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Just curious. I was taught christianity when I started primary school, but I later became agnostic as I started to think about it, and am now atheist.

What changes have occurred?

Oh yeah. I did a lot of searching, thinking, reading, meditating and talking to people before I came to my current views.

Chances are, if someone's views haven't changed - they don't really have any views of their own in the first place.

I'm agnostic. I've tried being Christian. I've tried being atheist. Neither work for me and neither sides seem proven so I keep an open-mind.

I really can't believe in religion. I was brought up with Christianity, but only the little bit in schools and I've never really bought into it.

first was raised christian, didn't particularly care. then i started to care about the religion and believed even though there were some things i found off about it... then i started to question and when my questions were answered, others would feel satisfied with such answers, but it didn't work for me... then i felt that it wasn't right for me... then i started to study other religions, now i'm an agnostic humanist with buddhist leanings.

I was Christian. I wanted to be a pastor for a long time.
And now I'm agnostic, almost athiest.
A lot of it has to do with religious doctrine.
But I do miss Jesus and the comfort that religion brought.

I was Christian. I wanted to be a pastor for a long time.
And now I'm agnostic, almost athiest.
A lot of it has to do with religious doctrine.
But I do miss Jesus and the comfort that religion brought.
Also agnostic/soft athiest

and to the missing comment
… ignorance is bliss
I agree but I have come to relize that just because something is easy and comfortable does not make it right

But I do miss Jesus and the comfort that religion brought.

I expect comfort was the reason I stayed agnostic for as long as I did. It was my hope overpowering my rationality.

Just curious. I was taught christianity when I started primary school, but I later became agnostic as I started to think about it, and am now atheist.

What changes have occurred?
As a child I was vaguely Xtian, because it diffused in from those around me.

At about 10, I leaned athiest, because I was learning about science and history.

Soon after, mom made me go to Methodist church. The methodist preacher was wonderful and the Jesus teachings are nice, but it still sounded unlikely to me.

Around 12, I got sent to born-again-Xtian summer camp. This filled me with revulsion for the ignorant trash I found there and I leaned further athiest.

I became interested in magick around this time, but considered it to be our fumbling explanations for stuff science would eventually figure out (ie, esp)

In my mid-teens, I was a satanist for shock value athiest

Late teens I discovered neo-paganism, and have been very involved in that scene ever since, though I'm still athiest/agnostic on good days. This causes some confusion; I've organized many weekend festivals for neopagans and love the community even though I'm not a literalist (I believe that the connection to the earth, the community, and many other things are great, just don't literally believe in any deities)

Now in my mid-late 30s I'm still pretty much an athiest yet still I sponsor neopagan events and I'm ordained.

Confusing enough? :-p

i'm a former christian, something about want to sleep with men did not agree with them... cant see what???

I was baptize christian
Brought up by German Luthrans
But changed to Wicca :)

Started as Baptist, went through agnostic/atheistic phases, then settled upon philosophical Taoism.

Raised Christian, but dropped it eventually to follow my own path religiously.

Am I the only one who finds the following two things annoying?

1) Having Christian doctrine drilled into me from the tender age of five until I was old enough to stop being forced to go to church.

2) How a lot of people seem to assume that because I do not go to a Christian church, but do not seem to be a crazed cultist either, I must be an athiest.

i'm a former christian, something about want to sleep with men did not agree with them... cant see what???
You obviously didn't go to Catholic school!

Grew up mostly in a Baptist church, then realized the particular church I was at was full of hypocrites who only talked about issues I didn't agree with them on anyways.

Went to a Methodist church for a while.

Went off to a Baptist-affiliated university where I had my introduction to church history - causing a period of basically agnosticism.

Began to study religion/the Bible on my own - and in classes.

Still studying (when I can find the time)...

As a child I was vaguely Xtian, *snip*
I leaned athiest, *snip*
Methodist church. *snip*
born-again-Xtian *snip*
I became interested in magick *snip*
I was a satanist for shock value *snip*
I discovered neo-paganism, *snip*
I'm still athiest/agnostic on good days. *snip*
I'm still pretty much an athiest yet still I sponsor neopagan events and I'm ordained.

