Friday, December 01, 2006

What is your theological worldview?

Okay, family and friends, here's a game. Who dares to do it? This is a computerized (be assured, not scientific) test to discern what you really are theologically. Here are the rules that must be strictly adhered to.

1. You must take the test by yourself without input from anyone.
2. You must not google up terms or look up terms in any other way.
3. Helpful hint: If you don't know a name or term choose "disagree"
4. You must give the results of your test for the rest of us to see as Jennie and I are doing in the comment section below.

Have fun!

Here is the test. What is your theological worldview?

12 comments:

Bob Bixby said...

I've done this test before. And it is not precisely accurate, but it is interesting. It gets ball park, I think. Here are my results:

Reformed Evangelical 96%

Fundamentalist 75%

Evangelica Holiness/Weslyan 71%

Neo Orthodox 64%

Emergent/Postmodern 46%

Charismatic/Pentecostal 43%

Classical Liberal 36%

Roman Catholic 11%

Modern Liberal 0%

The obvious problem with a test like this is that nuances are hard to interpret. However, the quiz basically pegs me right:

"You most likely hold to TULIP and are sceptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure people hear how they can go to heaven when they die."

Bob Bixby said...

Here are Jennie's results:

Reformed Evangelical 96%

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 86%

Neo orthodox 71%

Fundamentalist 71%

Roman Catholic 36%

Emergent/Postmodern 32%

Charismatic/Pentecostal 21%

Classical Liberal 18%

Modern Liberal 14%

I am glad that she is strong in solid evangelical doctrine, but I wonder if their isn't some confliting ideas since the very next strength was Wesleyan... hmmmm

Aunt B said...

Ha! Ok....I took it.
Reformed Evangelical 96%
Fundamentalist 86%
Evangelical Holiness/Weslyan 82%
Emergent/Postmodern 46%
Neo Orthodox 46%
Classical Liberal 46%
Modern Liberal 21%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 18% :-)
Roman Catholic 4% :-)

Daniel said...

Fundamentalist 93%
Reformed Evangelical 89%
Neo orthodox 64%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 64%
Emergent/Postmodern 54%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 39%
Classical Liberal 36%
Roman Catholic 18%
Modern Liberal 0%


I just want everyone to note that I am more "fundamentalist" than my brother! ;-)

Bob Bixby said...

That's hilarious. I'm tempted to think you must have cheated! Although, I do find that it interesting that we married "liberal" girls compared to our own results. You and I both scored 0% on Modern Liberal..

Anyone else?

(BTW I know which question had to have skyrocketed Jennie's Roman Catholic perspective, but I won't say anything until others have done the test.

TRBix said...

Ruth is ...
You are a Reformed Evangelical. You take the Bible very seriously because it is God's Word. You most likely hold to TULIP and are sceptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure people hear how they can go to heaven when they die.

Reformed Evangelical 86%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 71%
Fundamentalist 68%
Neo orthodox 61%
Emergent/Postmodern 36%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 29%
Classical Liberal 29%
Roman Catholic 18%
Modern Liberal 0%

TRBix said...

Here's Fightin' Fundy Tim's: (Still not as right-winged as my brother Dan though. They made me answer a tie-breaker question to decide which of the top two to list first.)

You are a fundamentalist. You take the Bible as the foundation of your faith and read it very literally, and it shapes your worldview. Non-fundamentalist Christians have watered-down the Gospel in your view, and academic study of the Bible stops us from 'taking God at his word.' Science is opposed to faith, as it contradicts basic biblical truths.

Fundamentalist 86%
Reformed Evangelical 86%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 79%
Neo orthodox 57%
Classical Liberal 43%
Emergent/Postmodern 32%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 21%
Roman Catholic 4%
Modern Liberal 0%

Aunt B said...

Ha! Yes, I guess I'm a liberal! I'm still puzzled by Jennie's R Catholic thing......do tell!

vtbix said...

Fundamentalist 86%
Reformed Evangelical 82%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 64%
Neo orthodox 54%
Charismatic/Pentecostal 50%
Emergent/Postmodern 46%
Classical Liberal 32%
Roman Catholic 32%
Modern Liberal 18%


This cannot possibly be right!! I have to admit that this is the second take. Somehow I lost the first one. Anyway, they were similar, except that I rated higher as a Reforemed Evangelical the first time. That sounds more like it.

Bob Bixby said...

Chris, I find it interesting that you and I are the most Charismatic/Pentecostal of the bunch...

vtbix said...

LOL, it must be our "engaging personalities" that it's refering to. And what's up with my Catholicity?

Bequita17 said...

Are non-Bixbys allowed to take this??? - Rebecca

You are a fundamentalist. You take the Bible as the foundation of your faith and read it very literally, and it shapes your worldview. Non-fundamentalist Christians have watered-down the Gospel in your view, and academic study of the Bible stops us from 'taking God at his word.' Science is opposed to faith, as it contradicts basic biblical truths.

Fundamentalist

89%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan

82%
Neo orthodox

64%
Charismatic/Pentecostal

57%
Reformed Evangelical

57%
Emergent/Postmodern

54%
Roman Catholic

54%
Classical Liberal

29%
Modern Liberal

14%