NationStates Jolt Archive


Belief-o-Matic: What's your results?

Zarakon
11-02-2007, 23:20
Well, I just found (Or, more accurately, was pointed to) this thing:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

So, what's your results?

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Nontheist (84%)
4. Liberal Quakers (80%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
8. Reform Judaism (63%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. New Age (54%)
11. New Thought (41%)
12. Bah�'� Faith (39%)
13. Sikhism (39%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
15. Scientology (38%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
22. Islam (20%)
23. Roman Catholic (20%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
25. Jainism (12%)
26. Hinduism (7%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
Fleckenstein
11-02-2007, 23:30
*takes credit*

Nice hijack save.


+ +

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Reform Judaism (92%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
6. Neo-Pagan (86%)
7. Sikhism (81%)
8. Jainism (81%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (79%)
11. New Age (75%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (69%)
13. Hinduism (66%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
15. Taoism (60%)
16. Islam (57%)
17. New Thought (53%)
18. Secular Humanism (52%)
19. Scientology (49%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (48%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (41%)
23. Roman Catholic (41%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
26. Nontheist (27%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (18%)

I lost my other test results. The other times Protestantism and Reform Judaism were lower and Theravada Buddhism was higher.
Vetalia
11-02-2007, 23:33
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (92%)
4. Bah�'� Faith (84%)
5. Reform Judaism (84%)
6. New Age (82%)
7. Sikhism (77%)
8. Hinduism (75%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
11. New Thought (63%)
12. Secular Humanism (63%)
13. Scientology (62%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
15. Islam (54%)
16. Taoism (52%)
17. Jainism (50%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (40%)
20. Nontheist (40%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (29%)
24. Roman Catholic (29%)
25. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (9%)
Soluis
11-02-2007, 23:34
Oh, I did this a few days back. Top results were East Orthodox and Roman Catholic, bottom was secular humanism (probably the humanism rather than the secular that I objected to) and nontheist was somewhere in between.
Zarakon
11-02-2007, 23:34
Wouldn't it be funny if Soviestan got like Roman Catholic or something?
Fleckenstein
11-02-2007, 23:36
Wouldn't it be funny if Soviestan got like Roman Catholic or something?

You DO have a problem with him! :p

That would be hilarious. What would he do?
Pyotr
11-02-2007, 23:37
1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Bah�'� Faith (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Sikhism (80%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (79%)
6. Islam (75%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (70%)
9. Jainism (63%)
10. Neo-Pagan (60%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
13. New Age (51%)
14. Scientology (50%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
16. New Thought (50%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
18. Hinduism (41%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (39%)
20. Taoism (37%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
22. Secular Humanism (37%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
25. Roman Catholic (33%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
27. Nontheist (19%)

Really it's not that surprising except for the first one....I'm researching it right now...
Vetalia
11-02-2007, 23:37
Seein' as how I pointed you to it, here's mine

Wow, our top three are almost identical.
Dobbsworld
11-02-2007, 23:37
Seein' as how I pointed you to it, here's mine:


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. New Age (87%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
7. Taoism (77%)
8. Secular Humanism (75%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
10. Reform Judaism (62%)
11. New Thought (62%)
12. Scientology (59%)
13. Nontheist (50%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (49%)
15. Hinduism (48%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
17. Sikhism (44%)
18. Bah�'� Faith (38%)
19. Jainism (36%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
25. Islam (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

*Edit: See? Like I said, 100% UU.
Swilatia
11-02-2007, 23:38
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (88%)
5. Liberal Quakers (67%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
7. Neo-Pagan (54%)
8. New Thought (51%)
9. Scientology (47%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
12. Taoism (40%)
13. New Age (38%)
14. Reform Judaism (37%)
15. Sikhism (37%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
18. Eastern Orthodox (28%)
19. Hinduism (28%)
20. Islam (28%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (28%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
23. Orthodox Quaker (28%)
24. Roman Catholic (28%)
25. Bah�'� Faith (18%)
26. Jainism (18%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
Maraque
11-02-2007, 23:45
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (88%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
6. Nontheist (75%)
7. Neo-Pagan (73%)
8. Reform Judaism (70%)
9. New Age (63%)
10. Taoism (61%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
12. Sikhism (51%)
13. New Thought (50%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
15. Scientology (45%)
16. Jainism (44%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
19. Hinduism (35%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
21. Bah�'� Faith (32%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
23. Islam (29%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

WTF mate, I'm so not a unitarian universalist.
Lachenburg
11-02-2007, 23:47
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (90%)
3. Bah�'� Faith (81%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
5. Reform Judaism (66%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)
7. New Thought (59%)
8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (57%)
9. Neo-Pagan (57%)
10. New Age (56%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (54%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (54%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
14. Secular Humanism (51%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
16. Scientology (48%)
17. Islam (47%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (44%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
20. Sikhism (40%)
21. Nontheist (38%)
22. Jainism (37%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (32%)
24. Roman Catholic (32%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
26. Taoism (27%)
27. Hinduism (26%)

Not very surprising.
Maraque
11-02-2007, 23:51
True. My bottom ten are

18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
19. Hinduism (35%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
21. Bah�'� Faith (32%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
23. Islam (29%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

:eek: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

EDIT: Time warp, LOLLERZZZZZ
Dobbsworld
11-02-2007, 23:51
Am I the only one wondering about the bottoms of our respective lists? I mean, I see that I've got 8% in common with the Jehovah's Witnesses - but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is that we agree upon.
New Genoa
11-02-2007, 23:52
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (97%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
5. Liberal Quakers (74%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Reform Judaism (60%)
9. Taoism (54%)
10. Scientology (48%)
11. Sikhism (46%)
12. New Age (46%)
13. New Thought (46%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
15. Islam (44%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (44%)
17. Bah�'� Faith (43%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
21. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
23. Jainism (29%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (29%)
25. Roman Catholic (29%)
26. Hinduism (25%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (17%)

Too much new age for me.:eek:
Luporum
11-02-2007, 23:53
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Neo-Pagan (96%)
4. Liberal Quakers (94%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (87%)
6. New Age (81%)
7. Secular Humanism (81%)
8. Taoism (78%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
10. Jainism (67%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
12. Hinduism (61%)
13. Reform Judaism (57%)
14. Sikhism (56%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
16. Nontheist (53%)
17. Scientology (40%)
18. New Thought (38%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
22. Islam (28%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
26. Roman Catholic (19%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

Why is Scientology even on my list!? RAWRR!
Vetalia
11-02-2007, 23:53
Am I the only one wondering about the bottoms of our respective lists? I mean, I see that I've got 8% in common with the Jehovah's Witnesses - but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is that we agree upon.

I've got 62% in common with Scientology...that's a lot more confusing than the 9% I have in common with the JWs.
New Genoa
11-02-2007, 23:54
Scientology has some liberal political beliefs (tolerance of homosexuality, womens rights, etc), so liberals will get some points with them. On other points, no.
Rhaomi
11-02-2007, 23:55
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (78%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (60%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
8. Taoism (46%)
9. New Age (43%)
10. Reform Judaism (40%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (35%)
13. Sikhism (29%)
14. Scientology (27%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (27%)
16. New Thought (25%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
18. Jainism (22%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
23. Islam (16%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
25. Roman Catholic (16%)
26. Hinduism (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

About Secular Humanism:

• Belief in Deity
Not considered important. Most Humanists are atheists or agnostics.

• Incarnations
Same as above.

• Origin of Universe and Life
The scientific method is most respected as the means for revealing the mysteries of the origins of the universe and life.

• After Death
An afterlife or spiritual existence after death is not recognized.

• Why Evil?
No concept of “evil.” Reasons for wrongdoing are explored through scientific methods, e.g. through study of sociology, psychology, criminology.

• Salvation
No concept of afterlife or spiritual liberation or salvation. Realizing ones personal potential and working for the betterment of humanity through ethical consciousness and social works are considered paramount, but from a naturalistic rather than supernatural standpoint.

• Undeserved Suffering
No spiritual reasons but rather a matter of human vulnerability to misfortune, illness, and victimization.

• Contemporary Issues
The American Humanist Association endorses elective abortion. Other contemporary views include working for equality for homosexuals, gender equality, a secular approach to divorce and remarriage, working to end poverty, promoting peace and nonviolence, and environmental protection.
New Genoa
11-02-2007, 23:57
Interesting side note: I was raised as my last place result now. How the years have changed me--for the better, I assure you. ;)

My last place was Catholic and I went to Catholic school.
Kyronea
11-02-2007, 23:57
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
5. Liberal Quakers (49%)
6. Neo-Pagan (33%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (24%)
8. Taoism (17%)
9. New Age (7%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (0%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
13. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
14. Hinduism (0%)
15. Islam (0%)
16. Jainism (0%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
20. New Thought (0%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
23. Reform Judaism (0%)
24. Roman Catholic (0%)
25. Scientology (0%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
27. Sikhism (0%)

I'm such a buzz-kill.
The Nazz
11-02-2007, 23:57
No great shock here:

+ +

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers (82%)
5. Nontheist (74%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
8. Taoism (55%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
11. Jainism (50%)
12. New Age (44%)
13. Reform Judaism (36%)
14. Bah�'� Faith (34%)
15. Hinduism (34%)
16. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
17. Sikhism (33%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
20. Scientology (21%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
22. Islam (19%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
24. Roman Catholic (19%)
25. New Thought (18%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

Interesting side note: I was raised as my last place result now. How the years have changed me--for the better, I assure you. ;)
Kamsaki
12-02-2007, 00:01
I am apparently 100% neo-Pagan. Whatever that means.
Pyotr
12-02-2007, 00:09
Actually reform Judaism sounds about right to me...
• Belief in Deity
Beliefs vary among adherents, including that of nonbelief or questioning belief, and all are welcome and considered personal, but the official stance is that there is one God Almighty--Creator, all-powerful, ever-present, and all knowing--formless, incorporeal spirit.
That about nails it for me, never understood how god was incorporeal for moses then suddenly changed. I also don't get the trinity thing...

