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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

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Monday, June 27, 2005

Best use for a Mac Classic I've seen

This has got to be the best use of a Mac carcass I have ever seen. Truly Classic!

More Theology through Quizzes

Like JohnL, my rankings changed slightly - now I'm listed as Reformed above Sikh. Which is partially true.

I'm not as concerned at #4 than I thought I would be. From the standpoint of "Who The Big Guy" is - or at least, who #4 overtly states The Big Guy to be - I don't have a problem. That they want me dead, and behead innocents - I have a problem.


1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Sikhism (99%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (92%)
4. Islam (84%)
5. Bahi'i Faith (82%)
6. Liberal Quakers (67%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (59%)
9. Jainism (58%)
10. Hinduism (53%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (53%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
13. Neo-Pagan (50%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (41%)
18. Roman Catholic (41%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (39%)
20. Scientology (38%)
21. New Age (36%)
22. New Thought (35%)
23. Theravada Buddhism (34%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
25. Secular Humanism (21%)
26. Taoism (17%)
27. Nontheist (10%)

Monday, June 20, 2005

Better Theology through Quizzes

Sure, why not. One of these days I'm gonna have to ask JohnL and Beldar (and any other Learned Colleagues out there) how they handle Blogging and practicing. But, until such time... yet another quiz.

I was not, however, overly surprised by the result:


You scored as Judaism. Your views are closest to those of Judaism. If you are not a Jew, do more research on Judaism and possibly consider becoming one; however, realize that conversion to Judaism is difficult.

Judaism was the first of the Abrahamic faiths; it precedes both Christianity and Islam.

Judaism


88%

Islam


71%

Buddhism


46%

agnosticism


38%

Paganism


29%

Satanism


29%

Christianity


17%

atheism


8%

Hinduism


4%

Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
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Theology, Poll-Style

JohnL is right, if "you don't believe in the Baby Jesus" this poll really doesn't mean much at all. A lot of my answers were midline "neither agree nor disagree" simply because they don't have anything to do with, well, anything that's important. Or so I say. In any event, here are my results:


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


79%

Emergent/Postmodern


71%

Modern Liberal


61%

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan


54%

Roman Catholic


46%

Neo orthodox


39%

Reformed Evangelical


32%

Fundamentalist


18%

Charismatic/Pentecostal


18%

What's your theological worldview?
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Not bad, I'd say.

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Repeat that again?

Etruscan Writing
Etruscan (1000 B.C.E)
You are ETRUSCAN. Ancestor of Greek and Latin
alphabets, you are tauntingly familiar and yet
distant. Scholars can guess at your meaning,
but no one really knows for sure. You could
contain the secret of eternal life -- or a
really naughty story. Or both. Who knows?


Which Indecipherable Script Are You?
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Blue. Fascinating.

HASH(0x8a65f74)
Your Lightsaber is Blue

Blue is often associated with depth and stability.
It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom,
confidence, and truth.


What Colored Lightsaber Would You Have?
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'Tis a silly place indeed!

Direct from the wooly minds of the Llamas, through Texas, I now present:
(Ah, rules. Yes.
1. Take the lyrics to a favorite song.
2. Go to Babelfish, translate the lyrics into German, then from German to French, and finally from French back into English.
3. Post the results verbatim.
4. Invite friends to guess the song based on the interesting new lyrics.)

I wanted to be... Holzfaeller!

Tree with the tree to jump, as they swim to the bottom the powerful rivers of British Columbia. Enormous red wood. The larch. The Spot! Scots Kiefer powerful! The convex cherry flowering! Plucky small Apsen! With my best daughter, we would sing my side,! sing! sing!

I am Holzfaeller and myself am okay.
I sleep every night and myself works all during the day.

It is Holzfaeller and is to him okay.
It sleeps all the night and all the day works to him.

I crossed to the bottom of the trees.
I eat my lunch. I go to the toilet.
Wednesday I go shoppin ' and have of Scones gebutterte for tea.

It crosses to the bottom of the trees.
It eats its lunch. It goes to the toilet.
Wednesday it will buy and has of Scones gebutterte for tea.

It is Holzfaeller and is to him okay.
It sleeps all the night and all the day works to him.

I crossed to the bottom of the trees.
I jump and jump. I can actuate wild flowers.
I place at clothing of the women and hangs around in the personnel.

He crosses to the bottom of the trees.
He jumps and jumps. He can actuate wild flowers.
He places at clothing of the women and hangs around in the personnel? !

He is Holzfaeller and is to him okay.
He sleeps all the night and all the day works to him.

I crossed to the bottom of the trees.
I carry high heels, of Suspendies and Buestenhalter.
I wish that I become be expensive a dad girlie, right that my.

It crosses to the bottom of the trees.
It carries high heels, of Suspendies and Buestenhalter? !

What is this one? A girlie would like to be? ! OH -, my! And I thought that you were so abrupt! Poofter!...

It is Holzfaeller and is to him okay.
It sleeps all the night and all the day works to him.

It is Holzfaeller and is to him okaaaaay.
It sleeps all the night and all the day works to him.
OK, it's a bit obvious, but somewhere it looks like Yoda got into the mix: "A girlie would like to be?!"