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Post#51 at 07-16-2003 11:56 AM by Chicken Little [at western NC joined Jun 2002 #posts 1,211]
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Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
That's okay. So did my best friend. At least you guys get to hang out with Helen of Troy and Cleopatra, who were supposedly very hot!
Not that you'd have time to do anything with them, what with being continually tossed around by that subterranean tornado.
Frankly I am very surprised I didn't wind up here too. I'm *extremely* lustful.
I guess a belief in the Trinity helps. Also I've been going back to mass lately.
It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks, you make a pet out of it.
- Charles Bukowski







Post#52 at 07-16-2003 02:49 PM by [at joined #posts ]
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Re: dante's Inferno test

Quote Originally Posted by Xoomer
Here's a fun test to help you determine where you will spend the Hereafter.
Mine came up much better than I thought. I'm going to Purgatory.
If anyone here has read Dante's Inferno, the worst sins are greed and treachery.

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
I'm in the Seventh Circle (Violent)

And those of you in Level 2: It is worth noting that Cleopatra was born in 69 BC :-)







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Re: dante's Inferno test

Quote Originally Posted by Xoomer
Here's a fun test to help you determine where you will spend the Hereafter.
Mine came up much better than I thought. I'm going to Purgatory.
If anyone here has read Dante's Inferno, the worst sins are greed and treachery.

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
I'm in the Seventh Circle (Violent)

And those of you in Level 2: It is worth noting that Cleopatra was born in 69 BC :-)







Post#54 at 07-16-2003 02:49 PM by [at joined #posts ]
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Re: dante's Inferno test

Quote Originally Posted by Xoomer
Here's a fun test to help you determine where you will spend the Hereafter.
Mine came up much better than I thought. I'm going to Purgatory.
If anyone here has read Dante's Inferno, the worst sins are greed and treachery.

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
I'm in the Seventh Circle (Violent)

And those of you in Level 2: It is worth noting that Cleopatra was born in 69 BC :-)







Post#55 at 07-16-2003 07:00 PM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
You know, that makes you go blind...







Post#56 at 07-16-2003 07:00 PM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
You know, that makes you go blind...







Post#57 at 07-16-2003 07:00 PM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
You know, that makes you go blind...







Post#58 at 07-17-2003 01:50 AM by Zarathustra [at Where the Northwest meets the Southwest joined Mar 2003 #posts 9,198]
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Do you shave your palms??

Quote Originally Posted by Justin '77
Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
You know, that makes you go blind...
Justin,

On that "blindness" issue, I strongly suggest you read the article in the link below. Even though I belong in the second level of hell, I am still too embarrassed to post it here. After reading it, let me know if you're going to be, uh, "cancer free".

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993942
Americans have had enough of glitz and roar . . Foreboding has deepened, and spiritual currents have darkened . . .
THE FOURTH TURNING IS AT HAND.
See T4T, p. 253.







Post#59 at 07-17-2003 01:50 AM by Zarathustra [at Where the Northwest meets the Southwest joined Mar 2003 #posts 9,198]
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Do you shave your palms??

Quote Originally Posted by Justin '77
Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
You know, that makes you go blind...
Justin,

On that "blindness" issue, I strongly suggest you read the article in the link below. Even though I belong in the second level of hell, I am still too embarrassed to post it here. After reading it, let me know if you're going to be, uh, "cancer free".

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993942
Americans have had enough of glitz and roar . . Foreboding has deepened, and spiritual currents have darkened . . .
THE FOURTH TURNING IS AT HAND.
See T4T, p. 253.







Post#60 at 07-17-2003 01:50 AM by Zarathustra [at Where the Northwest meets the Southwest joined Mar 2003 #posts 9,198]
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Do you shave your palms??

Quote Originally Posted by Justin '77
Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.

E Gads.
You know, that makes you go blind...
Justin,

On that "blindness" issue, I strongly suggest you read the article in the link below. Even though I belong in the second level of hell, I am still too embarrassed to post it here. After reading it, let me know if you're going to be, uh, "cancer free".

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993942
Americans have had enough of glitz and roar . . Foreboding has deepened, and spiritual currents have darkened . . .
THE FOURTH TURNING IS AT HAND.
See T4T, p. 253.







Post#61 at 07-17-2003 08:26 AM by Mikebert [at Kalamazoo MI joined Jul 2001 #posts 4,502]
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Re: Do you shave your palms??

Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.
I ended up just upstairs in Level 1.







Post#62 at 07-17-2003 08:26 AM by Mikebert [at Kalamazoo MI joined Jul 2001 #posts 4,502]
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Re: Do you shave your palms??

Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.
I ended up just upstairs in Level 1.







Post#63 at 07-17-2003 08:26 AM by Mikebert [at Kalamazoo MI joined Jul 2001 #posts 4,502]
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Re: Do you shave your palms??

Quote Originally Posted by Sean Love
Somehow I ended up in the Second Level of Hell.
I ended up just upstairs in Level 1.







Post#64 at 04-01-2004 12:36 AM by Tim Walker '56 [at joined Jun 2001 #posts 24]
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21st century outlook

Benford's prediction about the 21st century world view.

(~*~)







Post#65 at 07-06-2005 06:22 PM by Virgil K. Saari [at '49er, north of the Mesabi Mountains joined Jun 2001 #posts 7,835]
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Time for testing, time for turning?

WHAT IS YOUR WORLDVIEW?