• Incarnations
None, as only God is worshipped. Moses was the greatest of all prophets.
Again right on the button, except about the whole greatest prophet thing, why is one prophet better then another?

• Origin of Universe and Life
Most believe that Genesis is to be understood symbolically. God created and controls all phenomena revealed by modern science.
Yeah, don't like literal interpretation of religious texts, they're metaphorical and symbolic to me.

• After Death
Reform Jews believe in the world to come and a messianic age (but no individual Messiah). Personal beliefs in the details of afterlife are diverse, as there is no official position. Some believe in heaven and hell but only as states of consciousness; some believe in reincarnation; some believe God is all-forgiving; and some may not believe in an actual afterlife. Regardless, Judaism generally focuses on living a virtuous life, rather than working toward reward after death.
Seems like any idea about the afterlife is accepted. Agree with the last sentence completely.

• Why Evil?
No original sin. Most often, Satan is interpreted symbolically to represent selfish desires that are inherent within all. God gave people free will, and people are responsible for their actions.
Yup, which is why I like legalistic religions.

• Salvation
The main emphasis is on living the kind of life that God commands, which will surely be rewarded if there is an afterlife. Most believe God is forgiving of all; there is no hell to which some are condemned. Salvation is achieved through faith and prayer to God, good works, concern for the earth and humanity, and behavior that does no harm to others. The extent to which one follows Jewish Law is an individual decision.
Sounds about right.

• Undeserved Suffering
God gave humans free will to feel pleasure and pain, and his purpose in allowing deep suffering of the innocent must be good even if mysterious. It is generally believed that God suffers along with the sufferer. More important than knowing why God allows suffering is to work to help those in need.
This is confusing, how could suffering be good and why would god make someone suffer if he suffers along with them?

• Contemporary Issues
Judaism holds that human life begins upon first breath, and Jewish law requires abortion if necessary to save the mother's life prior to birth. Most believe potential human life should never be terminated casually, but it is generally regarded as a personal decision, especially within the first 40 days of pregnancy. Homosexuality: Homosexuals are God's creation, and Jewish instruction is to love our neighbors as ourselves. Reform (and Conservative) Judaism have a long history of support for homosexual rights.

95% Agreed.
Nadkor
12-02-2007, 00:21
Hang on, it lumps a belief that there is no god in with not being sure. Renders it useless as far as I can see.
Dryks Legacy
12-02-2007, 00:21
+ +

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (84%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (58%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
8. Taoism (45%)
9. Reform Judaism (43%)
10. New Age (40%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
12. Sikhism (31%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
14. Scientology (30%)
15. New Thought (27%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
20. Bah�'� Faith (18%)
21. Hinduism (18%)
22. Jainism (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
24. Islam (16%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

And our family's supposed to be Catholic :D
Argamenia
12-02-2007, 00:21
+ +
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
4. Taoism (79%)
5. Liberal Quakers (78%)
6. Secular Humanism (75%)
7. Neo-Pagan (75%)
8. New Age (66%)
9. Nontheist (59%)
10. Hinduism (55%)
11. Jainism (54%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (49%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
15. Scientology (48%)
16. New Thought (45%)
17. Sikhism (38%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (26%)
19. Reform Judaism (21%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (9%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (8%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (6%)
24. Islam (5%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (5%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
27. Roman Catholic (0%)

...I'm liking this.
IL Ruffino
12-02-2007, 00:27
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (76%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. New Age (52%)
9. Reform Judaism (50%)
10. Taoism (46%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
12. New Thought (36%)
13. Scientology (36%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (25%)
18. Sikhism (24%)
19. Islam (19%)
20. Jainism (19%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
25. Hinduism (9%)
26. Roman Catholic (9%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
Overchay
12-02-2007, 00:28
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
4. Liberal Quakers (76%)
5. Nontheist (75%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. Taoism (55%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)
11. Reform Judaism (42%)
12. Bah�'� Faith (39%)
13. Scientology (34%)
14. New Thought (33%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
16. Jainism (32%)
17. Hinduism (27%)
18. Sikhism (27%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
22. Islam (13%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (13%)
24. Roman Catholic (13%)
25. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (12%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (12%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)
Rubiconic Crossings
12-02-2007, 00:28
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Nontheist (72%)
5. Neo-Pagan (69%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
8. New Age (53%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. Reform Judaism (46%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
13. Sikhism (33%)
14. Scientology (32%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (31%)
16. New Thought (30%)
17. Jainism (27%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
22. Hinduism (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
24. Islam (17%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

well there is no chance of me being a unitarian...so 100% secular humanist works for me...
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 00:34
+ +
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (91%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (57%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (53%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (46%)
7. Neo-Pagan (26%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (17%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (17%)
11. New Age (17%)
12. New Thought (17%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (17%)
14. Reform Judaism (17%)
15. Scientology (17%)
16. Sikhism (17%)
17. Taoism (17%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (11%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (0%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
21. Hinduism (0%)
22. Islam (0%)
23. Jainism (0%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
26. Roman Catholic (0%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)

Scientology (17%) for that they can jump off a cliff
Infinite Revolution
12-02-2007, 00:35
100% secular humanist. although i believe that a belief in karma is a healthy one. if people must be religious they could at least believe in something that encourages them not to be dickheads with the potential of real and immediate consequences if they are.
Rasselas
12-02-2007, 00:35
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. New Age (93%)
3. Neo-Pagan (92%)
4. Liberal Quakers (84%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
7. Secular Humanism (74%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
9. New Thought (63%)
10. Taoism (61%)
11. Scientology (55%)
12. Reform Judaism (54%)
13. Jainism (54%)
14. Sikhism (53%)
15. Hinduism (51%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
17. Nontheist (46%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
19. Bah�'� Faith (39%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
24. Islam (16%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)
Mythotic Kelkia
12-02-2007, 00:36
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
5. Hinduism (73%)
6. Jainism (73%)
7. Reform Judaism (72%)
8. New Age (72%)
9. Liberal Quakers (72%)
10. New Thought (68%)
11. Scientology (62%)
12. Secular Humanism (62%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
14. Sikhism (60%)
15. Taoism (58%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
17. Nontheist (55%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (49%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
20. Islam (46%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
25. Roman Catholic (16%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (5%)
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 00:37
well there is no chance of me being a unitarian...so 100% secular humanist works for me...

Naw - secular humanist? Go on, you'd fit right in with a UU congregation. Provided you drink coffee, of course.
The Cassiopeia Galaxy
12-02-2007, 00:40
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (93%)
3. Roman Catholic (93%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (91%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%)
7. Jehovah's Witness (68%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
9. Hinduism (62%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
11. Islam (52%)
12. Sikhism (41%)
13. Liberal Quakers (40%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (36%)
15. Jainism (35%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (33%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (27%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (26%)
19. Reform Judaism (26%)
20. Neo-Pagan (23%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
22. Scientology (18%)
23. New Age (17%)
24. Secular Humanism (16%)
25. Nontheist (14%)
26. New Thought (14%)
27. Taoism (9%)

Friggin' awesome, I'm almost Eastern Orthodox!
Rubiconic Crossings
12-02-2007, 00:40
Naw - secular humanist? Go on, you'd fit right in with a UU congregation. Provided you drink coffee, of course.

Seriously...utter bollocks to the UU...

Oh...we take all sorts and even atheists!...and we believe in *god* but its ok coz he does not exist...unless you want him to...or not...

....utter and complete bollocks.
Neu Leonstein
12-02-2007, 00:44
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
5. Nontheist (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. Taoism (53%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Reform Judaism (43%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
13. Scientology (31%)
14. Sikhism (30%)
15. New Thought (29%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (28%)
17. Jainism (27%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
19. Hinduism (19%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (13%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
24. Islam (9%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (9%)
26. Roman Catholic (9%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)
Underdownia
12-02-2007, 00:45
1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Bah�'� Faith (84%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (79%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (78%)
6. Sikhism (75%)
7. Islam (72%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
9. Neo-Pagan (67%)
10. Jainism (65%)
11. New Age (62%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (49%)
14. Secular Humanism (48%)
15. New Thought (45%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
17. Taoism (42%)
18. Scientology (41%)
19. Hinduism (37%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
21. Nontheist (30%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
24. Roman Catholic (26%)
25. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)

:eek: now THAT i wasn't expecting. Im actually Deist though, so this quiz can go suck my lovepump.
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 00:45
Seriously...utter bollocks to the UU...

