skwarepeg invited me to retake the Belief-O-Matic test.
I told her that I and everyone I knew inevitably came out as Buddhist. PROVE ME WRONG!
“Even if YOU don’t know what faith you are, Belief-O-Matic™ knows. Answer 20 questions about your concept of God, the afterlife, human nature, and more, and Belief-O-Matic™ will tell you what religion (if any) you practice…or ought to consider practicing.”
My results:
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Hinduism (99%)
3. Neo-Pagan (91%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
5. New Age (81%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. Jainism (76%)
8. New Thought (75%)
9. Liberal Quakers (74%)
10. Sikhism (70%)
11. Reform Judaism (60%)
12. Scientology (59%)
13. Taoism (59%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (54%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (51%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (48%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (45%)
18. Islam (34%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
20. Secular Humanism (33%)
21. Nontheist (18%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (14%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (13%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)
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But...but...these doesn't adds up to 100%? And how can you be equally Mormon and Catholic, you Buddhist freak?! ;o)
You didn't say what your take was on the questions this time.... Still interested.
I was surprised that Scientology rated higher than Christian, oh well... I suppose the percentages mean percent of questions that match a particular religion. I still say I would love to see what thier grade curve is.
As to the questions, well, I am not sure what world religion uses abortion or gay marriage as a criteria for faith. There seemes to be a fair number of questions that had political rather than spiritual... agendas? Like- "How important are social welfare programs." Also, does "Muslim" ever make an appearance,or is it just kinda swept under the rug?
Oh, wait,I found Islam...34%
I know... those questions bothered me too (abortion, etc.) because I don't think they're relevant to spirituality. Though I suppose if your positical views are based in your religious views, it would matter. *shrug*
If I weren't so lazy, it would be fun to find out the results on a more random sample kind of basis -- neighbors, relatives (especially the Tennessee ones), co-workers, etc.
Sorry to bust your theory (but I guess since we have not actually met, you could argue that you are still right) but here are my results.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (97%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (90%)
5. Neo-Pagan (85%)
6. Secular Humanism (80%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
8. Jainism (78%)
9. New Age (75%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (74%)
11. Taoism (70%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (67%)
13. Reform Judaism (63%)
14. Hinduism (57%)
15. Nontheist (55%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (50%)
18. Scientology (47%)
19. New Thought (47%)
20. Sikhism (43%)
21. Islam (41%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
27. Roman Catholic (24%)
On the topic of some of the "political" questions, I answered many as not being applicable. We were supposed to be answering if we thought they were necessary for personal savaltion. I would have answered "maybe" if possible, but that wasn't a choice. Being opposed to abortion MIGHT be necessary for someone's salvation. Not mine, but it might be necessary for theirs.
Sorry, old friend. 86%. I found Roy's very interesting too. Our top 5 are pretty close!
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
4. Reform Judaism (82%)
5. Liberal Quakers (78%)
6. Jainism (74%)
7. Hinduism (73%)
8. New Age (71%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (71%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
13. Sikhism (59%)
14. New Thought (56%)
15. Scientology (53%)
16. Secular Humanism (52%)
17. Islam (51%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
19. Taoism (46%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
21. Nontheist (30%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
Okay, okay, I fell for it (in a profound spiral of procrastination today). And apparently? I have SO recovered from years of Zen practice that I'm now....like, a Quaker. Ha ha ha! This is bonkers.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (90%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
7. New Age (75%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
9. Taoism (66%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
11. Reform Judaism (57%)
12. Nontheist (54%)
13. Scientology (50%)
14. New Thought (50%)
15. Hinduism (47%)
16. Jainism (45%)
17. Sikhism (44%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (42%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (21%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
26. Roman Catholic (21%)
27. Islam (16%)
NB by the way that your position on same-sex marriage/abortion/etc. is CRUCIAL for you to belong to what they're calling "Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant." It seems political to you precisely because you don't practice/adhere to those particular religious beliefs. Strange; and yet the case.
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