Posted on 05/07/2009 9:08:21 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Do you believe in bringing children up with a strict education, in avoiding sumptuous food and unnecessary expense, and in holding to the values of hard work? If so, you have a good chance of being a Calvinist, according to an online quiz offered by a Dutch newspaper.
The 25-question test on the Web site of Trouw was first launched in Dutch in January. It is now available in English and German and is one of the numerous projects and activities in the Netherlands and beyond to mark the 500th anniversary in 2009 of the birth of French-born Protestant leader Jean Calvin.
Born on 10 July 1509 in Noyon in northern France, Calvin is known worldwide for his role in the Protestant Reformation in Geneva, a once independent city-state which became part of Switzerland in 1815. The religious movement he inspired is often associated with the traits of hard work, discipline and frugality.
Those taking part in the quiz are asked to respond to a statement with an "agree" or "disagree" answer. Each response to a statement leads to more information about Calvinism.
The last question raises what many people would see as a typically Calvinist issue - whether the time used in taking the test could not have been spent more usefully doing other things.
About 2.3 million of the Netherlands' 16 million people are members of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, formed by a union in 2004 of two Calvinist denominations and a small Lutheran church.
More than 70 000 people have taken part in the original Dutch-language test, Trouw reported on its Web site.
Calvinist Quiz: www.trouw.nl/nieuws/religie-filosofie/article2050113.ece
Those taking part in the quiz are asked to respond to a statement with an "agree" or "disagree" answer. Each response to a statement leads to more information about Calvinism. The last question raises what many people would see as a typically Calvinist issue - whether the time used in taking the test could not have been spent more usefully doing other things.
“How Calvinist are you?”
Not.
“Do you believe in bringing children up with a strict education, in avoiding sumptuous food and unnecessary expense, and in holding to the values of hard work?”
Uneducated, fat, lazy and arminian is no way to go through life, son.
What do the manner of education, the type of food eaten, and one's work ethic have to do with being a Calvinist?
Quite a bit, IMO.
Good question. I can't think of any relation, myself.
“Uneducated, fat, lazy and arminian is no way to go through life, son.”
I know! Those questions were quite ridiculous.
Do you like breathing air? Yes? You must be a Calvinist.
Do you like the opposite sex? Yes? You must be a Calvinist.
Do you like being a foul-smelling lout? No? You must be a Calvinist.
Have you ever had a logical thought? Yes? You must be a Calvinist.
hilarious stuff!
I fail to see the rational behind evangelizing people to Calvinist anyway. I mean, if your “predestined” to be one its going to happen — regardless.
61% Calvinist here!
“What do the manner of ... the type of food eaten...”
He did you hear the news!
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,”
I have nary a trace of Calvinism left in me.
“Good question. I can’t think of any relation, myself.”
As a Calvinist, you should only eat the food that you have been predestined to eat.
If you eat food that you were not predestined to eat then you might cause a system error and the universe would have to be rebooted.
I started taking the test and smirked at some of the questions. Apparently I wasn't predestined to finish the test.
C = 53%
They forgot the part about double predestination and a host of other beliefs that some French guy named Jean made up.
They left off a question: “do you insist on misreading Romans 9?”
50% Calvinist. 50% Hobbesist.
LOL!!!
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