Oh dear I appear to be in the second level of Hell :(
Steve Rimmer
judgement etc. I don't seem to have done very well...how about you?
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Did you forget something? ;-)
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Steve Rimmer
>judgement etc. I don't seem to have done very well...how about you?
It would have helped if I included the link though, sorry.
http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
Any comments?
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Andy McMullon
"Jon Courthold" <jon@**jcourthold.freeserve.*co.uk> expounded:
http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
Infernal choice of colours - I had to turn the off to see the
questions!
I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
Purgatory.....
Peter Aldred
<an...@mcfamily.demon.co.uk> writes
>http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
>
>Infernal choice of colours - I had to turn the off to see the
>questions!
>
>I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
>Purgatory.....
<Mock-Freud> Hmm. Interestink zat because you were not damned you think
you cannot have been honest enough. Tell me, vat do you see in this
inkblot? </freud> :)
I ended up in purgatory too - see you there! :)
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a landscape modification implement"
Mitch B
with:
> I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
> Purgatory.....
Seventh level !!!
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Mark Goodge
keyboard and typed:
Purgatory is the best you can do.
Mark
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Pam
> I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
> Purgatory.....
And I was doing OK until I said "A pimp who plans on comitting treason is a
good thing to be". ;-)
Paul Dean
1) The question "Have you wished bad things upon your fellow
countrymen?" strikes me as quite strange with its distinction of
"fellow countrymen". Is it OK to wish bad things upon foreigners?
2) The very last question, "do some people deserve to die?", increases
the score in the violence category although it's a position held by
many non-violent people on the grounds of biblical theology.
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If I get back first, let me know that I'm
looking for myself and don't let me leave."
Gareth McCaughan
> http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
...
> I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
> Purgatory.....
I don't think they offer anything better than Purgatory. Here's
my scorecard.
Purgatory Repenting Believers Very High
Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers High
Level 2 Lustful Low
Level 3 Gluttonous Moderate
Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Low
Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
Level 7 Violent Low
Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Low
Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Very Low
I hope David Ould will take note of my score on level 6 :-).
I then tried giving *all* the "good" answers to see whether I
got accused of pride, presumption or complacency. I didn't, but
the "worst" score it gave me as "Low" rather than "Very Low"
on level 8, so maybe it thought it detected a bit of fraud.
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Robert Marshall
Ditto - maybe we're just too honest - not sure that you get an
improved rating for that!
Robert
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Gareth McCaughan
> steve...@aol.comkdsjeneu (Steve Rimmer) writes:
...
>> http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
>>
>> Any comments?
>
> 1) The question "Have you wished bad things upon your fellow
> countrymen?" strikes me as quite strange with its distinction of
> "fellow countrymen". Is it OK to wish bad things upon foreigners?
No, but doing so is not evidence of treachery in the sense
used here.
> 2) The very last question, "do some people deserve to die?", increases
> the score in the violence category although it's a position held by
> many non-violent people on the grounds of biblical theology.
Perhaps the author of the test thinks that people who take that
view of biblical theology are more likely to have violent personalities?
Andy McMullon
Mark Goodge <ma...@spamblock.good-stuff.co.uk> expounded:
> On Mon, 26 May 2003 15:22:53 +0100, Andy McMullon put finger to
> keyboard and typed:
> >I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
> >Purgatory.....
>
> Purgatory is the best you can do.
Rather disappointing that!
I know there are a few here who who ought to get straight to
Paradise....
Mind you, faith, in Christ apart, I'm not one of them.
Gareth McCaughan
> On Mon, 26 May 2003, Mitch B. wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 May 2003 15:22:53 +0100, Andy McMullon enlightened us all
>> with:
>>
>>> I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
>>> Purgatory.....
>>
>> Seventh level !!!
>
> Ditto - maybe we're just too honest - not sure that you get an
> improved rating for that!
My limited experimentation suggests that you don't.
David Ould
news:86r86lw...@g.local...
> Andy McMullon wrote:
>
> > http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
> ...
> > I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
> > Purgatory.....
>
> I don't think they offer anything better than Purgatory. Here's
> my scorecard.
