Chris posted his results to a Theological Worldview Quiz. I’ve decided to join him.
I wasn’t fond of the Pentecostal questions… either I’m not as Pentecostal as I thought or the quiz-maker has confused us with a bunch of theologically clueless crazies… which well… I’m only 57% 64% crazy. 
One of the quiz statements which we’re to agree or disagree on is, “Speaking in tongues is one of the most important parts of being saved.” While I know that’s one of the Pentecostal indicator questions… and I do value speaking in tongues… I can’t say it’s ‘one of the most important parts of being saved.’ Gracious. [erm... no offense to those who disagree.]
A few of the other questions are hard to answer, but overall it’s a fun quiz if you’re a geeky seminarian like myself… [who now has to read up on Karl Barth and Neo-Orthodoxy... and reexamine my views of the emergent church.]
Here are my results however accurate or inaccurate they might be:
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I 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 heavily by John Wesley and the Methodists.”
| Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan |
|
93% | |
| Neo orthodox |
|
79% | |
| Emergent/Postmodern |
|
79% | |
| Reformed Evangelical |
|
75% | |
| Charismatic/Pentecostal |
|
57% | |
| Fundamentalist |
|
50% | |
| Classical Liberal |
|
46% | |
| Modern Liberal |
|
39% | |
| Roman Catholic |
|
14% |
UPDATE:
After researching a little bit and rethinking the questions [including one or two that I accidentally answered the opposite of what I meant] I’ve retaken the quiz. The biggest change: I’m not Neo Orthodox. And I’m a tad more Pentecostal than before. Some of the questions are worded in such a way that you can’t accurately express your opinion… ah well it’s all for fun right? [Yeh, it's all fun and games till someone gets burned at the stake as a heretic.]
| Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan |
|
93% | |
| Reformed Evangelical |
|
71% | |
| Emergent/Postmodern |
|
68% | |
| Charismatic/Pentecostal |
|
64% | |
| Fundamentalist |
|
54% | |
| Neo orthodox |
|
54% | |
| Classical Liberal |
|
50% | |
| Modern Liberal |
|
32% | |
| Roman Catholic |
|
18% |
Very interesting! So i took it and scored the same as you, though my numbers were lower. It makes since that we lean toward Weleyan considering the pentecostal movement came out of the Methodist church. Thanks for sharing!
Comment by Hillery — 5/6/2008 @ 6:05 pm
Well, I didn’t understand three of the questions, but it said I was a Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan, too.
89% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
71% Fundamentalist
71% Emergent/Postmodern
64% Reformed Evangelical
50% Charismatic/Pentecostal
43% Neo orthodox
43% Classical Liberal
29% Modern Liberal
7% Roman Catholic
Comment by Anthony — 5/6/2008 @ 6:51 pm
Ha…they didn’t account for a wacky Lutheran dropping by. They thought I was “highly influenced by John Wesley.” Sorry, I’ve never read his stuff.
But I have heard that he read a bunch of Luther.
Very interesting questions though! Tough wording on some of those…
Comment by Mark Hunsaker — 5/8/2008 @ 4:14 pm
Yes–your second results seem much more correct. I haven’t taken the quiz yet, but I will. . .
Comment by Patti N — 5/9/2008 @ 6:46 am
Very interesting. I couldn’t get away from the neo-orthodox! I took it twice. Considering my CH-BOLC orthodox experience, I find this interesting.
Of course, I’m primarily Wesleysn/Holiness (89%), but then I am almost equally Neo-Orthodox, Pentecostal, and Emergent. The thing that throws me for a loop is the Classic Liberal percentage! I can’t figure out which question I answered that would make my percentage as high as it is. . .
Well, like you said, it’s all in fun and for certain the questions can be interpreted differently by people.
Comment by Patti N — 5/9/2008 @ 7:20 am
Hmm… I don’t think your interest in Greek Orthodox can be blamed for the Neo Orthodox tag. Read up on Karl Barth a bit. They got us because of the way we answered the questions about the importance of Christ. Sneaky.
Oh… and the Emergent church tends to be influenced by Neo Orthodoxy.
Yeh I spent too much time reading about this and not doing my homework.
Comment by Amy — 5/9/2008 @ 12:17 pm
P.S. If you want to see which question leads to which result you can answer strongly agree on one then strongly disagree on all of the others. Your result will tell you what that one question refers to.
Comment by Amy — 5/9/2008 @ 12:21 pm