Fallen Into Knowledge

yeah, that’s right.  I failed abysmally.
I found (with some help) a test that determines your worldview, you can take it, too, if you want.  Supposedly, if you get all the answers right they will sent you a certificate.
Well, I scored 42%, and (apparently) am a Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker.Here is the breakdown:

Scoring/Ratings Chart
Strong Biblical Worldview Thinker
75% - 100%
Moderate Biblical Worldview Thinker
50% - 74%
Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker
25% - 49%
Socialist Worldview Thinker
0% - 24%
Communist/Marxist/Socialist/Secular Humanist Worldview Thinker
under 0%

All silliness aside, I am really glad that I didn’t make the cut and get the certificate.  For those of you not taking the test right now here is a sample of the question (with my gut-level response

“The Bible, rightly divided, should be the foundation for all our beliefs, actions, and conduct.”

How do we divide the bible rightly?  And with what tool?

“When you study the Bible as a whole, it becomes clear that God is very supportive of an economic system that is based on private property, the work ethic, and personal responsibility.”

“strongly disagree” - I wonder what the “right answer was?”

“Values clarification courses or situational ethics should be taught to students in our educational system.”

Wait - those aren’t the same thing!

Go over and look at the website:  It is shot through with the assumption that America and Christianity are pretty much synonymous, and that America is the instrument by which God enacts His public policy (which, naturally, is of the Republican, heavily Supply-side Economics, Pull-youself-up-by-your-Bootstraps Pro-War variety).  I suppose that I should not be bothered by the fact that I failed their phony test, but I am.  I dislike being labeled as a secular humanist:  I am not, and many of the answers i gave would never have been given by one.  I am bothered by the fact that my failing the political test also determines the results of the faith test.
Here is what I suggest:
“The Bible, rightly divided, should be the foundation for all our beliefs, actions, and conduct.”
The Bible, rightly divided, does not lead one to discount the faith of others based on whether they are Republican or not.
Okay, I’ll stop the diatribe now.

Well, I’m back.
I’ve finished moving (though some furniture is still needed), the internet connection happened today. I’ve started classes both at Multnomah and at Portland State, I finished preaching through Jonah at TRBF, and I feel like life is taking on some whirlwind-like properties.
This is, I think, a mostly-good thing, though.

FYI. I will be preaching in Colton this Sunday - no, not at Colton Community Church, but next door at Canyon Creek Community Church. The Text is 2 Cor. 5:16ff.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.