What faith are you?

Discussion in 'Religion Archives' started by MoonCat, Aug 16, 2000.

  1. MoonCat Registered Senior Member

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    Here's something kinda fun, posted over at the pagan forum I haunt: http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/ You answer a series of questions and it tells you which religion your beliefs align with.

    I came up (just top 3, it lists a whole bunch) "Neo-pagan 100%, Universal Unitarian 98%, New Age 96%". Pretty accurate, I'd say! What does it say you are? And how accurate do you think it is?

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  3. Lori Registered Senior Member

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    That was a cute little test! Mainline to conservative Protestant...100%...Orthodox Quaker (?)...99%! I'm a Quaker?!?! What a groovy label.

    I wanted to note too, that the questions were pretty black and white and simplistic. Most of which could be debated, or have been debated all to hell and back out here. Some of them seemed to come down to a particular choice of vocabulary too. I didn't like that they picked out certain acts, and not intentions, that they want you to deem sinful or no...those being abortion and homosexuality. The sin lies in the intent, and not in the act anyway, which wasn't even addressed, and it's like they picked those two acts specifically, to somehow suggest, as the church people do, that these are somehow "greater" sins, or more devasting sins, or less forgivable sins than any other, which is totally bogus. Ok, I'm done. That was fun! Thanks, Moonpie! Heh, heh, heh!

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  5. MoonCat Registered Senior Member

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    Loreye,

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    Yah, I noticed that too. I think they picked those things in particular because they're pretty controversial, and seem to be such huge public topics mainly due to people's religious beliefs... You did see how you could rank them as high/medium/low importance too, right?

    All in all though, pretty accurate, huh? I love these things. Ever taken the quizzes over at www.thespark.com ? Turns out I'm a slut AND a bitch according to their tests. Guess I better get one of those "zero to bitch in 2 seconds" buttons, huh? LOL!
     
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  7. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    It's worse than Lori thought ... I'm a Unitarian.

    Scary. I scored 100 for Unitarian, 80 for Quaker, and 79 for Therevada Buddhist and also Pagan.

    I think it suffers some of the faults of any multiple-choice survey. But how else to quantify the data? (Lies, damned lies ....?) Anyway, there's a lesson in there about what statistics mean when we hear them.

    Anyway ... Lori ... gotta say, the Quakers are pretty groovy; they're about the only Christian sect I've encountered that I can't recall having fought bitterly with. I can't recall ever fighting with Quakers.

    But the downside is that Quakers don't dance. (They rhythm.) I dunno ... I think the Charleston's okay.

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    thanx,
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  8. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    MC--

    All I can think of is the several Unitarian jokes I've heard on The Simpsons over the years.

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  9. ilgwamh Fallen Angel Registered Senior Member

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    Mega problems with that test. I couldn't even answer number one!

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    Christian doctrine states that there are three beings who make up the One God. I have no clue which category that falls in??? Anyone got any help?

    Number 5 was pretty bad too. There really wasn't a answer I agreed with as the source of most of our sins is not from Satan's temptations but from our own evil desires. I had to pick "none of the above."

    James 1:13-14

    "When tempted no one should say God is tempting me.l For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed."

    This kind of goes back to the other thread with the trinity stuff. That verse says that God cannot be tempted. Jesus Christ was tempted. Thus, how can Christian claim Christ is God? Well in my other post I talked about the incarnation and Jesus lowering himself (aka becomming fully human).

    Phil 2:5-11 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

    Jesus made himself nothing. That is very important to remember. He took on the nature of a servant. John 17:5 says "And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began." When Jesus, took on flesh He lost something, people like me would say He lost his extra-dimensionality. He humbled Himself. He "became a servant". Hence the reason why the father is greater and Jesus is doing the will of the one above in all those verses. He lowered himself and became fully human. John 1:1 tells us Jesus was around in the beginning. Jesus was fully God but lowered Himself to be a man. In John 17:5 up above He asks to be returned to His previous position of glory and He was exalted back to God's right hand side after His resurrection. He resumed His full role as one of the three persons in the trinity that make up the One God and Lord of all creation. Verses like John 14:28 reveal "the subordinate role Jesus accepted as a necessary part of the incarnation." (Niv Text Note)

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  10. Lori Registered Senior Member

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    Mooncat,

    My answer regarding the "sin" questions would have differed depending upon whether they were suggesting a personal decision, or a political agenda. It just hinted of politics, or judgement of some type. I answered though, as if a personal decision.