>
> Purgatory Repenting Believers Very High
> Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers High
> Level 2 Lustful Low
> Level 3 Gluttonous Moderate
> Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Low
> Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Low
> Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
> Level 7 Violent Low
> Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Low
> Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Very Low
>
> I hope David Ould will take note of my score on level 6 :-).
>
there's sod all questions to do with heresy. JUst "do you believe in God?"
I'm sure even you could get that right ;-)
One thing Dante didn't work out is that only one question is needed
"do you believe and trust in Christ to take away your sin?"
A yes vote on that and it's straight to Paradise.
Graham Nye
> <Mock-Freud> Tell me, vat do you see in this inkblot? </freud> :)
Looks like a Rorschach test to me, Herr Docktor.
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Neil Davey
jumped up and down excitedly and wrote the following:
>I ended up in purgatory too - see you there! :)
Me too. Kind of surprised at that as well, thought I'd get worse.
Cheers
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Gareth McCaughan
[I said, tongue in cheek as I hope he realised:]
>> Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
...
>> I hope David Ould will take note of my score on level 6 :-).
[David:]
> there's sod all questions to do with heresy. Just "do you believe in God?"
> I'm sure even you could get that right ;-)
Actually, there were a few others. But I agree that it wasn't
exactly a very stringent test of orthodoxy. :-)
> One thing Dante didn't work out is that only one question is needed
> "do you believe and trust in Christ to take away your sin?"
>
> A yes vote on that and it's straight to Paradise.
I suppose he must have been slightly influenced by those
heretical authors who wrote things like
| Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit
| the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral,
| nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, nor
| thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
| nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
and
| Also another book was opened, which is the book of life.
| And the dead were judged by what was written in the books,
| by what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead in it,
| Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged
| by what they had done.
:-)
Mitch B
with:
> On Mon, 26 May 2003, Mitch B. wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 May 2003 15:22:53 +0100, Andy McMullon enlightened us all
>> with:
>>
>>> I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
>>> Purgatory.....
>>
>> Seventh level !!!
>
> Ditto - maybe we're just too honest - not sure that you get an
> improved rating for that!
What it does is treat "depression" and all symptoms of mental illness as
signs of depravity :-(
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Steven Carr
> > <Mock-Freud> Tell me, vat do you see in this inkblot? </freud> :)
> Looks like a Rorschach test to me, Herr Docktor.
Doesn't look like a Rorschach test to me. Sometimes an inkblot it just an inkblot.
Alan Zanker
>>I found this online test in another newsgroup its based on Dantes vision of
>>judgement etc. I don't seem to have done very well...how about you?
>http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
>
>Any comments?
I got one lower than you: Hell level 3. Full results:
Level Who are sent there? Score
Purgatory Repenting Believers High
Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers High
Level 2 Lustful Low
Level 3 Gluttonous High
Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Very Low
Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
Level 7 Violent Low
Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers Low
Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Low
Unfortunately my impeccable orthodoxy (!!) and lack of prodigality and
avarice (which was odd when I said I was a hoarder) were insufficient to
compensate for my gluttony (just 'cos I said I enjoyed good food and was
overweight).
I'm not too impressed.
Alan
Alan Zanker
>there's sod all questions to do with heresy. JUst "do you believe in God?"
>I'm sure even you could get that right ;-)
On that question and the one on belief in the afterlife I regretted the
absence of the 'maybe' and 'sometimes' options (:-)
Alan
David Aldred
<steve...@aol.comkdsjeneu> writes
Hmm. Tried to load it last night and this evening - in both cases got
only a partial page. The last question in its entirety reads:
Do you consider living a v
(which I don't think is meant to be a brief ascii-art reference to a
well-known finger gesture), and one previous one asks:
Have you been to a ?
which I must admit to some uncertainty over answering.
Something up, methinks.
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Paul Dean
I'd like to know on what grounds any one, even anyone here, ought to
get straight to Paradise apart from faith in Christ. Do you mean
their good works and character?
Gareth McCaughan
>>> Seventh level !!!
>>
>> Ditto - maybe we're just too honest - not sure that you get an
>> improved rating for that!
