cyberjosh
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I took an interesting denominational quizwhich lists your results in decending order from closest to furthest similarity. Not all the questions are perfect, but they were good enough, however I will comment on the ones I think should have been improved.
My results were (the second time):
(100%) 1: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God
(91%) 2: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)
(81%) 3: Presbyterian/Reformed
(75%) 4: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)
(75%) 5: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist
(72%) 6: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene
(67%) 7: Congregational/United Church of Christ
(56%) 8: Eastern Orthodox
(54%) 9: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England
(48%) 10: Church of Christ/Campbellite
(48%) 11: Seventh-Day Adventist
(37%) 12: Lutheran
(37%) 13: Roman Catholic
That's real interesting. Aren't Pentecostals and Anabaptists like polar opposites? Does this mean I strike a good balance? ;) And to clarify aren't Anabaptists ultra-conservative, more so then regular "Baptists"? If not then what do they believe?
Now I use the second rating because it seems really to fall on an arbitrary point: I only changed one answer on which type of worship serivce there should be. At first I picked traditional, but then it put some ultra conservative (Anabaptist - I think) results at the top so I decided to pick contemporary the second time (I like both - I could care less as long as I'm worshiping God) and I changed the weight of the salvation question to "high" to see what it would do.
My selections for the second time I took it were:
1. Third Selection
2. Third
3. Third
4. Second
5. Second
6. First
7. First
8. Second
9. Second (changed this to contemporary
10. Second
11. First
12. Fourth
13. First
14. First
15. First
16. First
Look what the difference in results was just for changing the worship from contemporary to traditional (my first choice):
(100%) 1: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)
(94%) 2: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)
(94%) 3: Presbyterian/Reformed
(91%) 4: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God
(88%) 5: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist
(85%) 6: Congregational/United Church of Christ
(79%) 7: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene
(64%) 8: Seventh-Day Adventist
(61%) 9: Eastern Orthodox
(58%) 10: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England
(55%) 11: Church of Christ/Campbellite
(41%) 12: Lutheran
(41%) 13: Roman Catholic
I grew up more as a Baptist but the Pentecostal option is probably placed higher up because I don't mind upbeat contemporary music or even dancing in church in joy (hey, David did) so I guess this just means I have traditional values but walk in liberty in how I worship God. Sounds like a fine evaluation to me.
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Now my "complaints" on some of the options. #2 is too rigid I almost picked the second option which said: "Only those portions of the Law that are re-stated in the New Testament are binding on believers - all of the Old Testament has been set aside for the Christian unless re-instated in the New." but this unnecessarily implies that OT principles that are not explicitly stated in the NT have disappeared, which is untrue so I was forced to pick the third option though it implies that one is still obligated to keep the old law, while the law I had in mind for selecting that option should have been God's moral law, the Law of Christ. But we still are to fulfill the principles of God's OT law through God's grace (Ex:"These fulfill all the law and prophets") There is no setting aside (as the third option - the one I had to pick) of the principles of the law while the ritual and ceremonial ordinances were indeed set aside.
On #7 a small complaint, though not terrible, the first option (the one I picked) seems to imply that Jews are mutually exclusive from the Church, while believing Jews today are indeed part of the Church, while the eschatalogical Jews is largely a national, distinct entity. But the Church today is not exclusively Gentiles.
#9 also, which is the worship one. I would prefer a blend of the traditional and contemporary if possible. Perhaps and either or option.
#13 is unfair in assuming that allowing all who profess Christ to take communion (the first option - the one I had to pick) may include professed heretics or excommunicates (implied by opposites due to option #2). The heretic or excommunicate shouldn't even be allowed _in_ the church (much less near the communion tray), thus the problem of picking #1 goes away (thus why I picked #1).
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Take the quiz and give the result here if you like. Tell me what you think. I'd be interested in hearing your comments.
~Josh
My results were (the second time):
(100%) 1: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God
(91%) 2: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)
(81%) 3: Presbyterian/Reformed
(75%) 4: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)
(75%) 5: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist
(72%) 6: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene
(67%) 7: Congregational/United Church of Christ
(56%) 8: Eastern Orthodox
(54%) 9: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England
(48%) 10: Church of Christ/Campbellite
(48%) 11: Seventh-Day Adventist
(37%) 12: Lutheran
(37%) 13: Roman Catholic
That's real interesting. Aren't Pentecostals and Anabaptists like polar opposites? Does this mean I strike a good balance? ;) And to clarify aren't Anabaptists ultra-conservative, more so then regular "Baptists"? If not then what do they believe?
Now I use the second rating because it seems really to fall on an arbitrary point: I only changed one answer on which type of worship serivce there should be. At first I picked traditional, but then it put some ultra conservative (Anabaptist - I think) results at the top so I decided to pick contemporary the second time (I like both - I could care less as long as I'm worshiping God) and I changed the weight of the salvation question to "high" to see what it would do.
My selections for the second time I took it were:
1. Third Selection
2. Third
3. Third
4. Second
5. Second
6. First
7. First
8. Second
9. Second (changed this to contemporary
10. Second
11. First
12. Fourth
13. First
14. First
15. First
16. First
Look what the difference in results was just for changing the worship from contemporary to traditional (my first choice):
(100%) 1: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)
(94%) 2: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)
(94%) 3: Presbyterian/Reformed
(91%) 4: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God
(88%) 5: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist
(85%) 6: Congregational/United Church of Christ
(79%) 7: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene
(64%) 8: Seventh-Day Adventist
(61%) 9: Eastern Orthodox
(58%) 10: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England
(55%) 11: Church of Christ/Campbellite
(41%) 12: Lutheran
(41%) 13: Roman Catholic
I grew up more as a Baptist but the Pentecostal option is probably placed higher up because I don't mind upbeat contemporary music or even dancing in church in joy (hey, David did) so I guess this just means I have traditional values but walk in liberty in how I worship God. Sounds like a fine evaluation to me.
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Now my "complaints" on some of the options. #2 is too rigid I almost picked the second option which said: "Only those portions of the Law that are re-stated in the New Testament are binding on believers - all of the Old Testament has been set aside for the Christian unless re-instated in the New." but this unnecessarily implies that OT principles that are not explicitly stated in the NT have disappeared, which is untrue so I was forced to pick the third option though it implies that one is still obligated to keep the old law, while the law I had in mind for selecting that option should have been God's moral law, the Law of Christ. But we still are to fulfill the principles of God's OT law through God's grace (Ex:"These fulfill all the law and prophets") There is no setting aside (as the third option - the one I had to pick) of the principles of the law while the ritual and ceremonial ordinances were indeed set aside.
On #7 a small complaint, though not terrible, the first option (the one I picked) seems to imply that Jews are mutually exclusive from the Church, while believing Jews today are indeed part of the Church, while the eschatalogical Jews is largely a national, distinct entity. But the Church today is not exclusively Gentiles.
#9 also, which is the worship one. I would prefer a blend of the traditional and contemporary if possible. Perhaps and either or option.
#13 is unfair in assuming that allowing all who profess Christ to take communion (the first option - the one I had to pick) may include professed heretics or excommunicates (implied by opposites due to option #2). The heretic or excommunicate shouldn't even be allowed _in_ the church (much less near the communion tray), thus the problem of picking #1 goes away (thus why I picked #1).
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Take the quiz and give the result here if you like. Tell me what you think. I'd be interested in hearing your comments.
~Josh
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