Oh...we take all sorts and even atheists!...and we believe in *god* but its ok coz he does not exist...unless you want him to...or not...

....utter and complete bollocks.

Cool.

I split 'cause I couldn't bring myself to tolerate arseholes.
Druidville
12-02-2007, 00:47
Quaker? How'd I get that?
Rubiconic Crossings
12-02-2007, 00:51
Cool.

I split 'cause I couldn't bring myself to tolerate arseholes.

Never been. Just read up on them...figured it was bollocks....and figured it'd have more than its fair share of dickheads.
Europa Maxima
12-02-2007, 00:56
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. Nontheist (88%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
5. Liberal Quakers (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
8. New Age (48%)
9. Reform Judaism (47%)
10. Taoism (47%)

I'm a Deist, with some Satanist leanings. Close though. I am my own god.
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 00:58
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)
6. Liberal Quakers (81%)
7. Secular Humanism (79%)
8. New Thought (76%)
9. Scientology (73%)
10. Taoism (69%)
11. Jainism (67%)
12. Hinduism (66%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
15. Reform Judaism (55%)
16. Sikhism (52%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
18. Nontheist (48%)
19. Bah�'� Faith (41%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
23. Islam (18%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)


*gets out tarot cards*

Anybody up for some fortune telling? :p
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
12-02-2007, 01:00
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
5. Neo-Pagan (86%)
6. Reform Judaism (83%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
8. Liberal Quakers (78%)
9. New Thought (77%)
10. Scientology (77%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (68%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (67%)
13. Sikhism (66%)
14. Taoism (61%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (56%)
16. New Age (56%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (50%)
18. Islam (50%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
How in Hell did all that hippy shit get up to the top? Sure, nontheist I'm cool with, but Unitarian? Humanist? Buddhist? I refuse to believe in anything that says I can't hit people.
Also, they needed an option along the lines of "There is no such thing as undeserved suffering."
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 01:02
*gets out tarot cards*

Anybody up for some fortune telling? :p

will i take the world :p
German Nightmare
12-02-2007, 01:02
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. Reform Judaism (73%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. New Age (63%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (58%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (55%)
12. Secular Humanism (53%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (52%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
15. Eastern Orthodox (47%)
16. Roman Catholic (47%)
17. Islam (45%)
18. New Thought (44%)
19. Sikhism (44%)
20. Hinduism (41%)
21. Scientology (40%)
22. Jainism (40%)
23. Taoism (38%)
24. Nontheist (34%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (19%)

Perfect fit - after all, I am a Protestant.

Do your results also match what you believe in?
Chandelier
12-02-2007, 01:02
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (97%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (96%)
4. Roman Catholic (96%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (90%)
6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (89%)
7. Liberal Quakers (81%)
8. Hinduism (77%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (74%)
10. Sikhism (73%)
11. Unitarian Universalism (72%)
12. Reform Judaism (66%)
13. Islam (65%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (64%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (53%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
18. Neo-Pagan (52%)
19. Jainism (52%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
21. New Age (41%)
22. Scientology (38%)
23. Secular Humanism (37%)
24. Taoism (34%)
25. New Thought (28%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
27. Nontheist (21%)

That's not too surprising. I'm actually Roman Catholic, and the percentages were pretty close on the top 4.
The SR
12-02-2007, 01:02
+ +

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Nontheist (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers (82%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
6. Neo-Pagan (76%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
8. Reform Judaism (70%)
9. Bah�'� Faith (58%)
10. Scientology (58%)
11. Taoism (57%)
12. New Age (55%)
13. New Thought (54%)
14. Sikhism (53%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
16. Islam (50%)
17. Jainism (50%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (49%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%)
21. Hinduism (42%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
26. Roman Catholic (34%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (24%)
Kyronea
12-02-2007, 01:03
Boy...nothing shows NationStates General's left-winged bias than the whole slew of 100% match-ups with non-theism and secular humanism here, huh?
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 01:05
Never been. Just read up on them...figured it was bollocks....and figured it'd have more than its fair share of dickheads.

Did I say anything about the arseholes being Unitarians? I split 'cause there was - I felt - a reasonable limit on tolerance, and that didn't seem to jibe with where things were at within UUism at the time. I felt too constrained to not call idiots and ideologues out for their... well, their idiocy. *brain freeze* But I also split 'cause after taking their RE program on 'Building Your Own Theology', I realized that I was self-contained and didn't need organized worship anyway. Yeah, I'd forgotten that last bit.

Anyway, I haven't been in a UU congregation in nearly twenty years. I just find it uncanny how, even after all this time charting my own path - my beliefs are still utterly in synch with the same group.
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:06
will i take the world :p
You get...
http://www.astrologyzine.com/maj13.gif
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 01:07
Do your results also match what you believe in?

in way, apart from the Scientology bit
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
12-02-2007, 01:07
Boy...nothing shows NationStates General's left-winged bias than the whole slew of 100% match-ups with non-theism and secular humanism here, huh?
One can be both non-theistic and right-wing.
The Buddhists, on the other hand, well there really isn't a lot of hope for much of anything with them.
Pyotr
12-02-2007, 01:07
Boy...nothing shows NationStates General's left-winged bias than the whole slew of 100% match-ups with non-theism and secular humanism here, huh?

Prepare for crucification.
German Nightmare
12-02-2007, 01:09
in way, apart from the Scientology bit
Yeah, I was surprised that was included. I don't even consider it a religion.
Infinite Revolution
12-02-2007, 01:09
Boy...nothing shows NationStates General's left-winged bias than the whole slew of 100% match-ups with non-theism and secular humanism here, huh?

are you suggesting that all right-wingers are bible thumping anti-humanists?
Kyronea
12-02-2007, 01:09
Prepare for crucification.

Eh? I'm quite left-wing socially myself, and centrist on economic issues. I'm merely poking fun at a fact, nothing more.

Ladame: Tarot reading please.
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 01:09
*gets out tarot cards*

Anybody up for some fortune telling? :p

Sure, why not. Tell away.
Soheran
12-02-2007, 01:10
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (81%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. Reform Judaism (62%)
9. New Age (51%)
10. Taoism (50%)
11. Scientology (48%)
12. New Thought (45%)
13. Sikhism (43%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
17. Bah�'� Faith (38%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
20. Islam (33%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
23. Roman Catholic (26%)
24. Jainism (24%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Hinduism (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

Why can't they just call me a left-wing atheist and be done with it?
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 01:12
You get...
http://www.astrologyzine.com/maj13.gif

that has more then one meaning if i'm thinking right
Chandelier
12-02-2007, 01:13
*gets out tarot cards*

Anybody up for some fortune telling? :p

Sure, why not?:)
Rubiconic Crossings
12-02-2007, 01:13
Boy...nothing shows NationStates General's left-winged bias than the whole slew of 100% match-ups with non-theism and secular humanism here, huh?

I get very tired of this left wing shit.
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:13
Eh? I'm quite left-wing socially myself, and centrist on economic issues. I'm merely poking fun at a fact, nothing more.

Ladame: Tarot reading please.
Hmmm...interesting. The tarot cards seem to show all the cards with naked women on them. Is it trying to tell me something, Ky? :p
Sure, why not. Tell away.
A squirrel is going to steal your jam today if you go camping.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
12-02-2007, 01:13
that has more then one meaning if i'm thinking right
It can be either a good sign or a bad one, depending on how much you've tipped the fortune teller.
Kyronea
12-02-2007, 01:14
Hmmm...interesting. The tarot cards seem to show all the cards with naked women on them. Is it trying to tell me something, Ky? :p

Well, it could be telling you I'm a naked woman, which isn't true. I could be telling you that I'm attracted to women, which is true. It could be telling you that I'm a hormonal twenty-year old, which is true. So I guess it's trying to tell you something. Question is, what is trying to tell you?

Infinite Revolution: No, I'm making a joke. Aiyah...you'd think I've been around here long enough for people to tell when I'm joking...
Rubiconic Crossings
12-02-2007, 01:17
Did I say anything about the arseholes being Unitarians? I split 'cause there was - I felt - a reasonable limit on tolerance, and that didn't seem to jibe with where things were at within UUism at the time. I felt too constrained to not call idiots and ideologues out for their... well, their idiocy. *brain freeze* But I also split 'cause after taking their RE program on 'Building Your Own Theology', I realized that I was self-contained and didn't need organized worship anyway. Yeah, I'd forgotten that last bit.

Anyway, I haven't been in a UU congregation in nearly twenty years. I just find it uncanny how, even after all this time charting my own path - my beliefs are still utterly in synch with the same group.

If they allow people of a defined religious belief (like Christianity) then I really would find it hard to see how they could accept my atheism and I their irrationality.
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 01:18
It can be either a good sign or a bad one, depending on how much you've tipped the fortune teller.

if the fortune teller good they would know before i show up
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:18
that has more then one meaning if i'm thinking right
Every card has more than one meaning. But which meaning to apply depends on many factors.
Sure, why not?:)
You get:
http://www.thaliatook.com/pix/star.jpg
:)
It can be either a good sign or a bad one, depending on how much you've tipped the fortune teller.
Shhhh. Do you want to be mysteriously disappear?
Zarakon
12-02-2007, 01:18
Someone's complaining about NSG's "Left-wing bias"? WE ARE A FUCKING DISCUSSION FORUM, NOT A MUTHAFUCKIN' NEWS SOURCE! WE HAVE "OPINIONS" NOT "BIASES"!

