“Which theologian are you?”:http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=44116. Via “Ed Hand”:http://edhand.com.
I was a little surprised at my result . . .
You scored as John Calvin. Much of what is now called Calvinism had more to do with his followers than Calvin himself, and so you may or may not be committed to TULIP, though God’s sovereignty is all important.
John Calvin
67% Anselm
47% Karl Barth
47% Friedrich Schleiermacher
40% Paul Tillich
40% Charles Finney
33% Augustine
33% Martin Luther
33% Jonathan Edwards
27% J�rgen Moltmann
27% Which theologian are you?
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. . . since my answers to a lot of those questions have changed since college, when I actually thought of myself more or less as a Calvinist. But, as the blurb notes, the guy himself was his own thing. Kinda quirky sometimes.
Of course, I am in no way qualified to judge the overall integrity or accuracy of the quiz. I invite any reader who is (Jeff? Chris?) to take it a bunch of times with different answers and comment on its tendencies and biases.
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July 17, 2005 at 12:06 pm
coite
ha…calvin was my top match as well…of course god already knew that
July 17, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Jeff
I wound up as Calvin, too. Strange enough, Jonathan Edwards was my lowest score. Since Edwards was a Calvinist, It makes me wonder what questions were tagged for him.
July 17, 2005 at 3:26 pm
nate
Yeah, the Calvin-Edwards gap is a little odd. I bet if you don’t agree with the ‘the unsaved burn in hell’ question that it knocks Edwards way down for you. And I’m also wondering if a positive answer on the ‘total depravity’ question pops Calvin way up.
It strikes me that a good way to test the integrity of the quiz would be to take it as if you were one of the listed theologians each time, and see if you actually come up as that theologian.
July 17, 2005 at 3:26 pm
nate
Another thought: since everyone I’ve heard from who’s taken this quiz has come up with John Calvin, maybe it’s one of those deliberately biased quizzes, like those political ones that always manage to tell you that you’re some kind of libertarian.
July 17, 2005 at 5:20 pm
PHIL
Anselm 93
Luther 80
Augustine 67
Calvin was only 47. Guess I didn’t pay attention in school. Oh well.
July 17, 2005 at 6:09 pm
Mark
I got Calvin the first time, also, and I’m an ex-Calvinist in full rebellion mode. I tried answering like a hardcore Calvinist and I scored 100% for both Anselm and Luther, and only about 60% for Calvin. It seems that “justification by faith” pushes it toward Luther.
July 17, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Ed Hand
If you answer disagree to every question in the quiz, it sends you to a tie-breaker to determine which theologian you are. The tie-breaker is a list of ten assertions and you pick the “most accurate”. From this tie-breaker, the assertions with the matching theologian:
“Man’s main sin is failing to give to God the obedience that we owe him. – Anselm
God’s sovereignty is supremely important in theological discussion – John Calvin
Good preaching is more important than good theology – Charles Finney
We can only understand God by looking at humanity – Friedrich Schleiermacher
Justification by faith alone is the heart of the Gospel – Martin Luther
God does not exist. Rather, he is the ground of our being. – Paul Tillich
Infant baptism is necessary to deal with original sin. – St. Augustine
Sin is an infinite offence against an infinitely Holy God and so requires infinite punishment. – Jonathan Edwards
All Christian theology must begin with the revelation of Christ. – Karl Barth
A God who cannot suffer is poorer than any human being. – Jürgen Moltmann”
No post-reformation Catholic theologians… I feel slighted. I thought they would have at least put Rahner in there.
July 18, 2005 at 11:19 am
Bryan
A very interesting quiz…thatnks Ed and Nate. I was strongly Finney (67%) with Calvin a close second (60%). Although, I am not sure how accurate this is…I don’t “love to preach the Gospel” as the Finney tagline read. In fact, I am the quite the opposite. I am almost entirely introspective when it comes to my relationship with God.
July 18, 2005 at 1:27 pm
Adam P
I took this quiz twice and both times I wound up as former Indiana power forward and current blues/jazz musician Wayman Tisdale.
July 19, 2005 at 7:18 pm
Bill
It doesn’t work very well if you don’t believe in God. Nor does it work very well if you do, but are not Christian.
July 22, 2005 at 2:00 pm
Eric
Anselm 67
Calvin 60
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Edwards 40
I think Edwards gets a raw deal because all anyone ever cares about is “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Imagine if hundreds of years from now your whole life were judged on a single paper, speech, or conversation. Not fair, I tell you.