The test's front page.
I'm sensing a lot of defensiveness and misunderstanding in this thread. ;) All this test sets out to do is check to see if your beliefs are consistent with each other - it doesn't care WHAT you believe, just as long as your beliefs are consistent. middleclasstool is right, no matter what you say you believe, EVERYBODY has to back up his or her case.
You can't just say "I don't believe in God because if there were a God, why does he let wars happen and delicate little children senselessly die?" which makes no logical sense at all. What good argument can you make out of that? On the other hand, blind faith statements such as "I should have died in that plane crash but for some reason I was late that day and couldn't make it! There is a God!" Sure, yes, believe what you want to believe. We all need something. And we all should respect each other's beliefs, live and let live. I like this test because it makes you ask yourself why you believe what you do, and whether it will stand up to would-be questioning by people who will want to understand your faith.
I took this test twice: once from the point of view of a Catholic (which I was raised as), and once with my personal beliefs (decidedly non-Catholic, an amalgam of philosophies I picked up from different faiths). For what I believe in now, I got to the end only biting one bullet (yes, the Loch Ness one too), but for the Catholic one - good Lord. I died quickly. There simply isn't a lot of logic behind a religion run primarily by no-questions-asked dogma.
As for oversimplified statements - it's the only way, it IS a test after all. Would you prefer wishy-washy ones? Save the nuances for internal battles. And real arguments against real people!
Ooooh. I stumbled upon this link not too long ago. It's a really nice world to explore, especially with the music on! There's something of a hidden puzzle to it if you poke around enough, then when you solve it, it all transforms into something VERY trippy and strange indeed. :)
"Monkey Poo Fling!" Callout for when snarkiness that's characteristic to MeFi carries over to MoFi. ;)
posted by Lush 19 years ago
In "The God Game"
The test's front page. I'm sensing a lot of defensiveness and misunderstanding in this thread. ;) All this test sets out to do is check to see if your beliefs are consistent with each other - it doesn't care WHAT you believe, just as long as your beliefs are consistent. middleclasstool is right, no matter what you say you believe, EVERYBODY has to back up his or her case. You can't just say "I don't believe in God because if there were a God, why does he let wars happen and delicate little children senselessly die?" which makes no logical sense at all. What good argument can you make out of that? On the other hand, blind faith statements such as "I should have died in that plane crash but for some reason I was late that day and couldn't make it! There is a God!" Sure, yes, believe what you want to believe. We all need something. And we all should respect each other's beliefs, live and let live. I like this test because it makes you ask yourself why you believe what you do, and whether it will stand up to would-be questioning by people who will want to understand your faith. I took this test twice: once from the point of view of a Catholic (which I was raised as), and once with my personal beliefs (decidedly non-Catholic, an amalgam of philosophies I picked up from different faiths). For what I believe in now, I got to the end only biting one bullet (yes, the Loch Ness one too), but for the Catholic one - good Lord. I died quickly. There simply isn't a lot of logic behind a religion run primarily by no-questions-asked dogma. As for oversimplified statements - it's the only way, it IS a test after all. Would you prefer wishy-washy ones? Save the nuances for internal battles. And real arguments against real people!
posted by Lush 20 years ago
In "WTF!?!??..."
Ooooh. I stumbled upon this link not too long ago. It's a really nice world to explore, especially with the music on! There's something of a hidden puzzle to it if you poke around enough, then when you solve it, it all transforms into something VERY trippy and strange indeed. :)
posted by Lush 20 years ago
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