Seriously. It's like whining that a conservative blog is "biased". DUH IT'S BIASED!

Sorry, sudden pet peeve I didn't know I had.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
12-02-2007, 01:20
Shhhh. Do you want to be mysteriously disappear?
You're the one with the Hippie-Elf-Magick here, you tell me.
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 01:21
Well, it could be telling you I'm a naked woman, which isn't true. I could be telling you that I'm attracted to women, which is true. It could be telling you that I'm a hormonal twenty-year old, which is true. So I guess it's trying to tell you something. Question is, what is trying to tell you?

Infinite Revolution: No, I'm making a joke. Aiyah...you'd think I've been around here long enough for people to tell when I'm joking...

or she mixed up the cards
Chandelier
12-02-2007, 01:21
You get:
http://www.thaliatook.com/pix/star.jpg
:)


That's good in this case, right?:)
Zarakon
12-02-2007, 01:23
That's good in this case, right?:)

Unless the star touches you, yes.
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 01:24
If they allow people of a defined religious belief (like Christianity) then I really would find it hard to see how they could accept my atheism and I their irrationality.

Some of my greatest personal role-models within UUism were also atheists. They accept and tolerate and encourage all sorts of things. Provided they work for you, of course. And don't harm others. Unless they expressly ask to be harmed, that is...
Zarakon
12-02-2007, 01:24
Really Unitarians seem to be "I just want something to do on sunday mornings."
Nothing wrong with that, but they seem to be the giant melting pot of religions.
Zarakon
12-02-2007, 01:25
http://www.aztriad.com/tower.gif

Uh oh. Destruction of riches. The house of cards is coming down.
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:25
Well, it could be telling you I'm a naked woman, which isn't true. I could be telling you that I'm attracted to women, which is true. It could be telling you that I'm a hormonal twenty-year old, which is true. So I guess it's trying to tell you something. Question is, what is trying to tell you?

Infinite Revolution: No, I'm making a joke. Aiyah...you'd think I've been around here long enough for people to tell when I'm joking...
The muffin man is trying to tell me. It seems the muffin man already knows that you're a hormonal twenty-year old, and is trying to tempt you further with pictures of naked women.
if the fortune teller good they would know before i show up
How do you know I don't know?
You're the one with the Hippie-Elf-Magick here, you tell me.
Scary gnomes are going to kidnap you tonight if you don't keep your mouth shut.
or she mixed up the cards
Nonsense! How could you even suggest that? I present to you your next card:
http://www.aztriad.com/tower.gif
Vydro
12-02-2007, 01:28
Surprised at my top one, the rest aren't too off... Though im wondering how on earth I have 34% in common with those wacky Christian scientists.


1. Sikhism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (94%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (94%)
4. Islam (81%)
5. Bah�'� Faith (74%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (74%)
7. Liberal Quakers (73%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
10. Hinduism (63%)
11. Neo-Pagan (59%)
12. Jainism (57%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (52%)
14. Secular Humanism (49%)
15. Eastern Orthodox (49%)
16. Roman Catholic (49%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (44%)
20. New Age (43%)
21. New Thought (43%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (43%)
23. Nontheist (42%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
25. Scientology (41%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
27. Taoism (28%)
Rubiconic Crossings
12-02-2007, 01:28
Some of my greatest personal role-models within UUism were also atheists. They accept and tolerate and encourage all sorts of things. Provided they work for you, of course. And don't harm others. Unless they expressly ask to be harmed, that is...

Sadly the world is not reasonable.
Chandelier
12-02-2007, 01:29
It's very good. It means hope. *nods* :)

You don't want hope to touch your heart? :eek:


That's good.:)
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:29
That's good in this case, right?:)
It's very good. It means hope. *nods* :)
Unless the star touches you, yes.
You don't want hope to touch your heart? :eek:
Uh oh. Destruction of riches. The house of cards is coming down.
Ha, if it only destroyed riches. *maniacal laughter*
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 01:29
You get:
http://www.thaliatook.com/pix/star.jpg


I don't get a card? Awww...

Well, might as well be Unitarian about it and get my own card:

http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/pics13/2_Sector/Rev._Jaun_Forderode/images/Bob_Baseball_Card.jpg
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 01:31
Really Unitarians seem to be "I just want something to do on sunday mornings."
Nothing wrong with that, but they seem to be the giant melting pot of religions.

Sure, there's lotsa Unitarians like that, too. They're usually afficianados of really good coffee.
Kyronea
12-02-2007, 01:31
The muffin man is trying to tell me. It seems the muffin man already knows that you're a hormonal twenty-year old, and is trying to tempt you further with pictures of naked women.

Meh. The only time I'd have sex is with a woman I actually love and care about anyway. I'm not exactly a casual sex type.

Zarakon: IT. WAS. A. JOKE!
Kiryu-shi
12-02-2007, 01:32
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Neo-Pagan (95%)
4. Secular Humanism (92%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (87%)
6. Taoism (84%)
7. New Age (84%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
10. Reform Judaism (65%)
11. Nontheist (64%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
13. Jainism (59%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (58%)
15. New Thought (50%)
16. Scientology (47%)
17. Sikhism (38%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
21. Hinduism (25%)
22. Islam (24%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (9%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

I suddenly have a craving for oatmeal....
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:33
I don't get a card? Awww...

Well, might as well be Unitarian about it and get my own card:

http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/pics13/2_Sector/Rev._Jaun_Forderode/images/Bob_Baseball_Card.jpg
I'm sorry. I shall present you with a card right now. *nods*
http://www.acumind.com/Joe/tarot/hermit.gif
The pursuer of knowledge. :)
IL Ruffino
12-02-2007, 01:35
Where's my card?
Imperial isa
12-02-2007, 01:35
Every card has more than one meaning. But which meaning to apply depends on many factors.
now i wish i could recall where i pick that infor from

How do you know I don't know?
Nonsense! How could you even suggest that? I present to you your next card:
http://www.aztriad.com/tower.gif

i don't, well got to face it now or never
Kiryu-shi
12-02-2007, 01:36
OOOooo I want a card. Please?
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 01:40
The pursuer of knowledge. :)

Heh. You know me too well.
Pyotr
12-02-2007, 01:42
OOOooo I want a card. Please?

That goes for me too.
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 01:43
Meh. The only time I'd have sex is with a woman I actually love and care about anyway. I'm not exactly a casual sex type.

Zarakon: IT. WAS. A. JOKE!
You're no fun. :p
Heh. You know me too well.
I only notice those deserving of attention. :)
Where's my card?
OOOooo I want a card. Please?
That goes for me too.
I'm starting a thread.
IL Ruffino
12-02-2007, 01:48
I'm starting a thread.

I was going to say..
Johnny B Goode
12-02-2007, 01:51
Well, I just found (Or, more accurately, was pointed to) this thing:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

So, what's your results?

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
5. Nontheist (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. New Age (54%)
9. Reform Judaism (51%)
10. Taoism (48%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (45%)
12. Scientology (41%)
13. New Thought (39%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
15. Baha'i Faith (34%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
17. Jainism (33%)
18. Sikhism (31%)
19. Islam (22%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
22. Hinduism (20%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
26. Roman Catholic (12%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

Kewl. But my actual religion (even though I'm a practicing atheist) is Hinduism, and I'm only one-fifth Hindu according to the quiz.
Kyronea
12-02-2007, 01:55
You're no fun. :p

On the other hand, there's nothing that says a woman couldn't change my mind on that eventually...
Europa Maxima
12-02-2007, 01:59
How in Hell did all that hippy shit get up to the top? Sure, nontheist I'm cool with, but Unitarian? Humanist? Buddhist? I refuse to believe in anything that says I can't hit people.
Also, they needed an option along the lines of "There is no such thing as undeserved suffering."
I suppose they didn't have enough room left to put Satanism and other suchlike egoist philosophies on the list. I got humanist after all, and I detest the crap.

Boy...nothing shows NationStates General's left-winged bias than the whole slew of 100% match-ups with non-theism and secular humanism here, huh?
Eh, check my sig why don't you? Many of the religious nuts here are in fact left-wing (as well as the right-wing assortment).


Anybody up for some fortune telling? :p
Go ahead. But be sure to explain it to me - I'm clueless when it comes to witchcra... eh, New Age stuff. :)
Kyronea
12-02-2007, 02:01
Eh, check my sig why don't you? Many of the religious nuts here are in fact left-wing (as well as the right-wing assortment).


Because it was a joke that I now seriously regret.
Vetalia
12-02-2007, 02:03
Still gave me an opportunity to call them nuts, which is much appreciated. :)

Ahem. Check my results on the first page or so.
Europa Maxima
12-02-2007, 02:04
Because it was a joke that I now seriously regret.
Still gave me an opportunity to call them nuts, which is much appreciated. :)
Europa Maxima
12-02-2007, 02:05
Ahem. Check my results on the first page or so.
They're similar to mine.
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 02:06
Still gave me an opportunity to call them nuts, which is much appreciated. :)

And now poor Kyronea has even more to regret...
Anti-Social Darwinism
12-02-2007, 02:09
My results. Not surprising.


