Yesterday I was really scrambling for something to write about for this blog but nothing came to mind. This could be because I was trying to write a presentation and so every word coming out of my mind was in Spanish or maybe I was just too tired to write. So, naturally, I went on Facebook.
Lately, many friends of mine have been doing quizzes and posting their results. On Friday I did the ‘what Toronto neighbourhood are you’ quiz and found out I should live in the Annex (near the university). Maybe this is true, maybe this isn’t. Then, yesterday I saw a much more interesting quiz that claimed to be able to answer the question ‘How Mennonite are you’.
First of all, any quiz that pretends to be able to decide how Mennonite or whatever else anyone is cannot be taken seriously. But, the results for this test were interesting. I am 100% Mennonite. Then I tried to answer some questions differently. Facebook had some problems so I don’t know if I still would have been 100% Mennonite but I kind of think that I would have been. So, even Facebook isn’t claiming to answer the question. It shows that anyone can be Mennonite if that something they choose.
Isn’t that a nice message? Anyone can choose to be Mennonite, that is, can choose a particular understanding of the way to follow Christ?
(Of course, making the initial decision and trying to live out that choice in every choice one makes are two different things. We probably don’t even consciously make the first choice. But the second part is a choice we should be making every part of every day.)
I would find it interesting to know how many questions in the quiz are related to the Mennonite faith vs. the Mennonite ethnicity. Sometimes I need to remind myself that the first should be a bigger part of my identity than the second.
Hi Chris–I think you hit the nail on the head. good point.
I had no idea that there was a quiz on Facebook about how Mennonite we are! Will have to check it out!
I’m not Mennonite at all actually. I was raised Catholic and just recently fell in love with a guy who is Mennonite. I would be lying if I said that I knew lots about the Mennonite people other than they work hard, live modest lives and are devout Protestants. As our relationship has progressed and the reality of our different religions, backgrounds and beliefs has surfaced. He feels like we can’t possibly be together because of a variety of reasons. I am a divorcee and have three children.…and I’m Catholic. I believe that I am a good Christian and have very strong morales but his unwillingness to proceed any further with this relationship has left me confused and bewildered. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.