Casting out demons

Rev. Bob Larson, for $9.95, offers an online test to verify whether or not you have a demon. In the interest of science Rob Tisinai tried it out (with a sponsor donating the $10). The result?

Rob Tisinai, confirmed homosexual, gay blogger, not a Believer an any conventional sort of deity, and one of the officially designated “homomafioso of Queer, Incorporated who oversee the image of Faggotry love.” And I don’t have a demon.

Yeah, it's a fraud. Sheesh, the questions were so predictable. But it does allow someone to brag:

I don’t have a demon; the test told me so. I’m not sure about you.

Which means it allows the test taker to be smug. And that is a great way to ruin a soul.

So Tisinai came up with his own demon test. Here are a few of the questions (see his post for the rest).

* Do you focus your outrage on sins that don’t tempt you?

* Do you condemn whole populations on what a few members do?

* Do you feel more ire than compassion at the failings of others?

He concludes:

It’s better to know your demons and wrestle them than to pay $10 for assurance they aren’t there.