What's your theological worldview?

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[Sam Cree]

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan		75%
Classical Liberal		68%
Modern Liberal		57%
Emergent/Postmodern		54%
Roman Catholic		54%
Neo orthodox		50%
Charismatic/Pentecostal		43%
Reformed Evangelical		29%
Fundamentalist		21%

What's your theological worldview?
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I'm not even religious, but it gave me this. They might have the depraved part right.

[Torie]

You are only about a third to half of the way across the River Styx. I am about 85%-90% of the way. :)

[Sam Cree]

Thank God it didn't give me a picture of Falwell. Did it call you depraved also, as it did me?

[Torie]

No, it had some pic of some guy I don't know, who amazingly enough, looks even less appealing than I do, and that is a high bar to surpass. He had that lean and hungry look.

[Torie]

This guy to be specific:

[Sam Cree]

Yeah, that guy has a certain kind of church look. Well, I am going to bed.

[mikenash]

This si waht I scored. I guess I agree with the results.

[DameAutour]

I had a number of problems with the wording of questions on this test.

For example, "Preaching the word is more important than worship".

What does that mean? How can you worship without engaging in the ministry? If you aren't preaching, where is your sacred service? How can worship and "preaching the word" be separated like this?

"Jesus was an excellent moral teacher who's example we should do our best to follow"

Well of course the answer is yes. Wait, is the question asking whether or not we think he was ONLY a moral teacher? I believe I was probably scored as a "liberal" because I agreed with this statement, but Jesus did set a moral example for us to follow. I don't get it.

"The Gospels tell us more about the early church than they do about Jesus"

This doesn't even make sense. By Gospels, does it mean Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? Or is it including the entire Greek Scriptures (sometimes called the New Testament). How do I even answer this? If it is just the first four books, well obviously this statement is not correct. But if by "Gospels" this statement includes the writings of Paul, Acts, Peter, etc. (and I suspect that is what it means), well, that's not what I understand the Gospels to be. How do I answer this?

" The best way to understand the Bible is to take it literally"

I hate statements like this. NO ONE takes everything in the Bible literally. The Bible uses poetry, songs, proverbial statements, these aren't completely literal. Bible writers and the people in the Bible used metaphors, similes, illustrations. EVERYBODY who writes and/or speaks does this. It is a caricature to say that people who believe that the Bible contains historical truth must therefore take EVERYTHING in it literally. Look at it in context. Anyone who knows how to read should learn to look at things in context in order to comprehend.

"Private piety and devotion is more important than political and social action"

Why is it one versus the other? As a Jehovah's Witness, I don't engage in fruitless "political and social action" nor did the early Christians, but I don't hide my faith either. I don't believe Christianity is a "private matter".

" The conclusions of church councils are authoritative for the church today"

I assumed the statement was referring to specific extra-Biblical councils, like the Council of Trent, or Vatican II, or the Council of Nicaea, so I disagreed with the statement. However, the Bible (book of Acts chapter 15) speaks of the older men in the Christian congregation coming together to discuss and decide on important doctrinal matters and matters of organization.

"Spirituality is more important than detailed dogmatics"

You can't have "spirituality" (the indwelling of the Spirit, a God-directed life), without paying heed to truth. I don't believe one should have to choose between the two things, in fact, it is impossible. People who think they are "spiritual" but think nothing is required of them have "a form of Godly devotion, but proving false to its power" (2 Tim. 3:5)

" Older churches are unintelligible to modern people"

What does this mean by "older churches"?

"Homosexuality is one of the worst sins"

This was difficult to answer. If I say I disagree, it will assume that I am disagreeing because I don't think homosexuality is a sin, and am thus a "liberal". But the reason I disagree is because sin is sin, and only one sin is unforgiveable, and it isn't "homosexuality".

[wimpycat]

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan		86%
Neo orthodox		64%
Fundamentalist		57%
Classical Liberal		57%
Reformed Evangelical		54%
Charismatic/Pentecostal		43%
Emergent/Postmodern		36%
Roman Catholic		32%
Modern Liberal		21%

What's your theological worldview?
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[MarkBsnr]

You scored as Roman Catholic. You are Roman Catholic. Church tradition and ecclesial authority are hugely important, and the most important part of worship for you is mass. As the Mother of God, Mary is important in your theology, and as the communion of saints includes the living and the dead, you can also ask the saints to intercede for you.

Roman Catholic		100%
Neo orthodox		93%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan		89%
Charismatic/Pentecostal		61%
Fundamentalist		57%
Reformed Evangelical		39%
Emergent/Postmodern		39%
Modern Liberal		36%
Classical Liberal		32%

What's your theological worldview?
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[RockinRight]

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan.



You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan

79%

Classical Liberal

75%

Roman Catholic

71%

Neo orthodox

64%

Emergent/Postmodern

64%

Modern Liberal

57%

Reformed Evangelical

46%

Fundamentalist

32%

Charismatic/Pentecostal

32%