    Oh, and I don't need a test to tell me I'm a slut and a bitch. LMAO! Those are the two areas that Jesus and me are working on presently. Wish me luck.

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    Tiassa,

    Oh, well I guess I can't be a Quaker, cause I sure as hell can dance. That is just soooo flippin' funny!!! Everybody cut footloose!!

    Oh yea, and what's a Unitarian?

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  11. Searcher Registered Senior Member

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    MoonCat~

    That was fun! My top 3 scores were as follows:

    New Age (score=100)
    Neo-Pagan (score=96)
    Unitarian Universalist (score=81)

    Jehovah's Witness was at the bottom of the list with a score of 16. Imagine that!

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    Thanks for posting that webpage, MoonCat!

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  12. Oxygen One Hissy Kitty Registered Senior Member

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    OH MY GOD, I'M A UNITARIAN! NO! WAIT! OH YOUR GOD, I'M A UNITARIAN! THAT ISN'T RIGHT EITHER! OH NOBODY'S GOD, I'M A UNITARI...OH...OH...OH...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGH!

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    I'm so confooooooozed!

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  13. dexter ROOT Registered Senior Member

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    no, you all got it wrong, <h1>I AM YOUR GOD!!!</H1>

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  14. ilgwamh Fallen Angel Registered Senior Member

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    Must have been a typo. You put that "G" in upper-case letters. We all make errors from time to time

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  15. dexter ROOT Registered Senior Member

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    no, i beileive that I AM YOUR GOD is written with a capitol G, becasue I AM YOUR GOD!!! AND YOU WILL BOW TO ME, BITCH and......... ya, jesus is jsut my stage name... so is emanuel.... but i wil go now, and let there be light!!!!

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  16. tablariddim forexU2 Valued Senior Member

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    Hi friends,
    so I guess I'm a unitarian universalist if i must be pigeonholed. I don't mind really because for one uu would mean absolute bollox to anyone I know and secondly it just means that I'm basically free to believe in anything I want and free to change my mind at any time... cool!

    At the moment I believe in air conditioning and smints.
     
  17. Lori Registered Senior Member

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    Ok,

    What is a unitarian?
    What is bollox?
    And what the hell is a smint?

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  18. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Unitarianism is the name given to post-Revolutionary, institutionalized Deism. It's also a humorous social reference that I've never understood at its core, but apparently the motto applies, "If there's a bad Unitarian joke, I haven't heard it."

    Bollox: "Never mind the Bollocks!" Wasn't that a Sex Pistols theme? An Lp, actually? But I've never used the phrase, so I don't know, specifically, what a bollock is. I've figured it's either a bulkhead, a policeman, a sharp blow to the head, a left buttock, or the "family jewels". Any 1970's punks would have a better idea.

    Smints are breath mints. As far as I can tell, their appeal is an "image" thing. They're marketed at X-Phile teenagers and quasi-ravers.

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    ps.--I thought it worth mentioning that I heard the sentence of the month from a friend of mine who took the quiz: "It told me I should be a Latter-Day-Saint," she said. "And then Judaism, whatever that is." Ouch.

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  19. Tony H2o Registered Senior Member

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    The faith of a child, and I don't know of any test that can quantify it?

    Simple faith.
    Trusting faith.
    Loving faith.

    Nothing to complex here, a heart not hurt and hardened but broken and contrite.

    Allcare

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  20. Oxygen One Hissy Kitty Registered Senior Member

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    Somebody call me? "Bollocks" or "bullocks" refers to the genitalia of a bull. It's an archaic term. It's also the origin of the common usage of the word "balls" to describe any male genitalia. Oi!
     
  21. MoonCat Registered Senior Member

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    Tony!

    Hi buddy!! Long time no see! Glad to see you're still hangin' around here!

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    Blessings!
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  22. Lori Registered Senior Member

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    Ok, thanks! I like the term kahuna's myself. Now, what does institutionalized deism mean? Honestly, I'm not trying to be thick, I'm just not sure about the institutionalized part??

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    Test


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