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. New Age (98%)
3. Neo-Pagan (96%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (91%)
5. New Thought (87%)
6. Liberal Quakers (86%)
7. Scientology (78%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
11. Taoism (65%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
13. Secular Humanism (64%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
15. Hinduism (53%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
17. Jainism (46%)
18. Nontheist (43%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
20. Sikhism (40%)
21. Islam (32%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)
Radical Centrists
12-02-2007, 02:09
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. New Age (88%)
5. Reform Judaism (77%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
7. Secular Humanism (74%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
9. New Thought (71%)
10. Scientology (70%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (66%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
13. Sikhism (62%)
14. Jainism (57%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
16. Taoism (56%)
17. Hinduism (53%)
18. Nontheist (51%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
20. Islam (45%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
25. Roman Catholic (22%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

Pretty solid result actually. I can go along with the top five pretty well and I personally identify myself as a Unitarian or a Pantheist.
Vetalia
12-02-2007, 02:09
They're similar to mine.

Then we're both religious nuts? :p
Europa Maxima
12-02-2007, 02:12
Then we're both religious nuts? :p
Bah, I read the wrong post. No, unless Deism with Satanist leanings is nutty... which it possibly is. :rolleyes: What is your faith then?
Vetalia
12-02-2007, 02:18
Bah, I read the wrong post. No, unless Deism with Satanist leanings is nutty... which it possibly is. :rolleyes: What is your faith then?

Monistic deism. I believe God and the supernatural are really parts of the physical universe, although they are comprised of properties and materials not yet understood. It is our duty to understand and explore the universe so as to find out more about ourselves and God, and to develop ourselves to our fullest potential.
The Vuhifellian States
12-02-2007, 02:19
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Nontheist (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (68%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. New Age (52%)
9. Taoism (51%)
10. Reform Judaism (47%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
13. Sikhism (33%)
14. Scientology (32%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (30%)
16. New Thought (29%)
17. Jainism (26%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
22. Hinduism (16%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
24. Islam (16%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (9%)
MrMopar
12-02-2007, 02:27
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Neo-Pagan (83%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Nontheist (68%)
8. New Age (63%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
10. Taoism (59%)
11. Reform Judaism (54%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (40%)
14. Sikhism (40%)
15. Jainism (38%)
16. New Thought (35%)
17. Scientology (33%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
19. Hinduism (27%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)
Levanta
12-02-2007, 02:31
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
5. Liberal Quakers (69%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
7. Neo-Pagan (55%)
8. Reform Judaism (50%)
9. Taoism (46%)
10. New Age (44%)
11. New Thought (39%)
12. Scientology (39%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (36%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
17. Sikhism (29%)
18. Islam (28%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
21. Bah�'� Faith (26%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
23. Jainism (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
25. Hinduism (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

Quite funny to see Roman Catholic right down at the bottom, since that's how I was brought up.
Theorb
12-02-2007, 02:32
While it does seem accurate with the number one position, I don't quite understand how it got all three main branches of Christianity as the highest things on my list, closely followed by a church which many people of my kind often consider semi-heretical, and then immedietly followed by two branches which are almost always considered heretical by my type. At least UU was low on the list, glad I could inject some more diversity in this thread :D.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (87%)
3. Roman Catholic (87%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (79%)
6. Jehovah's Witness (74%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (71%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
9. Islam (63%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
12. Hinduism (45%)
13. Sikhism (43%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
15. Liberal Quakers (35%)
16. Jainism (34%)
17. Reform Judaism (28%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (25%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (25%)
20. New Thought (24%)
21. Unitarian Universalism (23%)
22. Nontheist (20%)
23. Scientology (16%)
24. Neo-Pagan (14%)
25. New Age (12%)
26. Secular Humanism (6%)
27. Taoism (5%)
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 02:36
Monistic deism. I believe God and the supernatural are really parts of the physical universe, although they are comprised of properties and materials not yet understood. It is our duty to understand and explore the universe so as to find out more about ourselves and God, and to develop ourselves to our fullest potential.

Interesting. I believe it is our function to understand God (and ourselves) by seeking meaning in direct experience of this continuum - and that off-the-shelf faith - faith with a capital 'F' - is a big cop-out, a singular admission of failure, an' like that.
MrWho
12-02-2007, 02:44
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Nontheist (61%)
8. New Age (60%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
10. Taoism (56%)
11. Reform Judaism (54%)
12. Scientology (46%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
14. New Thought (43%)
15. Sikhism (42%)
16. Jainism (38%)
17. Bah�'� Faith (37%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
19. Hinduism (33%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
24. Islam (16%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

I wasn't really surprised by these results.
1010102
12-02-2007, 02:48
. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (80%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
7. Neo-Pagan (57%)
8. Taoism (49%)
9. New Age (46%)
10. Reform Judaism (39%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (31%)
14. Sikhism (29%)
15. Scientology (24%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
17. New Thought (21%)
18. Jainism (20%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (15%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
23. Islam (12%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
25. Roman Catholic (12%)
26. Hinduism (7%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
New Genoa
12-02-2007, 03:01
Considering conversion?
Soviestan
12-02-2007, 03:02
lol, it says I'm a jew.

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Islam (93%)
3. Reform Judaism (80%)
4. Sikhism (76%)
5. Hinduism (71%)
6. Jainism (69%)
7. Bah�'� Faith (66%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
9. Jehovah's Witness (62%)
10. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
11. Roman Catholic (57%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (54%)
14. Liberal Quakers (50%)
15. Seventh Day Adventist (48%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (46%)
17. Neo-Pagan (46%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
20. Unitarian Universalism (43%)
21. Scientology (37%)
22. New Thought (31%)
23. New Age (28%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
25. Taoism (22%)
26. Nontheist (18%)
27. Secular Humanism (15%)
Seangoli
12-02-2007, 03:05
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Secular Humanism (87%)
5. Taoism (86%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
8. Neo-Pagan (72%)
9. Jainism (65%)
10. Sikhism (64%)
11. Nontheist (63%)
12. Reform Judaism (62%)
13. New Age (61%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
16. Scientology (49%)
17. Hinduism (47%)
18. New Thought (46%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
23. Islam (31%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
26. Roman Catholic (23%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

You know, I can work with a UU. Although I don't believe in God(I'm an agnost to the most extreme-neither accepting nor denying God's existing, saying it is mererly "possible").

However, half of me wants to kill the 49% of me that is Scientologists. If Bush showed anything, you only need 49% to win... so here I come Scientology! Woo....

Had to throw that in.
Ladamesansmerci
12-02-2007, 03:07
lol, it says I'm a jew.

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
I'll bet the jews would love to have you. :p
Klitvilia
12-02-2007, 03:19
Interesting, (and rather unexpected) results for me:



+ +
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Sikhism (98%)
3. Islam (94%)
4. Reform Judaism (94%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (92%)
6. Jainism (76%)
7. Liberal Quakers (69%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (63%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (63%)
11. Hinduism (61%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (56%)
15. Seventh Day Adventist (55%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (54%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (49%)
18. Eastern Orthodox (46%)
19. Roman Catholic (46%)
20. Neo-Pagan (42%)
21. Scientology (41%)
22. New Age (39%)
23. New Thought (38%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
25. Taoism (30%)
26. Nontheist (20%)
27. Secular Humanism (19%)
Smunkeeville
12-02-2007, 03:24
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (79%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (75%)
6. Sikhism (75%)
7. Reform Judaism (74%)
8. Islam (73%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (73%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (70%)
11. Unitarian Universalism (66%)
12. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
13. Roman Catholic (64%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%)
15. Jainism (57%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (57%)
17. Taoism (54%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
19. Hinduism (49%)
20. Neo-Pagan (42%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (38%)
22. New Age (38%)
23. Nontheist (34%)
24. Secular Humanism (34%)
25. Scientology (29%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
27. New Thought (26%)

I bolded what I actually am.
Zarakon
12-02-2007, 03:28
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (79%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (75%)
6. Sikhism (75%)
7. Reform Judaism (74%)
8. Islam (73%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (73%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (70%)
11. Unitarian Universalism (66%)
12. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
13. Roman Catholic (64%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%)
15. Jainism (57%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (57%)
17. Taoism (54%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
19. Hinduism (49%)
20. Neo-Pagan (42%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (38%)
22. New Age (38%)
23. Nontheist (34%)
24. Secular Humanism (34%)
25. Scientology (29%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
27. New Thought (26%)

I bolded what I actually am.

...ORTHODOX...QUAKER? :eek:

Soviestan...look earlier in the thread. I said it would be funny if you got roman catholic or something. :D
Smunkeeville
12-02-2007, 03:30
...ORTHODOX...QUAKER? :eek:
I clicked the link on my results to look at it, and I actually do believe a lot of what they say there......*researches more*
Zarakon
12-02-2007, 03:31
I clicked the link on my results to look at it, and I actually do believe a lot of what they say there......*researches more*

I have Quakers in my town. We have like three churches...in a town of what must be about 600 tops...
Pyotr
12-02-2007, 03:37
I have Quakers in my town. We have like three churches...in a town of what must be about 600 tops...