Confusing enough? :-p

Sounds about normal for Brazil. You would fit right in here.

Seriously, the Brazilian attitude to religion I find to be healthily refreshing. Nearly everyone, when asked will say they are a Catholic or an Evangelical Protestant, but then go on to explain that they also believe in Spiritism, or Candomblê or are a Budhist or Shinto or whatever. Religion here is not a mutually exclusive set of options, you can mix and match pretty much as you want. This is what made me think that Dingoroonia would be at home here.

My personal history is a little less complicated. Raised in the UK and sent to a C of E school, I was exposed as a child to mild protestant propoganda. AS an adolescent I was a science based religious sceptic, technically agnostic, now I am a philosophy based agnostic with tendencies towards atheism. (Which, obviously, is the only position that is shocking here.)

i was reared by a non-practicing Jew and a Unitarian, and when i was old enough to start forming my own religious views i started out as an atheist. however, i have since realized that it is just as silly to assert there is no God as it is to assert that there IS a God, since both are completely beyond the scope of human abilities and understanding. i do not believe it is possible for a human being to ever know whether or not God(s) exist(s), and, therefore, it is also not possible for any human to know anything about the characteristics, will, desires, and powers of any God or gods that may or may not exist. because we can never establish whether or not God exists, i don't believe it is appropriate to base any portion of my life philosophy, moral code, or world-view on the existence or nonexistence of God.

They've certainly matured.

Now I don't look down upon atheists, compared to when I was 10 and everyone did so.

Seriously, the Brazilian attitude to religion I find to be healthily refreshing. Nearly everyone, when asked will say they are a Catholic or an Evangelical Protestant, but then go on to explain that they also believe in Spiritism, or Candomblê or are a Budhist or Shinto or whatever. Religion here is not a mutually exclusive set of options, you can mix and match pretty much as you want. This is what made me think that Dingoroonia would be at home here.

Interesting.

In truth, religion should always be a personal thing. It's a shame that so many people think otherwise.

i was reared by a non-practicing Jew and a Unitarian, and when i was old enough to start forming my own religious views i started out as an atheist. however, i have since realized that it is just as silly to assert there is no God as it is to assert that there IS a God, since both are completely beyond the scope of human abilities and understanding. i do not believe it is possible for a human being to ever know whether or not God(s) exist(s), and, therefore, it is also not possible for any human to know anything about the characteristics, will, desires, and powers of any God or gods that may or may not exist. because we can never establish whether or not God exists, i don't believe it is appropriate to base any portion of my life philosophy, moral code, or world-view on the existence or nonexistence of God.

so agnostic?

I think as I got older, I've crossed more and more event horizons in my relationship with Jesus Christ. Was five when I recieved salvation. I don't take the words of pastors for the truth, I take the Word that resides in my heart to be the truth. If anything, I noticed they conceal the real power of the Holy Spirit. Never talking about it, and skipping over it like it can't be believed. Pastors can be hypocrites, but God can never be.

Interesting.

In truth, religion should always be a personal thing. It's a shame that so many people think otherwise.

The phenomenon has even acquired an academic name. It is called Brazilian syncretism. Its fun actually.

born christian but not practising(is that agnostic was never sure of the difinition of the word) and am now prety much an atheist

born christian but not practising(is that agnostic was never sure of the difinition of the word) and am now prety much an atheist
agnostic is that you dont think knowing if there is or is not a god or diety is possible

born christian but not practising(is that agnostic was never sure of the difinition of the word) and am now prety much an atheist

Here are some definitions for you:


ag·nos·tic
n.

1.
1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.



a·the·ist

One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.

I used to believe in god when I was a kid, and my family used to go to church. I hated church. As I grew older, my belief in god very very slowly faded. The final nail in the coffin was when I learned about a planet called "Nibiru" a year ago. :)

Here's a breif step by step guide with me and religion:
-Born into Catholocism
-Taught Catholic stuff by Grandmother
-Attended Churst Easter Sunday, until age 7
-Attended Church Christmas Eve, midnight mass, sporadicly, until age 12
-Never attended Church outside of previously mentioned dates, nor Sunday School.
-Atheist most of life
-Decided to adopt a religion, spent aprox. 1 year studying various religions
-"Converted" to the ancient Sumerian Religion

And ever since that last one, I've been more and more religious.. espically as I learn more and more of my chosen path.

