A Judgment Day Quiz

The god you worship may not be the same god I worship. Take this little quiz to find out if our gods have values in common. Answer each question as if the god in the quiz was the god you worship, then compare answers below.

It is Judgment Day and the Mighty Creator of the universe is judging each of us before the throne. The petitioners come before the Creator in groups of three. For each group of three, circle the one whom your god would embrace on Judgment Day and call “good and faithful servant.”

Group One: the Nations
1) a mighty nation that is wealthy, free and proud
2) a religious nation that harshly punishes sexual sinners
3) a humble nation that feeds the hungry and clothes the poor

Group Two: the Career Women
1) a wealthy and powerful politician who dined with kings
2) a wealthy and beautiful movie star who married a wealthy and handsome movie star
3) an impoverished and meek nobody who swept the school floors when the kids went home

Group Three: the Religious Men
1) a religious man who never drank or used illegal drugs, hated his wife but would never divorce her, had absolute faith in his god’s salvation, worked hard, and never gave away a cent
2) a religious man who never drank or used illegal drugs, had a ranch, and hated fags and blacks and Japs and anybody who didn’t believe in the same god he believed in, and never gave away a cent
3) a religious man who was a pot-smoker and a bourbon drinker, who struggled with his faith, who felt romantic affection for both men and women, and who gave away everything he had to the poor so he could follow his god

Group Four: the Voters
1) a voter who chose the anti-abortion, pro-gun, pro-war, pro-death penalty candidate
2) a voter who chose the candidate who would eliminate social welfare and give more money to the rich
3) a voter who chose the candidate who would feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and offer healing to the sick for free

Group Five: those with Enemies
1) a person who would kill his enemies so he did not have to live in fear of them
2) a person who would kill his enemies so he could take their oil or other resources
3) a person who would feed his enemies and pray for them without fear

Well, I could go on, but you get the picture. In every case my god would have embraced petitioner number three, but in every case, my god would forgive us all and every soul would be saved. I wonder what your god would do?

If so many of us worship a god

• who commanded us to love one another
• who told us to pray for our enemies
• who wants us to feed the hungry and heal the sick in his name
• who asked the rich man to give away all he had to the poor
• and who is forgiving and merciful without end,

then why do we honor the wealthy and powerful? Why do we aspire to beauty and possessions? Why do we vote for war and against the social welfare?

If we believe in a loving god, then we should live a loving life.
Then we may stand before our Creator on Judgment Day, humble, but unashamed.