I've considered the Quaker faith.......
Cherry Ridge
12-02-2007, 03:43
1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (90%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (85%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (81%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (59%)
9. Islam (59%)
10. Hinduism (50%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (49%)
12. Liberal Quakers (49%)
13. Sikhism (48%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (43%)
15. Reform Judaism (37%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (36%)
17. Jainism (33%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (25%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (24%)
20. Neo-Pagan (21%)
21. Secular Humanism (18%)
22. New Age (15%)
23. Nontheist (15%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (14%)
25. Taoism (12%)
26. Scientology (11%)
27. New Thought (7%)


Figures- I am a practicing Catholic.
Similization
12-02-2007, 03:46
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (82%)
4+ were less than 75%

Nothing terribly surprising there, and yes I'm a Humanist.
Katurkalurkmurkastan
12-02-2007, 03:48
1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)

Figures- I am a practicing Catholic.

The site must be secretly ironic to rank someone as simultaneously orthodox and roman.

mine, not bad, since i'm a reform jew.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (90%)
3. Secular Humanism (87%)
4. Neo-Pagan (84%)
5. Reform Judaism (83%)
6. New Age (78%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
10. Jainism (64%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (63%)
12. Sikhism (62%)
13. Nontheist (59%)
14. Taoism (59%)
15. Scientology (52%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
17. New Thought (50%)
18. Islam (50%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
20. Hinduism (42%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
27. Roman Catholic (12%)
James_xenoland
12-02-2007, 04:10
Took it two times so I could go with the other option on a few of the questions I was 50/50 on.

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (95%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (80%)
6. Liberal Quakers (80%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
8. Neo-Pagan (78%)
9. Bah�'� Faith (78%)
10. Sikhism (72%)
11. Islam (72%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (71%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (65%)
15. Reform Judaism (65%)
16. Roman Catholic (65%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (64%)
18. Jainism (59%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
20. New Age (56%)
21. Hinduism (54%)
22. New Thought (52%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (51%)
24. Taoism (51%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
26. Scientology (41%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (37%)

-

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (90%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (87%)
4. Islam (84%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
6. Eastern Orthodox (74%)
7. Roman Catholic (74%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (70%)
9. Sikhism (70%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (70%)
11. Secular Humanism (69%)
12. Seventh Day Adventist (66%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
14. Liberal Quakers (59%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (58%)
16. Jainism (58%)
17. Hinduism (58%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
19. Reform Judaism (56%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (56%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (54%)
22. New Thought (50%)
23. Neo-Pagan (49%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
25. Scientology (39%)
26. New Age (37%)
27. Taoism (36%)
IL Ruffino
12-02-2007, 04:11
I have Quakers in my town. We have like three churches...in a town of what must be about 600 tops...

600?

That's a huge town..
Allegheny County 2
12-02-2007, 04:31
Here's mine:

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Seventh Day Adventist (88%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (80%)
5. Roman Catholic (80%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
8. Islam (65%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (63%)
10. Liberal Quakers (60%)
11. Hinduism (57%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (55%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (55%)
14. Unitarian Universalism (51%)
15. Reform Judaism (50%)
16. Jainism (49%)
17. Sikhism (45%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (43%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (39%)
20. Neo-Pagan (37%)
21. New Age (31%)
22. Secular Humanism (31%)
23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
24. Scientology (28%)
25. Taoism (25%)
26. Nontheist (25%)
27. New Thought (20%)

Well I'm a Methodist so run with it if ya like.
Kinda Sensible people
12-02-2007, 04:49
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. Nontheist (74%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
8. Taoism (66%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
11. New Age (54%)
12. Reform Judaism (50%)
13. Scientology (40%)
14. New Thought (37%)
15. Jainism (36%)
16. Hinduism (35%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
18. Sikhism (33%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (31%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
24. Islam (13%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (13%)
26. Roman Catholic (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

And I took it again. If I felt belief in a God was important, then:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
5. New Age (84%)
6. Reform Judaism (82%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
9. New Thought (71%)
10. Scientology (67%)
11. Jainism (66%)
12. Secular Humanism (66%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
14. Taoism (58%)
15. Hinduism (58%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
17. Sikhism (53%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (48%)
20. Islam (44%)
21. Nontheist (39%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
26. Roman Catholic (19%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

Neither is truly accurate, as I'm an ignostic, who rejects the question, rather than the answers. However, if I chose to answer as an agnostic, I'd be a Secular Humanist, and if I chose to answer as a theist, I'd be a Neo-Pagan, so it's close.
Chietuste
12-02-2007, 04:55
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
3. Roman Catholic (100%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (91%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (89%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
8. Islam (61%)
9. Hinduism (60%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (56%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (48%)
13. Sikhism (47%)
14. Liberal Quakers (41%)
15. Jainism (38%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (32%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (31%)
19. Reform Judaism (30%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
21. Neo-Pagan (22%)
22. Scientology (19%)
23. New Age (15%)
24. New Thought (15%)
25. Nontheist (14%)
26. Secular Humanism (10%)
27. Taoism (7%)
Kanabia
12-02-2007, 05:29
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (78%)
4. Liberal Quakers (74%)
5. Neo-Pagan (69%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
8. Reform Judaism (62%)
9. Sikhism (49%)
10. Taoism (49%)
11. New Age (48%)
12. Scientology (48%)
13. New Thought (46%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (37%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (36%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (28%)
21. Islam (28%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
23. Roman Catholic (28%)
24. Hinduism (24%)
25. Jainism (22%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

More or less as expected.
Andaras Prime
12-02-2007, 05:50
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
5. Nontheist (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
7. Taoism (66%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
11. Reform Judaism (53%)
12. New Age (50%)
13. Sikhism (50%)
14. Jainism (46%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (42%)
16. Hinduism (37%)
17. Scientology (35%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
20. New Thought (32%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
24. Islam (23%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
26. Roman Catholic (23%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)
Robotic Party Animals
12-02-2007, 05:57
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Seventh Day Adventist (81%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (74%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
6. Liberal Quakers (67%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (66%)
8. Roman Catholic (66%)
9. Islam (62%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
11. Hinduism (61%)
12. Jainism (59%)
13. Sikhism (58%)
14. Reform Judaism (55%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (55%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (54%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
20. New Age (41%)
21. Neo-Pagan (39%)
22. Secular Humanism (32%)
23. Taoism (32%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
25. Scientology (23%)
26. Nontheist (22%)
27. New Thought (21%)
Robotic Party Animals
12-02-2007, 05:57
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Seventh Day Adventist (81%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (74%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
6. Liberal Quakers (67%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (66%)
8. Roman Catholic (66%)
9. Islam (62%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
11. Hinduism (61%)
12. Jainism (59%)
13. Sikhism (58%)
14. Reform Judaism (55%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (55%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (54%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
20. New Age (41%)
21. Neo-Pagan (39%)
22. Secular Humanism (32%)
23. Taoism (32%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
25. Scientology (23%)
26. Nontheist (22%)
27. New Thought (21%)
Robotic Party Animals
12-02-2007, 05:58
I meant to also post that I am Lutheran, but I hit sumbit too soon.
Daistallia 2104
12-02-2007, 06:32
Haven't done this one in a while. As usual, the top three are the same.


+ +

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Neo-Pagan (89%)
5. Secular Humanism (85%)
6. Taoism (80%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
8. Jainism (72%)
9. New Age (68%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
12. Sikhism (59%)
13. Hinduism (58%)
14. Reform Judaism (55%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (46%)
16. Nontheist (46%)
17. Scientology (41%)
18. New Thought (37%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (37%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (19%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
26. Islam (19%)
27. Roman Catholic (19%)

Actually, my main teacher follows the Vajrayana traditions, but that's not an option. I was raised UU (with some Presbetarian tossed in for flavor), and I really enjoyed the Friends meetings I've attended.
Callisdrun
12-02-2007, 06:48
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (87%)
3. Secular Humanism (85%)
4. Neo-Pagan (80%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
6. Reform Judaism (76%)
7. New Age (70%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
9. Bah�'� Faith (63%)
10. New Thought (63%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (62%)
12. Nontheist (57%)
13. Scientology (57%)
14. Taoism (56%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
16. Jainism (46%)
17. Sikhism (46%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
20. Islam (36%)
21. Hinduism (35%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

Well, I am a Unitarian Universalist, with some pagan leanings, so that's not surprising. What is surprising is that Islam scored higher than Roman Catholicism.
Callisdrun
12-02-2007, 06:56
While it does seem accurate with the number one position, I don't quite understand how it got all three main branches of Christianity as the highest things on my list, closely followed by a church which many people of my kind often consider semi-heretical, and then immedietly followed by two branches which are almost always considered heretical by my type. At least UU was low on the list, glad I could inject some more diversity in this thread :D.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (87%)
3. Roman Catholic (87%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (79%)
6. Jehovah's Witness (74%)


Because their views are remarkably similar on a great many things. In short, to anyone not a member of those, they all look pretty much the same.
Callisdrun
12-02-2007, 07:06
Naw - secular humanist? Go on, you'd fit right in with a UU congregation. Provided you drink coffee, of course.

