Battleground God

[Jess]

Battleground God (http://philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm)


Can your beliefs about religion make it across the intellectual battleground? Here are my results (took this a long time ago):


Congratulations!
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!
Hits and Bullets criteria

Comparative Statistics

* 474238 people have completed this activity to date.
* You suffered zero direct hits and bit zero bullets.
* This compares with the average player of this activity to date who takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.10 bullets.
* 7.88% of the people who have completed this activity, like you, emerged unscathed with the TPM Medal of Honour.
* 45.83% of the people who have completed this activity took very little damage and were awarded the TPM Medal of Distinction.

45.83% of the people who have completed this activity, like you, took very little damage and were awarded the TPM Medal of Distinction.
7.88% of the people who have completed this activity emerged unscathed with the TPM Medal of Honor.




post your results.

[Sage]

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!

[HillBillyWilly]

You have been awarded the TPM service medal! This is our third highest award for outstanding service on the intellectual battleground.

The fact that you have progressed through this activity without suffering many hits suggests that whilst there are inconsistencies in your beliefs about God, on the whole they are well thought-out.

The direct hits you suffered occurred where your answers implied logical contradictions. You did bite a number of bullets. These occurred because you responded in ways that required that you held views that most people would have found strange, incredible or unpalatable. At the bottom of this page, we have reproduced the analyses of your direct hits and bitten bullets.

The fact that you did not suffer many hits means that you qualify for our third highest award. Well done!

* 481398 people have completed this activity to date.
* You suffered 2 direct hits and bit 2 bullets.
* This compares with the average player of this activity to date who takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.10 bullets.
* 38.18% of the people who have completed this activity have, like you, been awarded the TPM Service Medal.
* 7.88% of the people who have completed this activity emerged unscathed with the TPM Medal of Honour.
* 45.81% of the people who have completed this activity took very little damage and were awarded the TPM Medal of Distinction.

what i thought was weird is that they referred to God as "She," instead of Him as the bible tells us it is.

[Magus]

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of this activity.

You took 2 direct hits and you bit 1 bullets. The average player of this activity to date takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.10 bullet. 481400 people have so far undertaken this activity

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You have been awarded the TPM service medal! This is our third highest award for outstanding service on the intellectual battleground.

The fact that you have progressed through this activity without suffering many hits and biting only one bullet suggests that whilst there are inconsistencies in your beliefs about God, on the whole they are well thought-out.

The direct hits you suffered occurred because some of your answers implied logical contradictions. The bitten bullet occurred because you responded in a way that required that you held a view that most people would have found strange, incredible or unpalatable. At the bottom of this page, we have reproduced the analyses of your direct hits and bitten bullet.

The fact that you did not suffer many hits and only bit one bullet means that you qualify for our third highest award. Well done!
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481400 people have completed this activity to date.
You suffered 2 direct hits and bit 1 bullet.
This compares with the average player of this activity to date who takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.10 bullets.
38.18% of the people who have completed this activity have, like you, been awarded the TPM Service Medal.
7.88% of the people who have completed this activity emerged unscathed with the TPM Medal of Honour.
45.81% of the people who have completed this activity took very little damage and were awarded the TPM Medal of Distinction.
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Direct Hit 1

You answered False to Question 7 and True to Question 15.

These answers generated the following response:

You've just taken a direct hit!

Earlier you claimed that it is not justifiable to base one's beliefs about the external world on a firm, inner-conviction, paying no regard to the external evidence, or lack of it, for the truth or falsity of this conviction. But now you say that the rapist Peter Sutcliffe was justified in basing his beliefs about God's will solely on precisely such a conviction. That's a bull's-eye for the intellectual sniper!

Direct Hit 2

You answered True to Question 15 and False to Question 17.

These answers generated the following response:

You've just taken a direct hit! You claim that it is not justifiable to believe in God based only on inner-convictions, but earlier you stated that it was justifiable for the serial rapist to draw conclusions about God's will on the same grounds. If this form of justification is good enough for the rapist, why is it not good enough for the believer in God? There's an inconsistency here.

Analysis of your Bitten Bullet

List of questions

Bitten Bullet 1

You answered True to questions 6 and 13.