Don't get me wrong, I hold a different definition of religious beliefs then say, everyone. To me, the idea of a god or gods, are just human representations of laws of physics and nature, given divinity and form because they really do govern us scientificly, and we might as well respect them.

The final nail in the coffin was when I learned about a planet called "Nibiru" a year ago. :)

Can you explain this bit?

Can you explain this bit?
I was also confused

Umm... Nibiru (http://www.crystalinks.com/nibiru.html).

"Supposidly" part of my religion. But I have yet to find any trustworthy, factual, or historical texts relating to it directly.

EDIT:
Let me point this out very plainly, to clear up any confusion.
It is my opnion, the opnion of most (real) Sumerian pantheists/Pagans/Reconstructionists, and Historians that the Annunaki are NOT aliens, and that those few who seem to be perpetuating this idea, are just the ignorant, or pure new-age weirdoes, who also seem to think the Necronomicon is a real, ancient Sumerian text.*

*It's not.

i was reared by a non-practicing Jew and a Unitarian, and when i was old enough to start forming my own religious views i started out as an atheist. however, i have since realized that it is just as silly to assert there is no God as it is to assert that there IS a God, since both are completely beyond the scope of human abilities and understanding. i do not believe it is possible for a human being to ever know whether or not God(s) exist(s), and, therefore, it is also not possible for any human to know anything about the characteristics, will, desires, and powers of any God or gods that may or may not exist. because we can never establish whether or not God exists, i don't believe it is appropriate to base any portion of my life philosophy, moral code, or world-view on the existence or nonexistence of God.


as I scrolled down this thread I was thinking about posting my own opinions as a semi-agnostic, untill I realized that Bottle here pretty much summed em up. The only thought I have to add is that I also beleive in devine insperation(sorry if thats the wrong term), whereas I beleive that the structure of the universe, from the largest galaxies to the smallest sub-atomic particle, is too perfect to be some random event. That some sort of higher being MUST have had some say in it. I also beleive that we, as lowly finite human beings, cant posibly hope to understand even the most minute aspect of a higher being. Therfore, no one religion or belife system can be the "right one", they are all just representations of man's instinctual need to believe in a being higher than himself...but thats a different topic...and now im ranting...sooo, bleh

Here's something interesting I just found:
http://beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

That thing gave some strange results. I said I believed there was no God, and it gave me a 88% with Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants...

Mine have changed from Christianity to Islam.

Irreverent Catholic
Agnostic
Atheist
Agnostic

Like many I was raised Christian, but with parents who encouraged me to explore and make decisions for myself--they figured I would come back to it even if I strayed. I think they are getting dismayed now that I'm somewhere between an atheist and a universalist.

I went from apathetic agnostic, to agnostic, to atheist, to atheistic physiolater.

Just curious. I was taught christianity when I started primary school, but I later became agnostic as I started to think about it, and am now atheist.

What changes have occurred?
born athiest, become agnostic. so i suppose more religious in a way (not what i voted for duh :headbang: )

born athiest, become agnostic. so i suppose more religious in a way (not what i voted for duh :headbang: )

I think being born atheist goes without saying really :D I was an atheist until I was 4 or 5 because I had never even heard of God until then.

I was baptised a Catholic. I went to church for a year or two when i was little because my mom took us, but we stopped going soon after, she didn't like it either. I believed in God for most of my life, but recently i have become an agnostic. I haven't completely given up on the possibility that there is a higher power, but i am not willing to absolutely believe that there is. I have become more spiritual and philosophical and have become interested in Buddhism. I incorporate aspects of it into my life.

