Life is Like Golf

Life is like golf in many ways.  Before you are sent off onto the course to play, it is best to learn the rules, gather a number of useful clubs, and have a few lessons.  This can be equated to your parental upbringing and school years.  Then you get to go play your first round.  Each tee represents something different for each of us.  One might be a job, another might be relationships, yet another is our religious or spiritual faith, and so on.  How well you hit the ball determines your path down each fairway.  Some hits will be short, some in the rough, and a few may land in a trap or other hazard.  But, a few will be perfect.

I was taking pictures on the golf course, during a tournament, and came across the scene in the photo above.  This, for me, represented my "religious" hole.  You tee off, miss the trees, staying out of the sand trap to the left and, if you're good enough to hit the green and then...five holes?  Which one do you shoot for?  Turns out it is your choice for this particular game.  It doesn't matter which one you try to putt the ball into, you choose the one you think is best for you.  Kind of like... religion!

I found a quiz online that you should check out called the "Spiritual Belief System Selector Quiz."  It only takes a few minutes and is an eye opener.  I think the questions don't give you enough latitude in answering as several of my answers could have been two of the choices given, but you are to choose the best answer for you.  I still found it an interesting test.  My results were telling.

There were 20 questions and I was all over the religious map.  Each of the 20 answers I gave fell into 27 different religious or spiritual belief systems from Orthodox Quaker to Jehovah's Witness, Mainline Liberal Christian Protestants to Sikhism, New Age, New Thought, Scientology, Roman Catholic,  Non-theist, and so on.  In truth, it was pretty much on the money if you've read my posts.  How could it not be right on if I've been honest about my feelings toward religious tolerance?

I recommend you try the test for yourself and see what it says about your belief system.  You have to answer honestly as you'll only be lying to yourself.

The address is:  www.selectsmart.com/religion/