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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:14 AM
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SUBJECT: GOD'S SURVEY
SUBJECT: GOD'S SURVEY

God would like to thank you for your belief and patronage. In order to better serve your needs, God asks that you take a few moments to answer the following questions. Please keep in mind that your responses will be kept completely confidential, and that you need not disclose your name or address if you prefer not to have a direct response to comments or suggestions.

1. How did you find out about God?
___ Newspaper
___ New Testament
___ Torah
___ Book of Mormon
___ Koran
___ Other Book
___ Television
___ Divine Inspiration
___ Word of mouth
___ Dead Sea scrolls
___ My mama done tol' me
___ Near-death Experience
___ Near-life experience
___ National Public Radio
___ Tabloid
___ Burning Shrubbery
___ Who?
___ Other (specify): _____________


2. Which model God did you acquire?
___ God of Israel
___ Jehovah
___ Allah
___ Higher Power
___ Just plain God
___ Krishna
___ Father, Son & Holy Ghost (Trinity Pack)
___ Zeus and entourage (Olympus Pack)
___ Odin and entourage (Valhalla Pack)
___ Gaia/Mother Earth/Mother Nature
___ None of the above; I was taken in by a false god


3. Did your God come to you undamaged, with all parts in good working order and with no obvious breakage or missing attributes? __ Yes __ No


If No, please describe the problems you initially encountered here.
Please indicate all that apply:
___ Not eternal
___ Not omniscient
___ Not omnipotent
___ His Will conflicts with my will
___ Finite in space/Does not occupy or inhabit the entire universe
___ Permits sex outside of marriage
___ Prohibits sex outside of marriage
___ Makes mistakes (e.g., Geraldo Rivera, Jesse Helms)
___ When beseeched, doesn't stay beseeched
___ Requires burnt offerings
___ Requires virgin sacrifices
___ Plays dice with the universe


4. What factors were relevant in your decision to acquire a God?
Please check all that apply.
___ Indoctrinated by parents
___ Needed a reason to live
___ Indoctrinated by society
___ Needed target for rage
___ Imaginary friend grew up
___ Hate to think for self
___ Wanted to meet girls/boys
___ Fear of death
___ To piss off parents
___ Needed a day away from work
___ Enjoy organ music
___ Needed focus on whom to despise
___ Needed to feel morally superior
___ Needed to feel Mother Superior
___ Graduated from the tooth fairy
___ My shrubbery caught fire and told me to do it


5. Are you currently using any other source of inspiration in addition to God?
Please check all that apply.
__ Self-help books
__ Tarot, Astrology
__ Star Trek re-runs
__ Fortune cookies
__ Annie's Mailbox
__ Psychic Friends Network
__ Dianetics
__ Playboy and/or Playgirl
__ Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
__ Biorhythms
__ EST
__ Television
__ Mantras
__ Jimmy Swaggart
__ Crystals (not including Crystal Gayle)
__ Human Sacrifice
__ Wandering around in desert
__ Burning shrubbery
__ Other:_____________________


6. Have you ever worshipped a false God before?
If so, which false God were you fooled by?
Please check all that apply.
___ Odin
___ Cthulhu
___ Lottery
___ Baal
___ Beelzebub
___ The Almighty Dollar
___ The Conservative Right
___ Eric Clapton
___ Bill Gates
___ The Great Pumpkin
___ Ronald Reagan
___ A burning cabbage
___ Mushrooms
___ Other: ________________


7. God employs a limited degree of Divine Intervention to preserve the
balanced level of felt presence and blind faith. Which would you prefer:

___ More Divine Intervention
___ Less Divine Intervention
___ Current level of Divine Intervention is just right
___ Don't know; what's Divine Intervention?


8. God also attempts to maintain a balanced level of disasters and miracles.
Please rate on a scale of 1 to 5 God's handling of the following, where
1 = unsatisfactory, 5 = excellent:

DISASTERS:
1 2 3 4 5 Flood/Tsunami
1 2 3 4 5 Famine
1 2 3 4 5 Earthquake
1 2 3 4 5 War
1 2 3 4 5 Pestilence
1 2 3 4 5 Plague
1 2 3 4 5 AOL
1 2 3 4 5 Republican Congress
1 2 3 4 5 Jerry Lewis
1 2 3 4 5 Dubya
1 2 3 4 5 My last relationship


MIRACLES:
1 2 3 4 5 Rescues
1 2 3 4 5 Spontaneous remissions
1 2 3 4 5 Crying statues
1 2 3 4 5 Water changing to wine
1 2 3 4 5 Walking on water
1 2 3 4 5 Stars hovering over towns
1 2 3 4 5 VCRs that set their own clocks
1 2 3 4 5 Clear and competent statements by the President
1 2 3 4 5 My present relationship


9. Please rate the following on a scale of 1 to 5, where
1 = unsatisfactory, 5 = excellent:
1 2 3 4 5 God's Courtesy
1 2 3 4 5 Answers to your prayers
1 2 3 4 5 Are your spiritual needs being met?
1 2 3 4 5 How are your shrubs doing?


10. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions for improving the quality of God's services






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silverlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:21 AM
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1. Did you write this?
This is great. Mind if I pass it along to my friends?
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:27 AM
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5. No of course not
and since I am "passing it along," feel free to do the same

got it in an email but without attributable source..
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sexybomber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:22 AM
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2. LOL
:spray:

Me like :D
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:23 AM
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3. God's on my Do Not Call list
So I didn't get the survey.

Once you are on His mailing list, it's a bitch to get off. (No pun intended.)
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Democracy White Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:25 AM
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4. LOL! I gotta bookmark this
and print it out and give to my parents.

Dee
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 10:59 AM
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6. Funny Stuff
Copied & printing as I type.


Keith’s Barbeque Central





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Psychmd Donating Member (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 11:11 AM
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7. LOL
I have several religious relatives I would love to send this to.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 11:14 AM
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8. *lol* Love it!
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-05 11:25 AM
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9. LOL
passing it on - thanks for posting
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