How Bryn Athyn Are You

There are quite a few people who were born at Holy Redeemer or Abington who were raised in Bryn Athyn, or who moved here soon after school started. A Bryn Athynite is someone who sees life through a distinctly cultural point of view, that of the Bryn Athynite.

Are YOU a BrynAthynite? Do you have the socially isolated experience of being exposed to nothing but the New Church and Swedenborgian concepts from infancy on? Are all your friends from the Bryn Athyn crib? If so, you might score very high. Let's see how you do.

What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
What is your gender?
Male
Female
1. The bride's dress is red, and you think...
That's weird.
Must be into vampires.
Symbolic of love of man's wisdom.
Must be her favorite color.
Must symbolize the blood of Christ Jesus
Who died for our sins.
2. When you hear the name Pitcairn, you automatically think...
must have six fingers
must be my relative somewhere down the line
they must be loaded
autogyro
Willow Grove Naval Air Base
Auto Dealer in Langhorne
3. When you hear the name Asplundh, you automatically think...
Tree Company with orange trucks
Must be loaded.
Sweden
Germany
Field House
Classmates
4. When you hear the name Brickman you automatically think...
Asplundh
Pitcairn
Pendleton
Glenview
Must be loaded
Landscaping
5. What is the governing body of the Bryn Athyn society?
Bryn Athyn Church Elementary School
Pitcairn Foundation
Academy of the New Church
Bryn Athyn College
The General Church of the New Jerusalem
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
6. When someone asks you who Swedenborg was, assuming you have not had any formal training, you answer
I'm not really sure. (then you break into a cold sweat)
He added extra meaning to the Word.
He was a great religious leader.
The first minister of our church.
He was a great scientist who saw into the spiritual world.
He was a prophetic seer of unimaginable things.
7. When you are accused of belonging to a cult, you respond...
Cults are for losers, we are better than everyone else.
Cult members are brainwashed, but I have the truth.
You don't know how wrong you are my friend!
You don't know how right you are my friend!
I'm allowed to leave my church!
If I'm a cultist, you're a shmuck!
8. When it comes to evangelism your position as a New Church person is...
I'm keepin my mouth shut.
It's not my responsibility.
The church is spreading itself.
The Lord is spreading the church.
This is the minister's job.
This job should be done by converted Jehovah Witnesses.
9. A giant gothic cathedral with echoing halls and iridescent purple walls makes you feel...
Scared out of your mind.
Spooky Wooky.
Claustrophobic.
Right at home.
Like the earth is about to open up.
Like baking cookies and arranging flowers.
10. When you hear the song, "Onward Christian Soldiers" you think...
It's time to stand up for the truth.
about the eastern mountains and where they must be.
It's time to line up.
It's time to stand up.
it's time to march.
about the difficult trek over the river.
11. Which alphabets did you learn in elementary school?
German and Spanish
Spanish and Gaelic
Hebrew and Latin
Latin and German
Greek and Latin
Hebrew and Greek
12. Of the following, which schools did ANC NEVER play against in any male or female sport?
Abington Friends
PSD
GeorgeSchool
Beaver College (Arcadia Univ)
Friends Select
Cheltenham
13. Which of the following is a Swedenborgian term?
Atheism
Pluralism
Ethnocentrism
The irrationale rational
The impossible possible
Good and truth
14. You know that the number 13 is unlucky because...
Your church teaches you so.
You trip every time you are on the 13th step
It is not unlucky at all, that's superstition.
Thirteen people have died climbing the cathedral tower stairs
Urban legend tells you so.
the number 13 corresponds to evil.

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