These answers generated the following response:

You stated earlier that evolutionary theory is essentially true. However, you have now claimed that it is foolish to believe in God without certain, irrevocable proof that she exists. The problem is that there is no certain proof that evolutionary theory is true - even though there is overwhelming evidence that it is true. So it seems that you require certain, irrevocable proof for God's existence, but accept evolutionary theory without certain proof. So You've got a choice: (a) Bite a bullet and claim that a higher standard of proof is required for belief in God than for belief in evolution. (b) Take a hit, conceding that there is a contradiction in your responses.

You chose to bite the bullet.

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Bcuz me no speak very good english

And we need a fucking spoiler tag!

[Strength]

only bit one bullet :P

[Jess]

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of this activity.

You took 2 direct hits and you bit 1 bullets. The average player of this activity to date takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.10 bullet. 481400 people have so far undertaken this activity

==
You have been awarded the TPM service medal! This is our third highest award for outstanding service on the intellectual battleground.

The fact that you have progressed through this activity without suffering many hits and biting only one bullet suggests that whilst there are inconsistencies in your beliefs about God, on the whole they are well thought-out.

The direct hits you suffered occurred because some of your answers implied logical contradictions. The bitten bullet occurred because you responded in a way that required that you held a view that most people would have found strange, incredible or unpalatable. At the bottom of this page, we have reproduced the analyses of your direct hits and bitten bullet.

The fact that you did not suffer many hits and only bit one bullet means that you qualify for our third highest award. Well done!
==

481400 people have completed this activity to date.
You suffered 2 direct hits and bit 1 bullet.
This compares with the average player of this activity to date who takes 1.39 hits and bites 1.10 bullets.
38.18% of the people who have completed this activity have, like you, been awarded the TPM Service Medal.
7.88% of the people who have completed this activity emerged unscathed with the TPM Medal of Honour.
45.81% of the people who have completed this activity took very little damage and were awarded the TPM Medal of Distinction.
==

Direct Hit 1

You answered False to Question 7 and True to Question 15.

These answers generated the following response:

You've just taken a direct hit!

Earlier you claimed that it is not justifiable to base one's beliefs about the external world on a firm, inner-conviction, paying no regard to the external evidence, or lack of it, for the truth or falsity of this conviction. But now you say that the rapist Peter Sutcliffe was justified in basing his beliefs about God's will solely on precisely such a conviction. That's a bull's-eye for the intellectual sniper!

Direct Hit 2

You answered True to Question 15 and False to Question 17.

These answers generated the following response:

You've just taken a direct hit! You claim that it is not justifiable to believe in God based only on inner-convictions, but earlier you stated that it was justifiable for the serial rapist to draw conclusions about God's will on the same grounds. If this form of justification is good enough for the rapist, why is it not good enough for the believer in God? There's an inconsistency here.

Analysis of your Bitten Bullet

List of questions

Bitten Bullet 1

You answered True to questions 6 and 13.

These answers generated the following response:

You stated earlier that evolutionary theory is essentially true. However, you have now claimed that it is foolish to believe in God without certain, irrevocable proof that she exists. The problem is that there is no certain proof that evolutionary theory is true - even though there is overwhelming evidence that it is true. So it seems that you require certain, irrevocable proof for God's existence, but accept evolutionary theory without certain proof. So You've got a choice: (a) Bite a bullet and claim that a higher standard of proof is required for belief in God than for belief in evolution. (b) Take a hit, conceding that there is a contradiction in your responses.

You chose to bite the bullet.

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Bcuz me no speak very good english

And we need a fucking spoiler tag!

Good point we DO need a spoiler tag. This should be a suggestion 'cause another forum has a spoiler tag

[Severus Snape]

Made it through unscathed. I liked this...

[The Dark Lord]

You have been awarded the TPM medal of distinction! This is our second highest award for outstanding service on the intellectual battleground.

The fact that you progressed through this activity without being hit and biting very few bullets suggests that your beliefs about God are internally consistent and well thought out.

A direct hit would have occurred had you answered in a way that implied a logical contradiction. The bitten bullets occurred because you responded in ways that required that you held views that most people would have found strange, incredible or unpalatable. However, because you bit only two bullets and avoided direct hits completely you still qualify for our second highest award. A good achievement!