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A test on spirituality at: Beliefnet Quizzes
The Result:
As expected the middle path!
Love & rgds
A test on spirituality at: Beliefnet Quizzes
The Result:
As expected the middle path!
Love & rgds
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Spirituality
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mycorrhiza
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"Active Spiritual Seeker - Spiritual but turned off by organized religion"
I don't like to use the word spiritual to describe myself as I am a physicalist monist. I feel that I am comfortable in the path I've found, but the test was a bit focused on a monotheistic supernatural God.
I don't like to use the word spiritual to describe myself as I am a physicalist monist. I feel that I am comfortable in the path I've found, but the test was a bit focused on a monotheistic supernatural God.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Well, my score was a real shock.
You scored 39, on a scale of 25 to 100. Here's how to interpret your score:
30 - 39 -- Spiritual Dabbler -- Open to spiritual matters but far from impressed
Who would have thought?
Frankly, I don't know what "being spiritual" is. It's such a vague term, that seems to mean whatever one wants it to mean.
You scored 39, on a scale of 25 to 100. Here's how to interpret your score:
30 - 39 -- Spiritual Dabbler -- Open to spiritual matters but far from impressed
Who would have thought?
Frankly, I don't know what "being spiritual" is. It's such a vague term, that seems to mean whatever one wants it to mean.
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Student of X
Paradigm Shifter
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
You scored 41, on a scale of 25 to 100. Here's how to interpret your score:
"Active Spiritual Seeker: Spiritual but turned off by organized religion"
"Active Spiritual Seeker: Spiritual but turned off by organized religion"
Thief
Rogue Theologian
So...I got a 70...
But I could have flip-flopped on some of the questions.
The questions do seem 'orthodox'.
I'm not.
When I was younger I did apply for position at a seminary.
Really thought the priesthood might work out.
Several other candidates showed up,and they picked someone else.
Just as well.
I kept reading scripture, and as my believing developed....
I dropped the required dogma.
But I could have flip-flopped on some of the questions.
The questions do seem 'orthodox'.
I'm not.
When I was younger I did apply for position at a seminary.
Really thought the priesthood might work out.
Several other candidates showed up,and they picked someone else.
Just as well.
I kept reading scripture, and as my believing developed....
I dropped the required dogma.
Student of X
Paradigm Shifter
Yeah I had that problem too. I had to do some translating into 'unorthodox'.
I got a 68,
60 - 69 Old-fashioned Seeker -- Happy with my religion but searching for the
right expression of it
I also found that some questions did not have choices close to what I would actually say. The test wouldn't accept skipping any questions. It was interesting though.
60 - 69 Old-fashioned Seeker -- Happy with my religion but searching for the
right expression of it
I also found that some questions did not have choices close to what I would actually say. The test wouldn't accept skipping any questions. It was interesting though.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I agree that some of the questions were pretty lame, as well as the supplied answers. Originally, I skipped two questions because the answers were -- well, ridiculous. I had to go back and pick the least horrid answer. Personally, I think the test is worthless.
Urgh. As I'm taking this right now, I'm running into walls on some of these questions. This one in particular I had no idea how to respond to:
5. Don't believe in the problem of evil, hence question not applicable.
And also this one:
5. Meh. $#@% happens.
Somehow, my results came out as this:
Old-fashioned Seeker -- Happy with my religion but searching for the right expression of it.
No... I've pretty much found the right expression of it, actually. >_<; I'm just a pathological learner who is always looking for more things to devour and incorporate into that expression. Stagnant religion is boring religion.
5. Don't believe in the problem of evil, hence question not applicable.
And also this one:
5. Meh. $#@% happens.
Somehow, my results came out as this:
Old-fashioned Seeker -- Happy with my religion but searching for the right expression of it.
No... I've pretty much found the right expression of it, actually. >_<; I'm just a pathological learner who is always looking for more things to devour and incorporate into that expression. Stagnant religion is boring religion.
All tests have limitations, particularly if you make one about something as complicated as religion. One has to tailor them to specific theological backgrounds. I've seen some very good Neopagan surveys put together by academics studying our community or members of the community itself, but outside of those, most religion surveys fail at applying to us. They seem to cover the typical Abrahamic stuff fairly well (and sometimes the atheist/agnostic angle), but anything outside of that is marginalized. To try and represent all faiths in a single survey just isn't feasible. You'd need to do dozens of focus groups representing all faith groups and on top of that wrestle with the fact that the same word can have dramatically different meanings to different faith groups.