I actually don't drink coffee. Amazing, isn't it?
GBrooks
12-02-2007, 07:08
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (80%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
4. Liberal Quakers (65%)
5. Neo-Pagan (65%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
7. New Age (52%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (42%)
9. Taoism (27%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (20%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)
12. Hinduism (20%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (20%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
15. Scientology (20%)
16. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
17. Sikhism (20%)
18. New Thought (15%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (7%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
22. Islam (0%)
23. Jainism (0%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
26. Reform Judaism (0%)
27. Roman Catholic (0%)

I'm a theist of a different sort.
PootWaddle
12-02-2007, 07:13
I'm not a seventh day Adventist, but I listed the questions that might differentiate me from them as the lowest priority type of questions.

I don't think this test was designed to differentiate different types of Christians as well as it does differentiate between humanisms and pagan beliefs or Buddhist and Muslims beliefs, for example. But overall, not bad test, they should add another twenty questions for more specifics if you really want to narrow the fields down accurately though after the generalities.

My Results:
1. Seventh Day Adventist (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (97%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (97%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (96%)
5. Roman Catholic (96%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
7. Hinduism (69%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
11. Islam (57%)
12. Liberal Quakers (54%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (52%)
14. Sikhism (51%)
15. Jainism (49%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (44%)
17. Reform Judaism (34%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (31%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
20. Neo-Pagan (27%)
21. Taoism (24%)
22. Nontheist (24%)
23. New Age (23%)
24. Secular Humanism (20%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (18%)
26. New Thought (14%)
27. Scientology (14%)
Callisdrun
12-02-2007, 07:15
I'm not a seventh day Adventist, but I listed the questions that might differentiate me from them as the lowest priority type of questions.

I don't think this test was designed to differentiate different types of Christians as well as it does differentiate between humanisms and pagan beliefs or Buddhist and Muslims beliefs, for example. But overall, not bad test, they should add another twenty questions for more specifics if you really want to narrow the fields down accurately though after the generalities.



I completely disagree. It goes into some specifics over Christian stuff, and doesn't differentiate at all between Sunni and Shiite muslim sects or between the myriad pagan beliefs.
Daistallia 2104
12-02-2007, 07:30
I completely disagree. It goes into some specifics over Christian stuff, and doesn't differentiate at all between Sunni and Shiite muslim sects or between the myriad pagan beliefs.

Indeed. More than a third of the options (11 of 27) are variants on Christianity. And, as I obliquely pointed out above, it doesn't really cover the Buddhist variations well. Vajrayana should certainly be on there, and probably the Chan/Zen/Seon/Thien school, as well.
Hoyteca
12-02-2007, 07:33
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Islam (91%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (91%)
4. Reform Judaism (90%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (88%)
7. Liberal Quakers (88%)
8. Sikhism (78%)
9. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (75%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (73%)
11. Jainism (68%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
13. Neo-Pagan (64%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
15. Roman Catholic (64%)
16. Seventh Day Adventist (64%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
18. New Age (56%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
20. Hinduism (51%)
21. Secular Humanism (49%)
22. Scientology (48%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
24. Taoism (42%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
26. New Thought (41%)
27. Nontheist (31%)

I'm a quaker? I knew there was a reason why I liked oat meal so much.
The Potato Factory
12-02-2007, 08:33
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (96%)
3. Nontheist (84%)
4. Neo-Pagan (82%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
6. Liberal Quakers (74%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
8. New Age (64%)
9. Reform Judaism (60%)
10. Taoism (52%)
11. Sikhism (45%)
12. Scientology (44%)
13. New Thought (41%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
18. Bah�'� Faith (30%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (30%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (27%)
21. Islam (27%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
23. Roman Catholic (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Hinduism (15%)
26. Jainism (12%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

I suppose that's more or less what I am.
Rizembool
12-02-2007, 08:42
Here's what I got the first time. The second time I took it, Unitarian Universalism was the top answer.

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Liberal Quakers (99%)
4. Neo-Pagan (94%)
5. New Age (86%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (77%)
9. Sikhism (75%)
10. Secular Humanism (69%)
11. Jainism (67%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
13. New Thought (63%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
15. Scientology (62%)
16. Islam (56%)
17. Hinduism (55%)
18. Taoism (47%)
19. Nontheist (41%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (23%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
-------------------------------------

This test is pretty accurate. Reform Judaism and Unitarian Universalism are incredibly similar to my personal beliefs.
Harlesburg
12-02-2007, 08:48
I did this about a year ago and before then too, does it take long?

I can't remember.
Risottia
12-02-2007, 08:55
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (89%)

No wonder...;)

3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (65%)

??? What's that?

5. Liberal Quakers (61%)

Me?

6. Neo-Pagan (47%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (43%)
8. Taoism (32%)
9. New Age (28%)

NO WAY!:headbang:

10. Reform Judaism (20%)

Ok, I like yiddish, but they're pushing it too far...

11. Orthodox Quaker (17%)

Me??? A quaker?

12. Mahayana Buddhism (16%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (13%)

Ok, I guess the Baha'i share some philosophical views with me.

14. Sikhism (13%)
15. Scientology (13%)

ScientologACK! ACK! Help me - I think I've got a stroke! :p DOWN WITH TOM CRUISE!:sniper:

16. New Thought (12%)

?

17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (10%)
18. Jainism (9%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (8%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (7%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (6%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (5%)
23. Islam (5%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (5%)
25. Roman Catholic (5%)
26. Hinduism (3%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)

Really. At least, 0% JW.


I hereby declare myself as an ANTITHEIST. That is, I do not believe to the existance of any supernatural thingie. And if there were a/some god/s, I would refuse to worship it/them! ;)
The Potato Factory
12-02-2007, 08:57
The site must be secretly ironic to rank someone as simultaneously orthodox and roman.

Not really. They're very similar, theologically.
Motig
12-02-2007, 09:16
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Nontheist (86%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (62%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
8. Taoism (51%)
9. Reform Judaism (46%)
10. New Age (45%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
12. Scientology (32%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
14. New Thought (29%)
15. Sikhism (29%)
16. Bah�'� Faith (23%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
22. Islam (10%)
23. Jainism (10%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
25. Roman Catholic (10%)
26. Hinduism (6%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)

Quakers still exist???
hey apparently I am a Jehovah's Witness repellant.
Wow... Reading this list... I feel stupid... I am only familiar with like 1/2 of them.
I guess it was close, however... I am an atheist. I wonder what I said that made it think I wasn't 100%.
Ellanesse
12-02-2007, 09:28
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (76%)
3. Reform Judaism (73%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (70%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (68%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (66%)
7. Seventh Day Adventist (63%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (59%)
10. Roman Catholic (59%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
12. Islam (49%)
13. Neo-Pagan (49%)
14. Sikhism (48%)
15. New Age (43%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (41%)
18. Scientology (40%)
19. Hinduism (39%)
20. New Thought (39%)
21. Secular Humanism (38%)
22. Taoism (34%)
23. Nontheist (32%)
24. Jainism (31%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (5%)
Daistallia 2104
12-02-2007, 09:52
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (65%)

??? What's that?

UU is basically a liberal humanist amalgam. The roots go back to two early branches of Christian theology. Unitarianism rejects the trinity. Universalism believes in universal salvation. The immediate roots of UU in the US go back to the emergence of Universalism in the late 18th C. and a trinitarian/unitarian schism in the Congregationalist church in the late 19th C.
For more, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism

Theravada Buddhism is the oldest school of Buddhism, and is also known as Southern, Pali, or Hinayana Buddhism. The other school listed, Mahayana, is a result of a schism.

The simplist way to explain the difference between Theravada and Mahayana is that Theravada seeks enlightenment on an individual basis whereas Mahayana seeks enlightenment on a wider basis. Also, Theravada is nontheistic, while can be considered Mahayana quasi-theistic - the Buddhas aren't gods, but close to it. Mahayana is also very syncritic, adapting to differing cultures and taking in new ideas, while Theravada isn't.
http://www.freewebs.com/haastexts/Mahayana%20and%20Theravada.htm

Vajrayana is the third major branch, and is a form of Mahayana. The easiest way to explain the difference bewteen mainstream Mahayana and Vajrayana is that they use different techniuques to achieve the same goal. Vajrayana applies certain techniques, known as tantra, to speed up the enlightenment process.

I mentioned above that Zen might be also be considered separately. This is due to subtle differences between doctrines within varieties of Mahayana, particularly the strong influance of Taoist thought. Zen is also of particular note for it's koan technique, which is the use of seemingly nonsensical and paradoxical "riddles" intended to essentially "short circut" logical thinking in order aid in understanding.
Risottia
12-02-2007, 09:53
UU is basically...

Thanks for the explanation.
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 14:15
Thanks for the explanation.