>
> What it does is treat "depression" and all symptoms of mental illness as
> signs of depravity :-(
"Despair" was regarded as a very serious sin in the middle ages,
I believe. If you're going to do a "Dante test" then you need
to treat depression as a sign of sin; likewise homosexuality,
not-being-RC, lack of national feeling, and so on.
I don't think the authors of the test actually think Dante's
ideas about sin were entirely correct. :-)
Mitch B
> Mitch B wrote:
>
>>>> Seventh level !!!
>>>
>>> Ditto - maybe we're just too honest - not sure that you get an
>>> improved rating for that!
>>
>> What it does is treat "depression" and all symptoms of mental illness as
>> signs of depravity :-(
>
> "Despair" was regarded as a very serious sin in the middle ages,
> I believe. If you're going to do a "Dante test" then you need
> to treat depression as a sign of sin; likewise homosexuality,
> not-being-RC, lack of national feeling, and so on.
That explains a lot about certain regular posters to this ng :-)
> I don't think the authors of the test actually think Dante's
> ideas about sin were entirely correct. :-)
Unlike the same members of this ng .
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Mitch
George Russell
> On that question and the one on belief in the afterlife I regretted the
> absence of the 'maybe' and 'sometimes' options (:-)
Anglicans ...
Adrian Haigh-Hutchinson
from "Mitch B" <mitch...@mid.ydns.org> contains these words:
Oh heck - that's it for me then :((
adrian tssf
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Angela Rayner
> "Gareth McCaughan" <Gareth.M...@pobox.com> wrote in message
> news:86r86lw...@g.local...
> > Andy McMullon wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
> > ...
> > > I thought I was being quite honest but managed to escape only with
> > > Purgatory.....
> >
> > I don't think they offer anything better than Purgatory. Here's
> > my scorecard.
> > Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
> > I hope David Ould will take note of my score on level 6 :-).
> there's sod all questions to do with heresy. JUst "do you believe in God?"
> I'm sure even you could get that right ;-)
>
> One thing Dante didn't work out is that only one question is needed
> "do you believe and trust in Christ to take away your sin?"
Maybe Dante figured it to be more complex than that. I don't suppose he
was an Evangelical, in any modern (since 19th century) use of the word.
> A yes vote on that and it's straight to Paradise.
And some of us will say "Lord, Lord..." and he won't recognise us. I
remain unconvinced.
ciao for now
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Paul Dean
"Afterlife" has always seemed to me a very odd word. AFAICT it
actually means "afterdeath" and it doesn't necessarily refer to
something which is alive eg it may refer to ghosts or spirits. It
also refers to re-incarnation, sublimation / nirvana as well as a more
basic Valhalla-type reward/paradise.
I believe that death is not the final word, that death does not have
dominion over us. But I don't believe in any of the types of
afterdeath I've listed above. Interestingly, Christianity seems to
have the least developed idea of exactly what happens after death of
any religion I can think of apart from Judaism. What we do know is
that we will be changed and all logic points towards the necessity for
drastic change if we are to enjoy the promises offered in the bible.
IMV this change will be more drastic than we realise - we may not even
maintain continuity of conscious self - but this doesn't bother me in
the slightest.
Simon Crouch
news:bb0irl$odq$1...@kohl.informatik.uni-bremen.de...
Eternal cup-of-tea with the vicar...
all the best,
Simon.
George Russell
> I don't think Dante got around to describing the ultimate destination of
> Anglicans ...
Simon Crouch replied (snipped)
> Eternal cup-of-tea with the vicar...
Eternal PCC meetings about whether the blue vase should go on the left
side of the Pearly Gates or the right side?
Simon Crouch
Agh! No! No! I'll be good, I promise!
(My PCC spent half an hour discussing what sort of coffee we should serve
after services...We eventually got to the right answer!)
All the best,
Simon.
Simon Robinson
news:20030526064643...@mb-m05.aol.com...
> http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
Hmmm.
Purgatory Repenting Believers High
Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Low
Level 2 Lustful Very High
Level 3 Gluttonous Low
Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Low
Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very Low
Level 7 Violent Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers
Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Low
Most disappointed to get 'Very low' on Heretics.
