blogging at church

So, I'm sitting here at church waiting to see how many e-mail mailer demons I get back from my mass e-mail I e-mailed to people. And I came across this faith quiz and I was like oh how appropriate! So here we go as I wait for bad e-mails to come back to me...ha.

FAITH
1. What religion do you follow? I'm a Christian, but I don't really consider that a religion.
2. What religion were you raised as? Raised in a Nazarene church
3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property? hmm, this is confusing. I believe forgiveness is important and a vital vein of Christian religions
4. Do you believe in magic? in a young girl's heart?
5. What was the last promise you broke? I promised myself I would send Stacy's birthday gift by Monday. I did it today.
7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect? only Jesus

HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season? umm. no, there was one thing I really wanted, but didn't get. But that's OK!
2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for? to live a life full of joy and love
3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure? I try not too
4. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? yes, 2 I think
5. Do you gamble? Not really
6. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway? I don't think so

CHARITY
1. What causes do you support? Compassion, Blood Water ministry, church, I guess I support anything good
2. What causes have you given money or time to? Different ones throughout the year, same as above and then some other ones now and then when I have extra
3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless? yeah, a lot in high school, sadly not much now
4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel-inherent worldwide charity group? I considered doing peace corps... I would teach overseas for a summer
5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street? sometimes
6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food? yea
7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need? that's between my friend and I

FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of? being alone
2. What did you do today that was really brave? went to work, let people see me cry who have never seen me cry before
3. Who is your favorite super hero, and why? Underdog! He fought all odds
4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone? I hope I would
5. If you were to face the Wizard of Oz, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart? brains
6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? yea, but pushed through it
7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower? I try to be a servant-leader

JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty? yes, but it was in PA, so I didn't go. I really want to!!
2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it? Probably, I don't really agree with the Just War theory, I would really need to be convinced
3. Do you support capital punishment (the death penalty)? definitely not
4. Which should be guaranteed legal: cocaine, marijuana, heroin? none I'd say
5. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA? he's not now. God puts who he wants there, weather I agree or not
6. What was your favorite media circus trial? OJ! ha

TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on? politics
2. Do you collect anything? umm not really. Maybe penguin stuff
3. Are you addicted to anything? certain tv shows?
4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan? umm student loans.
5. What's your preferred method of paying for things? cash/right away/as soon as possible
6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do: hmm killed my cat
7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? sometimes I guess, when I'm stressed

PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know? hmm my pap
2. Have you ever participated in a vigil? yes
3. Do you take advice when it's given? usually, unless it's bad advice
4. What area are you wisest in? I have no clue! If someone tells me in the next minute I will write it, ooops, no one told me...
5. Do you drive defensively? yes times 10!
6. Have you ever had unprotected sex outside of marriage? heck no
7. What did you learn today? Jared's name is Jordan, not Jared. I'm still going to call him Jared though and pretend I don't know his real name, because it makes Amber chuckle