These are my Faith-O-Matic results. The one on the top of the list is the closest to what i believe in, so it was accurate.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Secular Humanism (79%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
6. New Thought (66%)
7. Neo-Pagan (65%)
8. New Age (64%)
9. Scientology (61%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
11. Nontheist (58%)
12. Reform Judaism (58%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)
15. Taoism (53%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
19. Hinduism (42%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (41%)
21. Sikhism (41%)
22. Jainism (33%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
24. Islam (30%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
27. Roman Catholic (21%)

I was Christian when I was little... then I sort of drifted away, and drifted back, and away once more... and around grade six I discovered Wicca. I adopted Wicca as my new religion and kept it for a couple years, before I realized how young, naive, and "fluff-bunny-ish" I was. Then I started exploring different pagan religions, from Celtic areas to Shaminism to druidism to a combination of several things.

Recently I've come to settle as a pagan, pure and simple. I tried all the specific definitions, and while they fit me, they never fit perfectly. Now I look at my religion in much more general terms. My beliefs might not have a sound name, but they make sense to me, and they fall under the "pagan" umbrella. I'm sure they'll change a hell of a lot more as I grow- I think that's the beauty of religion, it grows and changes with you as your views and needs grow and change.

As for the poll, I wish I could've answered both "changed religions" and "became more religious". Through the years I have become more and more spiritually active. I've found that I like the comfort that faith brings me. ;)

I used to be obnoxiously athiest, but I have become, over the years, agnostic, more or less. I've been trying to not stake beliefs in certain ideologies, and have rather tried to learn about them. Of course there are certain things that go against my morals, and those I am against, but for the most part I view religion with an inquisitive eye as opposed to a hostile one.

I think I agree most with Buddhism, specifically Amida Buddhism, but the entire philosophy is appealing, and Hinduism is also nice.

Then I started exploring different pagan religions, from Celtic areas to Shaminism to druidism to a combination of several things.
Druidry is certainly Celtic, and there were Celtic shamans. Most neo-pagans are Celto-mimetic, though. There really aren't any actual pagan religions anymore, since they've pretty much all died out. They have instead been adopted for modern use, and thus there are really no more true pagans, in the strictest sense of the word. Only neo-pagans, unfortunately.

I think I agree most with Buddhism, specifically Amida Buddhism, but the entire philosophy is appealing, and Hinduism is also nice.

What I like about Buddhism is the idea "suffering is caused by desire". I wouldn't say that one should try and use removal of desire as primary means to alleviate their own suffering, but it shows signs of introspection. It is said (I don't know by whom) that one must know oneself to know other stuff, and I think Buddhism adheres to this idea. Particularly Zen, in which adherents are instructed to try and lose all their internal imagined ideas of the world and appreciate the world for what it actually is. Obviously introspection is necessary to discover how your perception is warped.

I think being born atheist goes without saying really :D I was an atheist until I was 4 or 5 because I had never even heard of God until then.
well....yeah. but i meant i was brought up athiest by my parents - i wasn't baptised for example and was never made to go to church. they have always said that religion is my personal choice, and if i decide to follow a religion they will support me all the way. nice attitude really :)
just as a note, they never 'told' me that god does not exist either - so technically that makes my upbringing agnostic.... so i haven't changed....oh i'm so confused! :confused:


as for that test thingy


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (95%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
6. Nontheist (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (70%)
8. Taoism (64%)

Secular Humanism sounds like me, but i love some of the ideas on Buddhism - i'd love to become buddhist but i don't think i'd be capable of making the necessary commitment :(

Just curious. I was taught christianity when I started primary school, but I later became agnostic as I started to think about it, and am now atheist.

What changes have occurred?

Most of the changes in my spiritual beliefs have been, like yours, the result of deep and long thought. I was raised in the Southern Baptist religion and had more than my share of the Sunday morning "Fire and Brimstone" variety of sermon. Even through college, I continued to believe that the Bible was true in the basics of what it taught, that Jesus was the Son of God, and that all believing Christians would be rewarded for their faith. Some of this I still believe to be true.

I have always had an intense interest in science. Not being very proficient in math, I never pursued it as a career but have read extensively at the "advanced layman's level" for my entire adult life. My reading gradually led me to change my beliefs from Christian "fundamentalist" to a much broader faith, evolving based on current findings in science.

