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[John Carl]

Always did like to take tests, Mark.  Thanks for offering one.




> 1)Have you been throwing books at people lately to show that you are
> "oh so right" and everybody else is damn wrong?
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nope.


> 2) Do you besmirch everybody who doesn't have your view?
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nope.



> 3) Do you keep presenting the same quotes time and time again, rigorously?
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I don't think so, but often good memes seems to get stuck in my head and I
seem to blurt them automatically.   Is that similar?



> 4) Do you respond by telling others that they are idiots?
>


depends on a) whether they are, b) whether it'd do any good to them to hear
the bad news and c) if I have any fear of displeasing them, like my boss for
instance.


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> 5) Are you unable to deal with other people's opinions?
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Oh, I deal with them all right.  Usually by calling them idiots.  What do
you mean by "deal"?



> 6) Do you say it is true because the preacher said it was?
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No, but I do have a tendency to do the opposite, which when you think about
it, is just as close-minded.



>
> 7) Are you praying or trying to find favor with your maker?
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Trick question.  I pray,  but its to thank my maker for all the favor he's
shown me.  The maker's favor isn't something I strive for, it's something I
accept.  I mean, he must like me, I'm here!  If he don't like me no more, he
knows where to send me and how.

8) Are you concerned with others blaspheming your maker?
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Nope.  Same reasoning applies.  If he don't like it, he can do something
about it.


> 9) Do you claim to be a favored child?
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Yep.


> 10) Are you stuck in Dogma?
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I think not.

  avgeraging  out two ambiguities, I count seven nopes.  How'd I do?


 If you answer yes to two

> questions, you are slightly insecure; 4, you need help; 6, you are a
> religious zealot; 8, you are living in a box; All of them, you are a
> politician.



I'm slightly insecure and I might need help.   But then, I already knew
that.  That's a feature of tests, they only tell us what we already know.

Thanks Mark,

John