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Yeah, I got 61%, though at least one of the questions was a 'have you stopped hitting your God yet' sort of question, and some others were 'you wold be agreeing/disagreeing with these statements, but not for the same reason a Calvinist would'

Funny statements about the 'enjoying sex' thing, if they are otherwise pragmatic about no frivolous waste of time in other endeavours, and of course the fact hat self-critisism as a culture is attributed to them.
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It's not a representative quiz, as Beo points out, so it's rather pointless in the context of proving how Calvinist you might be.

I'm 39% though. Still too high for my liking.
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Why? Much of the Calvanist believes are against RC, and some are decently practical too. Interesting you got so low a score. Did you answer some questions in respect to the Calvanist viewpoint or b simply answering the questions as asked?
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What an interesting discussion evolved from my silly post! :)

Well, I searched the web and I didn't find any Calvinist church registered in the Czech Republic. Maybe I should found one. :)
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beowuuf wrote:answering the questions as asked?
That was the point I was making.

I was brought up catholic, now I'm agnostic. Honestly, I don't know anything about Calvanism. I simply answered the questions based on my own opinions.
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Same here. I mean, about the not knowing anything about Calvinism and just answering the questions by my own opinions, not the being brought up religious thing ;).
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Gambit37 wrote:I simply answered the questions based on my own opinions.
Obviously it was the objective - it just tested if you would be a good Calvinist, or if your... erm... life values and behaviour and everything are coherent with Calvinism (i.e. it was NOT an excercise on how good you are at theory of Calvinism).
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Every time I see that name I just think of the six-year-old kid and his tiger ;).
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:D
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Erm, sorry, Ameena, but could you explain it for me? It's probably too hot here and my brain is overheated, but I don't see the point... thanks. :)
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Thanks. I don't know that - another cultural context here... :D
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Calvin & Hobbes is the most awesomest cartoon ever!
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The Stupidest Exercise Machine You'll Ever See:

http://www.burbia.com/node/2113
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Omg haha...wtf...perhaps there is some point to it that I've missed...otherwise I find myself agreeing somehat with the article on that site ;).
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"I thought somebody had bought Europe with my credit card":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8152278.stm
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"The only way out is another way in." Try Sukumvit's Labyrinth II
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Glad I already have one! That looks super-awesome, thanks for that linflas! :D
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Ooh, looks interesting...I've seen a few games with similar concepts (draw stuff you need in order to advance), and they were mostly cool, as I remember :). I don't have a Wii, but maybe I will know someone who does, lol.
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I'm a bit Terminator-obsessed lately, so sooner or later I had to come across this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzXmFsamzSU

There is also a second part with one of the hottest scenes ever! :D
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I couldn't watch beyond a couple of minutes. I know it's amateur fan stuff, but the editing is appalling. 2/5
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at last a chance to practice my southern french lessons my wife has been giving me.. "Putain de Chat!" ;)
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Zyx wrote:circle the cat
OMG, that's so addictive! I've spent there at least 10 minutes without any success. Damn! :) That's worse than fusing Chaos in DM!
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I've had a few goes at that game before, several years ago (only I think it was called something else...no clue what site it was on anyway). Never got aywhere with it, lol - kitty kept escaping :P.
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cowsmanaut wrote:at last a chance to practice my southern french lessons my wife has been giving me.. "Putain de Chat!" ;)
"Saloperie/saleté de chat" is more accurate :)
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Ameena wrote:Never got aywhere with it, lol - kitty kept escaping :P.
DONE! DONE! I was just about throwing the computer screen out of the window, I said to myself, "OK, just this last attempt and then I get mad" - and I did it! I did it. Although it's a bit disappointing - I was expecting some "ta-da", or at least "well done", or something - and the game just restarted. :) Never mind - now I can go back to my work. :P
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"The only way out is another way in." Try Sukumvit's Labyrinth II
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Oh no, no, NO! NOT THIS!

*runs away*
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well, the game is easy enough if not for the fact it keeps pausing on me.. I just got fed up with the fact that it can't stay playing for very long, because I'd be in the middle of moving it and then the screen just freezes for a second and then continues :P which is not great when you are trying to move the little metal balls around delicately :P
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