Some of the findings ( all of these are secientifically verifiable! ):

1. The universe, while sometimes locally hostile to life, contains as one of its primary paradigms the emergence of life everywhere the conditions for its emergence are favorable.

2. Mind is "non-local." In other words, thought and some forms of communication work at faster than light speed.

3. Prayer and meditation have real, instantaneous impact on living things.

4. As best we understand at this time, only sentient beings pray and meditate.

Some of my conclusions:

1. Spirituality is that part of us which, while anchored in biology, is non-local, universal and timeless, and which yearns for connection with what might be called the mind universal, or God, or whatever term you prefer.

2. One of the primary purposes of human and any other sentient beings, and of each human life, is to protect and nurture life in all its forms.

3. We need spirituality for purpose, for connection, for the sense of being part of something much greater than ourselves, something awe inspiring and humbling; we need spirituality to fulfil our responsibilities to the web of life. And we need spirituality for our spiritual selves much as we need oxygen for our biological selves ... to live.

That, in a nutshell, is what I currently believe. For want of a better term, I call it "Science-based Universalism."

I actually became a little more religious, in some ways, I like Jesus more, but I still dont go to Church except on Christmas and Easter, because church doesnt teach the right things and mixes up the old testament with the new testament, such as "Jesus hates gays" The sad part is, the religous right says stuff like that, so they must have never picked up a bible before.

well....yeah. but i meant i was brought up athiest by my parents - i wasn't baptised for example and was never made to go to church. they have always said that religion is my personal choice, and if i decide to follow a religion they will support me all the way. nice attitude really :)
just as a note, they never 'told' mehttp://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227
General that god does not exist either - so technically that makes my upbringing agnostic.... so i haven't changed....oh i'm so confused! :confused:


My parents never told me anything about God at all, I only learnt about Him when I started going to school.

Yup it has actually. Quite substantially.

I grew up as a Southern Baptist. Was pretty fundamental but never to the extent of preaching hellfire and brimstone. Or going out and kicking other religions (The muslims outnumber us 10-1 anyway :D).

Then around 16, I got into the Preaching of 'Grace'. And more emphasis of the New Testament, the gospels and reading the bible myself more. I got mostly inspired from my brother and preaching from Pastor Prince of New Creation Church (Singapore).

My life kinda changed alot after that. I'm now alot more forgiving and maybe care less about what other people do. Plus I've been more open to reading about other religions and become more understanding towards it.

I actually became a little more religious, in some ways, I like Jesus more, but I still dont go to Church except on Christmas and Easter, because church doesnt teach the right things and mixes up the old testament with the new testament, such as "Jesus hates gays" The sad part is, the religous right says stuff like that, so they must have never picked up a bible before.

My parents are Christian and they only go to church for weddings, funerals and christenings (though I was not christened - they thought my religion should be a personal choice).

I started out catholic, slowly got more 'devout' (ie fundemental) up until about the age of 13 or 14 the quickly became agnostic, to become atheist only to go back to agnostic.

That, in a nutshell, is what I currently believe. For want of a better term, I call it "Science-based Universalism."

Did you ever check out the Unitarian Church? I did once but moved on. Their theology or philosophy is a lot like yours.

[QUOTE=DingorooniaNow in my mid-late 30s I'm still pretty much an athiest yet still I sponsor neopagan events and I'm ordained.

Confusing enough? :-p[/QUOTE]

How can you be ordained into something you do not beleive in? :confused:

Did you ever check out the Unitarian Church? I did once but moved on. Their theology or philosophy is a lot like yours.

Not yet, but I plan to. BTW ... they're now "The Unitarian-Universalist Church." It's my understanding of them that they allow any and all beliefs under their roof as long as they accept the fact that all other faiths have legitimacy. Yes?

Thank you for taking the time to actually read my post. Not many on here do, sad to say. :(

Thank you for taking the time to actually read my post. Not many on here do, sad to say. :(

I read it, but no comments came to mind.

