{"id":8089,"date":"2005-05-23T19:40:32","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T02:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/05\/23\/when-worldviews-collide.html"},"modified":"2005-05-23T19:40:32","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T02:40:32","slug":"when_worldviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/23\/when_worldviews.html","title":{"rendered":"When Worldviews Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border='0' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0' width='600'>\n<tr>\n<td><img src='http:\/\/images.quizfarm.com\/1113109050cultural creative.JPG'><\/td>\n<td> You scored as <b>Cultural Creative<\/b>. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. 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Oh, well, there&#8217;s plenty of organized religion I <em>do <\/em>&#8220;shy away from,&#8221; so I guess it&#8217;s a fit.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersnook.com\/blog\/hopeisfled\/003244.html#003244\" target=\"_blank\">not necessarily in bad company<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. 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