Fundamentalist Belief Inventory Quiz

[anvi]

I know it's a basic principle of Protestant theology and so would figure pretty heavily into fundamentalist beliefs.  But, taking all of scripture into account, works seem pretty important.  On top of that, even though I'm no longer Catholic, I guess I was just never on board with the faith alone is sufficient for salvation idea, or the notion that faith automatically leads one to do good works.  All that said, I don't really have anything at stake in the debate anymore.  But some might be interested to know that I actually answered the question about doing things only for oneself and being obedient to God with the second option.  It's one of those artificially either-or question.  But, for as little as I believe in God, I believe in doing things only for oneself even less.

[Free Speech Enjoyer]

I know it's a basic principle of Protestant theology and so would figure pretty heavily into fundamentalist beliefs.  But, taking all of scripture into account, works seem pretty important.  On top of that, even though I'm no longer Catholic, I guess I was just never on board with the faith alone is sufficient for salvation idea, or the notion that faith automatically leads one to do good works.  All that said, I don't really have anything at stake in the debate anymore.  But some might be interested to know that I actually answered the question about doing things only for oneself and being obedient to God with the second option.  It's one of those artificially either-or question.  But, for as little as I believe in God, I believe in doing things only for oneself even less.

It's a common misunderstanding that Protestant theology downplays the importance of good works, but that really isn't the point.  Sola fide merely teaches that Christians are justified by faith in Jesus' work on the cross and not by our own merits.  This doesn't necessarily suggest that all who believe automatically do good or that all who don't believe cannot do good, even though that's the vibe you'll often get from fundamentalists.  (Strict Protestants, mainly conservative Calvinists, don't even believe in the concept of "good" works because any value in what "good" we do is tainted by the effects of original sin.)  There are definitely Protestants who approach it that way, but I certainly don't consider it a mainstream understanding of the doctrine, all biases aside.

By the way, anvi, don't take this the wrong way, but didn't you once say you had a degree in philosophy or religion at some point?  I am also a little surprised that this is new to you.

[anvi]

Scott, thanks for the clarification.  I do have a degree in Religious Studies and teach philosophy now, but, though I was raised Catholic, my specializations are in Indian and Chinese traditions.  My comparative ignorance of Western traditions, and sometimes of Christian thought too, does sometimes show.

[boring_male]

16/40
I'm not a Christian (a conservative ditheist)... I think the idea that fundamentalists are mentally ill seems like an ad hominem attack.

[SNJ1985]

I scored a 40 out of 40, as I expected.

[RI]

23/40, which puts me in the "Evangelical Christians and traditional Roman Catholics" category.

[dead0man]

3

Me too.

[GaussLaw]

23/40, which puts me in the "Evangelical Christians and traditional Roman Catholics" category.

I got 22, though it would be higher or lower depending on the day.

I've been really oscillating on the existence of an eternal hell after reading some stuff from the tentmaker website.

[Starpaul20]

I got a 0 out of 40. Looks like I'm in the Atheists and agnostics category (though I do believe in God, I guess my view of him is quite different from the average Christian view).

[BaconBacon96]

I got 1 out of 40. I wonder what I answered to not get a zero.

[Vern]

40/40.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Did this for the lulz because a couple of questions seemed to at least have some philosophical meaning.  Got a 1 out of 40.  (Atheists and agnostics)