Not yet, but I plan to. BTW ... they're now "The Unitarian-Universalist Church." It's my understanding of them that they allow any and all beliefs under their roof as long as they accept the fact that all other faiths have legitimacy. Yes?

Thank you for taking the time to actually read my post. Not many on here do, sad to say. :(

You are probably correct. The church I attended a couple of times was in Urbana, IL and that was in the late 60's. My roommate and I went because we heard a sermon on the radio by the pastor one Sunday. The crux of the sermon was there is no hell because hell is here on earth.

2. Mind is "non-local." In other words, thought and some forms of communication work at faster than light speed.


really? i would love to see those findings, if you wouldn't mind posting them or sending them to me. based on my experiences with human physiology and neuroscience, i was lead to believe that human thought moves at a chemical/electrical reaction-limited pace, and thus is significantly slower than the speed of light.


3. Prayer and meditation have real, instantaneous impact on living things.

again, i would love to see that data...though i agree that prayer and meditation do have a verifiable impact on living human beings, i have never seen evidence that such an impact is "instantaneous."


4. As best we understand at this time, only sentient beings pray and meditate.

no arguments there! :)

I started out in a Protestant family, but was only home-schooled about "God". I became an atheist before I was 10. Through studies in mythology in the 1990's I came to an understanding about what I believe to be god, and now consider myself a theist, although I follow no particular religion.

Just curious. I was taught christianity when I started primary school, but I later became agnostic as I started to think about it, and am now atheist.

What changes have occurred?

Same as you, only remove the agnostic phase. Straght from catholic to athiest in grade 10 (last eyar).

When I was a kid I was well religious...hardcore Lutheran me...from the depths of Bavaria style Lutheranism....did the Sunday school stuff....the going to church on base etc etc...

Then I discovered poontang and found true heaven

I went to a Protestant Primary School in the Netherlands, my parents were raised Christian but tend to be more Humanist religious, rather then strictly following a certain religion.

I used to be moderately religious,
then I turned radicaly atheist,
now I am agnostic, I prefer people to follow their own lifestyles, I do not love nor hate religion.

Turned from Meh
To, trying to find every plot hole in religeon :headbang:

Hmm, for me

I was born into and brought up by an anglican protestant family but distinctly remembering not having anything taught to me about God until I started going to my Catholic primary school (apparantly it was recommended to my parents).

After a few years in my equally Catholic secondary school I became atheist

Went back to being a protestant for a while during a phase of optimistic thinking until I realised how little religion was helping me, at which point I became an agnostic.

I then became interested in Marxism and socialism and thought more and more about the blatant contradictions and unfathomable ambiguities that existed within religious scriptures and am now a devout atheist.

Yeah I was raised Hindu, but was never really religious. Basically I believe that it has no bearing on my life whether there is or isn't a god, as I would live my life the same way anyway.

Any god that demands my devotion isn't a god worth believing in. Everyone should read "the Salmon of Doubt" by Douglas Adams.

As a child i was raised catholic and for some time actually believed it was true, after some time i stopped believing it because I adopted reason as my guide, and went through a phase of virulent anti-christianity.

Eventually I came to believe a lot of the same things that buddhists and taoists do, though I hesistate to identify myself with either of them.

As it stands I am perfectly satisfied with the way I understand existence.

I dont loathe christianity in general anymore, but I do consider religious maniacs to be the worst and greatest scourge on mankind today and hate them with a passion.

bump

I was never really "religious," per se. I was raised spiritual instead. Spiritual Christian, with some Buddhism and Native American spirituality as well. I went through Agnostic and Wiccan/Neo-Pagan (or whatever) phases at one point.

And, well, I'm not really sure what I am now. Spiritual mutt, maybe?

my results

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
6. Nontheist (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (67%)
8. Taoism (62%)
9. Reform Judaism (61%)
10. New Age (59%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (56%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
15. New Thought (46%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
17. Scientology (45%)
18. Sikhism (44%)
19. Jainism (40%)
20. Hinduism (38%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
25. Islam (25%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
27. Roman Catholic (25%)

about right, considering i am agnostic/buddhist