I really think my lack of respect for traditional theologies should have
got me at least a 'High'. *sigh*. Still, I guess I'll enjoy
getting molested by Cleopatra and Helen of Troy in Level 2.
Oh no, sorry, misread it. It's the infernal hurricane I get to be
molested by. Oh well.
Simon
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shullie
<lIfYouWan...@UseMyWebsite.com> writes
>
>Most disappointed to get 'Very low' on Heretics.
>I really think my lack of respect for traditional theologies should have
>got me at least a 'High'. *sigh*. Still, I guess I'll enjoy
>getting molested by Cleopatra and Helen of Troy in Level 2.
>Oh no, sorry, misread it. It's the infernal hurricane I get to be
>molested by. Oh well.
>
well It appears I will be joining you... fancy a Jaffa Cake ?
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Level | Score
Purgatory | Low
Level 1 - Limbo | Low
Level 2 | Very High
Level 3 | High
Level 4 | Very Low
Level 5 | Very Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very Low
Level 7 | Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge | High
Level 9 - Cocytus | Low
Level descriptions: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-
information.html
Take the test: http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
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Simon Robinson
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> well It appears I will be joining you... fancy a Jaffa Cake ?
Cheers! Yes pleasy!
I'm quite intrigued by how this thing works. If it's put you
in 2nd level, then presumably it's working by looking for the
sin you score highest on when deciding where to place you.
If I'm correct then you could find that 'improving' your life
by cleaning up lesser sins could paradoxically
cause you to descend to a worse level of
hell. Looking at your breakdown for example:
> Level | Score
> Purgatory | Low
> Level 1 - Limbo | Low
> Level 2 | Very High
> Level 3 | High
> Level 4 | Very Low
> Level 5 | Very Low
> Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very Low
> Level 7 | Moderate
> Level 8- the Malebolge | High
> Level 9 - Cocytus | Low
I wonder whether if you stopped being lustful, but didn't
change any other sins, you'd find yourself on Level 8 instead
of Level 2. Could be a good argument in favour of lust
here *evil grin*...
Laurence Jupp
> In article <bb2mef$2ha$1...@news.freedom2surf.net>, Simon Robinson
> <lIfYouWan...@UseMyWebsite.com> writes
>>
>>Most disappointed to get 'Very low' on Heretics.
>>I really think my lack of respect for traditional theologies should have
>>got me at least a 'High'. *sigh*.
I've managed 'Very High' on Heretics, so there.
> Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
> Level | Score
> Purgatory | Low
> Level 1 - Limbo | Low
> Level 2 | Very High
> Level 3 | High
> Level 4 | Very Low
> Level 5 | Very Low
> Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very Low
> Level 7 | Moderate
> Level 8- the Malebolge | High
> Level 9 - Cocytus | Low
It put me in Level 6:
Purgatory Repenting Believers Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Moderate
Level 2 Lustful High
Level 3 Gluttonous High
Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Moderate
Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Moderate
Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics Very High
Level 7 Violent Very High
Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers High
Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous Moderate
I think this demonstrates that I have many interests and a well-rounded
personality :-)
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Tumbleweed
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Same here L6 which seems fair enough judging by the description 'heretic'.
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Laurence Jupp
> "Laurence Jupp" <laur...@narya.org> wrote in message
> Same here L6 which seems fair enough judging by the description 'heretic'.
Ah, but did you have such a wide range of interests?
I'm a lustful, gluttonous, violent, fraudulent, malicious, pandering
heretic.
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Laurence
Neil Davey
<laur...@narya.org> jumped up and down excitedly and wrote the
following:
>I'm a lustful, gluttonous, violent, fraudulent, malicious, pandering
>heretic.
Is that all? I've been underestimating you all these years then! ;O)
Laurence Jupp
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Laurence Jupp
> <laur...@narya.org> jumped up and down excitedly and wrote the
> following:
>>I'm a lustful, gluttonous, violent, fraudulent, malicious, pandering
>>heretic.
> Is that all? I've been underestimating you all these years then! ;O)
Grrrr.
Though I was only counting those marked 'high' or 'very high'.
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Neil Davey
>Grrrr.
>
>Though I was only counting those marked 'high' or 'very high'.
:O)