Hmmm... ok, so that's a weird title for a knitting blog post, especially since I've tried to maintain a bit of political, religious, and other controversial topic neutrality here (although most of you could probably guess most of my positions on such topics). However, this is a little thing that I came across in researching activities for my class and I thought it was kind of cool.
I was looking for activities related to attitudes and attitude consistency. Battleground God is 17 true/false questions that test the consistency of your beliefs in god. It doesn't care which god or if you do/don't believe, it is concerned with the consistency of your attitude. Try it out!
What were my results? Well, not to brag, but...
You have been awarded the TPM medal of honour! This is our highest award for outstanding service on the intellectual battleground.The fact that you progressed through this activity neither being hit nor biting a bullet suggests that your beliefs about God are internally consistent and very well thought out.
A direct hit would have occurred had you answered in a way that implied a logical contradiction. You would have bitten bullets had you responded in ways that required that you held views that most people would have found strange, incredible or unpalatable. However, you avoided both these fates - and in doing so qualify for our highest award. A fine achievement!
Again, I just want to stress that this is only about consistency, not about whether god exists or doesn't or is good or bad (and besides it is just a silly internet game!). I don't want any hate emails! Consistency of attitudes and beliefs is a big topic of study in my field, and I found this through a website offering potential teaching resources for various topics.
Off to play some of their other games to waste time instead of actually writing the lecture I was looking for activities for!
Comments (1)
Interesting link - that's a thought provoking exercise.
Posted by Terby | August 25, 2008 12:29 AM
Posted on August 25, 2008 00:29