Please put in your Gen and birthyear
Yo. Ob. Sv.:
Boomer, 1949

Cultural Creative 44%
Fundamentalist 44%
Idealist 44%
Postmodernist 44%
Romanticist 13%
Modernist 6%
Existentialist 6%
Materialist 0%
:shock: :?







Post#66 at 07-07-2005 01:55 AM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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This is an interesting survey:

Millenial, 1985

You scored as Existentialist.

Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.

Existentialist - 88%
Cultural Creative - 75%
Postmodernist - 69%
Modernist - 50%
Materialist - 50%
Fundamentalist - 44%
Romanticist - 25%
Idealist - 13%
It is rather close to my general worldview. Very true on the low scoring of the last two. If I had taken this survey five years ago, I would've had those two on the top instead.
Right-Wing liberal, slow progressive, and other contradictions straddling both the past and future, but out of touch with the present . . .

"We also know there are known unknowns.
That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know." - Donald Rumsfeld







Post#67 at 07-07-2005 08:29 AM by Child of Socrates [at Cybrarian from America's Dairyland, 1961 cohort joined Sep 2001 #posts 14,092]
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I actually discovered that quiz while this site was down. I saved my results.

Boom/X Cusper, 1961

You scored as Idealist.

Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something
greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the
divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious
traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus
creating our world of turmoil, but in time it will find itself and all
things will again become one.

Idealist 94%

Cultural Creative 81%

Postmodernist 56%

Existentialist 50%

Romanticist 38%

Fundamentalist 31%

Modernist 25%

Materialist 6%







Post#68 at 07-07-2005 08:38 AM by Marx & Lennon [at '47 cohort still lost in Falwelland joined Sep 2001 #posts 16,709]
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You scored as Existentialist.

Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.

Existentialist 100%
Modernist 81%
Materialist 75%
Postmodernist 69%
Idealist 56%
Cultural Creative 50%
Romanticist 31%
Fundamentalist 25%

Based solely on knowing myself, I think I may have skewed this test a bit, but it's essentially on the mark.
Marx: Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Lennon: You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.







Post#69 at 07-07-2005 12:09 PM by jeffw [at Orange County, CA--dob 1961 joined Jul 2001 #posts 417]
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X / Boom Cusp: 1961

Existentialist 88%
Materialist 81%
Modernist 63%
Postmodernist 56%
Fundamentalist 31%
Romanticist 31%
Cultural Creative 31%
Idealist 6%
Jeff '61







Post#70 at 07-07-2005 02:19 PM by The Wonkette [at Arlington, VA 1956 joined Jul 2002 #posts 9,209]
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No big surprise for this 1956 cohort late-wave Boomer:

You scored as Cultural Creative.

Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.

Cultural Creative 69%

Idealist 63%

Postmodernist 56%

Materialist 50%

Existentialist 44%

Modernist 31%

Romanticist 31%

Fundamentalist 19%
I want people to know that peace is possible even in this stupid day and age. Prem Rawat, June 8, 2008







Post#71 at 07-07-2005 04:53 PM by Arkham '80 [at joined Oct 2003 #posts 1,402]
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X, 1980

You scored as Cultural Creative.

Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.

Cultural Creative 88%
Existentialist 81%
Postmodernist 69%
Idealist 63%
Materialist 38%
Romanticist 38%
Modernist 31%
Fundamentalist 19%







Post#72 at 07-07-2005 08:12 PM by antichrist [at I'm in the Big City now, boy! joined Sep 2003 #posts 1,655]
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Harrumph. It thinks I'm a postmodernist. I'm much more of an existentialist. Stupid quiz.

You scored as Postmodernist.

Postmodernism is the belief in complete open interpretation. You see the universe as a collection of information with varying ways of putting it together. There is no absolute truth for you; even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation. Meaning relies on context and even the language you use to describe things should be subject to analysis.

Postmodernist 88%
Existentialist 69%
Modernist 69%
Materialist 63%
Romanticist 63%
Cultural Creative 44%
Idealist 13%
Fundamentalist 13%







Post#73 at 07-07-2005 09:37 PM by Earl and Mooch [at Delaware - we pave paradise and put up parking lots joined Sep 2002 #posts 2,106]
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1972, X

You scored as Idealist.



Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus creating our world of turmoil, but in time it will find itself and all things will again become one.

Idealist 75%

Cultural Creative 50%

Existentialist 50%

Postmodernist 50%

Fundamentalist 38%

Romanticist 38%

Modernist 38%

Materialist 25%
"My generation, we were the generation that was going to change the world: somehow we were going to make it a little less lonely, a little less hungry, a little more just place. But it seems that when that promise slipped through our hands we didnīt replace it with nothing but lost faith."

Bruce Springsteen, 1987
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Post#74 at 07-08-2005 02:05 PM by scott 63 [at Birmingham joined Sep 2001 #posts 697]
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Xer, 1963, ENTP, Sagitterian

You scored as Materialist.

Materialist 81%
Existentialist 63%
Modernist 56%
Cultural Creative 44%
Romanticist 38%
Postmodernist 38%
Fundamentalist 31%
Idealist 13%
Leave No Child Behind - Teach Evolution.







Post#75 at 07-08-2005 04:25 PM by Prisoner 81591518 [at joined Mar 2003 #posts 2,460]
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Quote Originally Posted by mgibbons19 (71)
Harrumph. It thinks I'm a postmodernist. I'm much more of an existentialist. Stupid quiz.
It scored me as a Cultural Creative. I, OTOH, see myself as being more of a Fundamentalist/Romanticist hybrid.
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