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Jan. 11th, 2006 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tree_and_leafHmmm... I took the 'Which theologian are you' test over at quiz farm and came out, first as Anselm, then....
I know why it thinks I'm into predestination, though: it was saying that I didn't think you could only be saved by exercising free will. My view has always been, you can't, because if you are in a state of sin, you need God's grace to be able to choose anything at all. However, as I think that there is a real choice, it's not predestination. (I suppose you could argue that I've just said you need to exercise free will - but I think that's a misleading way to put it, so I don't.)
Ah well. I like lots of Augustine: "You have made us for Yourself, and we are restless until we find our rest in You." And anyone who admits to crying themselves to sleep over the Aeneid is OK with me.
At least it wasn't Calvin. I might have had to... retake the test until I came out as someone more sensible.
Disclaimer: No offence intended to Calvinists, three-point or otherwise. I do not think Calvin was the Anti-Christ or even that everything he said was wrong. Some of my best friends are Calvinists. No Calvinists were harmed in the making of this post.
On the other hand... I'm a high church Scot, so Calvin freaks me out. Read Buchan's 'Witchwood', and you will understand the freaked outness, even if you don't share it....
 | You scored as Augustine. You have a big view of God and also take human sin and depravity very seriously. Predestination is important for you.
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I know why it thinks I'm into predestination, though: it was saying that I didn't think you could only be saved by exercising free will. My view has always been, you can't, because if you are in a state of sin, you need God's grace to be able to choose anything at all. However, as I think that there is a real choice, it's not predestination. (I suppose you could argue that I've just said you need to exercise free will - but I think that's a misleading way to put it, so I don't.)
Ah well. I like lots of Augustine: "You have made us for Yourself, and we are restless until we find our rest in You." And anyone who admits to crying themselves to sleep over the Aeneid is OK with me.
At least it wasn't Calvin. I might have had to... retake the test until I came out as someone more sensible.
Disclaimer: No offence intended to Calvinists, three-point or otherwise. I do not think Calvin was the Anti-Christ or even that everything he said was wrong. Some of my best friends are Calvinists. No Calvinists were harmed in the making of this post.
On the other hand... I'm a high church Scot, so Calvin freaks me out. Read Buchan's 'Witchwood', and you will understand the freaked outness, even if you don't share it....
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Date: 2006-01-11 05:04 pm (UTC)Not the greatest of logic, but it's easier to see the line of thought (or fear).
As far as the US goes... well, it doesn't seem to speak of much confidence in the power of secularity. I suppose the thing I don't understand about America is that there seems to be this enormous ideological chasm in society, with people on both sides (not ALL the people on both sides) more interested in throwing rocks than anything else. But I don't really know enough about this to be able to comment fairly.
By the way, if you have a phone number for Sarah Pf, could you send me it via e-mail?