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Bumble Bee Tuna · 04-13-2003, 03:18 PM

Medal of Honor

beastmaster · 04-13-2003, 03:22 PM

You can get a medal of honor by not answering any of the questions, just hitting submit, submit, submit. It's quite Zen that it gives you a perfect score for giving no answers.

copernicus · 04-13-2003, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by beastmaster
You can get a medal of honor by not answering any of the questions, just hitting submit, submit, submit. It's quite Zen that it gives you a perfect score for giving no answers.

Nonsense. All it does it score you for consistency of belief. The perfect agnostic, who feels unable to answer any question, gets a perfect score. It may be possible to survive the test as a consistent theist, but I haven't tried it yet.

philechat · 04-13-2003, 04:18 PM

I tried it as a theist and got a medal of honor before, not that I am really one myself. The trick is to not get too hung-up on the omnipotence/omnibenevolence concepts.

beastmaster · 04-13-2003, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by copernicus
Nonsense. All it does it score you for consistency of belief. The perfect agnostic, who feels unable to answer any question, gets a perfect score. It may be possible to survive the test as a consistent theist, but I haven't tried it yet.

I see your nonsense and raise you a balderdash. If you read the rules and FAQ, it is quite clear that the program intends to force you to choose True or False for every question except the first one, which permits a "Don't Know" answer to "God exists" (for the benefit of your "perfect agnostic"). It's a glitch in the test that it scores you perfectly if you ignore the rules and decline to answer any of the questions.

Jamie_L · 04-14-2003, 06:36 AM

Medal of honor.

I think, mostly because I assumed at the outset that a being called "God" didn't necessarily have to be omnipotent or omniscient or benevolent - just powerful enough to warrant the term "god". After that, everything pretty well fell into place.

Jamie

the_cave · 04-14-2003, 08:15 AM

One hit--medal of distinction.

I got confused regarding the wording of the Loch Ness Monser question and the "atheism a matter of faith/rationality" question. The quiz was quite right to call me on it, but if I'd been more careful, I wouldn't have goofed.

Proud to say my variety of theism did so well

the_cave · 04-14-2003, 08:18 AM

Has anyone else read their site more carefuly? I think they're theists! No wonder I did so well...

diana · 04-14-2003, 08:18 AM

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Originally posted by philechat
The trick is to not get too hung-up on the omnipotence/omnibenevolence concepts.

Yes. Or, as Jamie said, you can reject the traditional characteristics of God and simply view a "god" as a being that's superior but not necessarily "omni-" anything.

I'm far too hung up on those omni concepts, myownself.

d

HaysooChreesto! · 04-14-2003, 08:46 AM

I bit two bullets. The first was because I require less proof to believe evolution than I do of the EOG's. The second was the square circle issue. Oh well.

04-14-2003, 08:15 AM	#17
the_cave Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 1,443	Darn It! One hit--medal of distinction. I got confused regarding the wording of the Loch Ness Monser question and the "atheism a matter of faith/rationality" question. The quiz was quite right to call me on it, but if I'd been more careful, I wouldn't have goofed. Proud to say my variety of theism did so well

04-14-2003, 08:18 AM	#18
the_cave Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 1,443	Hm, wait a minute Has anyone else read their site more carefuly? I think they're theists! No wonder I did so well...

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04-13-2003, 03:18 PM	#11
Bumble Bee Tuna Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Middletown, CT Posts: 7,333	Medal of Honor

04-13-2003, 03:22 PM	#12
beastmaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Madrid / I am a: Lifelong atheist Posts: 885	You can get a medal of honor by not answering any of the questions, just hitting submit, submit, submit. It's quite Zen that it gives you a perfect score for giving no answers.

04-13-2003, 04:18 PM	#14
philechat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Mind of the Other Posts: 886	I tried it as a theist and got a medal of honor before, not that I am really one myself. The trick is to not get too hung-up on the omnipotence/omnibenevolence concepts.

04-14-2003, 06:36 AM	#16
Jamie_L Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 2,565	Medal of honor. I think, mostly because I assumed at the outset that a being called "God" didn't necessarily have to be omnipotent or omniscient or benevolent - just powerful enough to warrant the term "god". After that, everything pretty well fell into place. Jamie

04-14-2003, 08:46 AM	#20
HaysooChreesto! Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: SoCal USA Posts: 7,737	I bit two bullets. The first was because I require less proof to believe evolution than I do of the EOG's. The second was the square circle issue. Oh well.

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