of him. Discipleship is expressed by good moral behaviour, but inward religious feeling is most important.
Classical Liberal | | 82% |
Modern Liberal | | 82% |
Emergent/Postmodern | | 64% |
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan | | 54% |
Neo orthodox | | 46% |
Roman Catholic | | 43% |
Charismatic/Pentecostal | | 14% |
Reformed Evangelical | | 14% |
Fundamentalist | | 0% |
What's your theological worldview?
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The Quiz is really aimed at Christians. I don't see how a different faith adherent could answer the questions posed and get any meaningful profile back.
(Via LDH).
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I didn't even know how to answer some of those questions. I think you have to be not only Christian but fairly well educated in theology already to be able to take the quiz.
Posted by: Lynn S at June 16, 2005 11:51 AM (WJx3c)
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I'm a sarcastic apostate Presbyterian and a strong atheist who used to spend an awful lot of time theologizing and now participates actively in theist/atheist dialogue (read: catfight) chat (read: smackdowns). I scored like this:
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You scored as Emergent/Postmodern.
You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don't think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take place in relationships rather than through crusades and altar-calls. People are interested in spirituality and want to ask questions, so the church should help them to do this.
Emergent/Postmodern 71%
Modern Liberal 57%
Classical Liberal 43%
Roman Catholic 32%
Reformed Evangelical 21%
Neo orthodox 18%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 18%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 14%
Fundamentalist 0%
Posted by: speedwell at June 22, 2005 03:18 PM (pUeJA)
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Thanks, Speedwell. Interesting results. Congrats on the 0% Fundie score (I was the only one in my circle so far that got that low on that one).
Posted by: JohnL at June 22, 2005 11:11 PM (gplif)
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