Y'know, Google is your friend. And so is the info at the end of the belief-o-matic quiz.
Babelistan
12-02-2007, 14:23
the only bad thing about this test is: what if you don't believe in anything
Ifreann
12-02-2007, 14:33
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (86%)
4. Liberal Quakers (70%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
7. Neo-Pagan (59%)
8. Reform Judaism (47%)
9. Taoism (45%)
10. New Age (41%)
11. Sikhism (34%)
12. Scientology (33%)
13. New Thought (31%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (29%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
20. Bahá'í Faith (21%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
22. Islam (19%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
24. Roman Catholic (19%)
25. Hinduism (18%)
26. Jainism (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)
No paradise
12-02-2007, 14:40
My resaults got wiped off the clip board but I think the top two were:
1. Secular Humanism
2. Unitarian Universalism
I V Stalin
12-02-2007, 14:42
Top 10:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Nontheist (82%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
5. Liberal Quakers (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (57%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (51%)
8. Taoism (42%)
9. New Age (38%)
10. Reform Judaism (34%)
Babelistan
12-02-2007, 14:43
i'm skeptical to this thing: but here are my results this time.

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (90%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
4. Reform Judaism (70%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
9. Liberal Quakers (58%)
10. Sikhism (58%)
11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (55%)
12. Eastern Orthodox (51%)
13. Islam (51%)
14. New Thought (51%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
16. Roman Catholic (51%)
17. Scientology (51%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
19. Taoism (38%)
20. New Age (35%)
21. Bahá'í Faith (32%)
22. Hinduism (32%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (32%)
24. Mahayana Buddhism (25%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (19%)
26. Orthodox Quaker (19%)
27. Jainism (12%)
Kryozerkia
12-02-2007, 14:49
My top 10... though I find it slightly non-believable as I am a secular-atheist...

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
5. Neo-Pagan (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
7. Nontheist (65%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (58%)
9. New Age (56%)
10. Taoism (51%)
Granthor
12-02-2007, 15:05
Well, why not. Here's mine:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (91%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (91%)
4. Roman Catholic (91%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (90%)
6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (83%)
7. Liberal Quakers (81%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (73%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (71%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (68%)
11. Hinduism (67%)
12. Reform Judaism (67%)
13. Sikhism (63%)
14. Islam (58%)
15. Neo-Pagan (53%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (46%)
18. New Age (42%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
20. Jainism (41%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (40%)
22. Secular Humanism (33%)
23. Scientology (30%)
24. New Thought (28%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
26. Taoism (22%)
27. Nontheist (19%)

Seems about right I think, I haven't noticed anything that really stands out as horribly wrong.
Maineiacs
12-02-2007, 15:28
+ +
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (97%)
3. New Age (93%)
4. Liberal Quakers (87%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
6. New Thought (79%)
7. Scientology (77%)
8. Secular Humanism (73%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (71%)
10. Hinduism (69%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
12. Reform Judaism (67%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
15. Taoism (56%)
16. Jainism (48%)
17. Sikhism (45%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (44%)
19. Nontheist (39%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (30%)
23. Roman Catholic (30%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
26. Islam (25%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (20%)


I was raised Catholic; they're at 30% now. I'm currently studying Taoism, and they're at only 56%, I know next to nothing about Unitarianism, and they're at 100%.
Catalasia
12-02-2007, 16:28
What's with all the Unitarian Universalists and Secular Humanists? I call BIASED TEST.

My results, first go:
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (72%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (72%)
5. Liberal Quakers (38%)
6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (29%)
8. Neo-Pagan (27%)
9. Taoism (27%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (18%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (18%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
13. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
14. Islam (18%)
15. New Thought (18%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
17. Reform Judaism (18%)
18. Roman Catholic (18%)
19. Scientology (18%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
21. Sikhism (18%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (6%)
23. Hinduism (0%)
24. Jainism (0%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
26. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
27. New Age (0%)

I was a bit surprised about my next three results scoring so high, but since reading this thread I guess it's a test bias that assigns those to anyone who doesn't believe in a God.

Also, the test is flawed -- there's nothing that allows us to claim human nature is inherently evil and thus 'suffering' is actually the natural state of things, for instance; but I think that's been covered already.
Rejistania
12-02-2007, 16:37
:o
The religion, I was raised in is next-to-last.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (82%)
3. Neo-Pagan (78%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
5. New Age (74%)
6. Hinduism (71%)
7. Reform Judaism (70%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
10. Sikhism (65%)
11. New Thought (64%)
12. Scientology (63%)
13. Jainism (60%)
14. Secular Humanism (60%)
15. Taoism (53%)
16. Bahá'Ã* Faith (53%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
19. Islam (46%)
20. Nontheist (44%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (15%)
Ifreann
12-02-2007, 17:01
:o
The religion, I was raised in is next-to-last.

Convert, quick! The internet told you to!
Letila
12-02-2007, 17:13
Here are my results, nothing particularly surprising, I suppose.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
5. Nontheist (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (68%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. New Age (53%)
9. Taoism (50%)
10. Reform Judaism (45%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
13. Bah�'� Faith (34%)
14. Sikhism (34%)
15. Scientology (33%)
16. Jainism (32%)
17. New Thought (31%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
20. Hinduism (22%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
24. Islam (14%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)
Egg and Chips II
12-02-2007, 17:23
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. Nontheist (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
7. Neo-Pagan (59%)
8. Taoism (51%)
9. Reform Judaism (50%)
10. New Age (45%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
13. Scientology (38%)
14. New Thought (37%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
16. Sikhism (30%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
19. Bah�'� Faith (24%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
21. Jainism (22%)
22. Islam (22%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
24. Hinduism (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Roman Catholic (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)
Khadgar
12-02-2007, 17:43
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Secular Humanism (84%)
4. Liberal Quakers (79%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
7. Taoism (64%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
9. New Age (59%)
10. Sikhism (56%)
11. Nontheist (55%)
12. Jainism (54%)
13. Hinduism (50%)
14. Reform Judaism (45%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
16. Scientology (37%)
17. New Thought (35%)
18. Bah�'� Faith (32%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (20%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
25. Islam (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)


Hey apparently I'm a Buddhist. Go figure. Though I'd never studied that branch of Buddhism, I have read up on Chan Buddhism (Zen Buddhism).
Dododecapod
12-02-2007, 17:45
Your Results:

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.


+ +

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (72%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
8. Reform Judaism (59%)
9. Taoism (51%)
10. Sikhism (46%)
11. Scientology (43%)
12. New Age (43%)
13. New Thought (40%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (30%)
19. Bah�'� Faith (29%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
22. Islam (26%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
24. Roman Catholic (26%)
25. Hinduism (18%)
26. Jainism (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

I can live with this.
Shlarg
12-02-2007, 17:57
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (76%)
4. Liberal Quakers (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. New Age (49%)
9. Reform Judaism (47%)
10. Taoism (46%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (36%)
13. Sikhism (34%)
14. Scientology (34%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (32%)
16. New Thought (31%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
20. Jainism (21%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
22. Islam (19%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
24. Roman Catholic (19%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
26. Hinduism (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)
Ilaer
12-02-2007, 18:12
Gah... 61% with Scientology, my most despised of religions...

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (98%)
4. Neo-Pagan (87%)
5. Liberal Quakers (86%)
6. Hinduism (80%)
7. New Age (76%)
8. Taoism (74%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
10. Secular Humanism (70%)
11. Jainism (69%)
12. Scientology (61%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (59%)
14. New Thought (57%)
15. Sikhism (56%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
17. Reform Judaism (52%)
18. Bah�'� Faith (43%)
19. Nontheist (42%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
24. Islam (25%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)

Ilaer
JuNii
12-02-2007, 18:26
Prepare for crucification."Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each."


My results...
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (91%)
4. Roman Catholic (91%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (80%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
8. Sikhism (60%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
10. Liberal Quakers (56%)
11. Islam (56%)
12. Hinduism (55%)
13. Reform Judaism (51%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (45%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (33%)
18. Neo-Pagan (33%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (32%)
21. Jainism (30%)
22. New Age (25%)
23. Scientology (25%)
24. New Thought (22%)
25. Secular Humanism (19%)
26. Taoism (14%)
27. Nontheist (12%)
Daistallia 2104
12-02-2007, 18:44
What's with all the Unitarian Universalists and Secular Humanists? I call BIASED TEST.

And I call biased sample.

Hey apparently I'm a Buddhist. Go figure. Though I'd never studied that branch of Buddhism, I have read up on Chan Buddhism (Zen Buddhism).

:::Kills Khadgar::: (Hopefully you get that one...)
Mogtaria
12-02-2007, 19:00
Here's me:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
3. New Age (92%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
6. Hinduism (82%)
7. Liberal Quakers (73%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Taoism (71%)
10. Scientology (70%)
11. Sikhism (63%)
12. Jainism (62%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
14. Secular Humanism (54%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
16. Reform Judaism (52%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (29%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
20. Nontheist (28%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

Was surprised that Scientology ranked so highly in my score though, and I would have expected Mahayana and Theravada to rank higher than Neo-Pagan with me. Where is Zen though? (but of course being Zen it is nowhere.. I should have guessed).
Europa Maxima
12-02-2007, 19:01
Where is Zen though? (but of course being Zen it is nowhere.. I should have guessed).
Bah, Satanism isn't on the list either. Neither is Deism. :(

As a remark, it's funny that this test lumps Catholicism with Protestantism. Either denomination has more in common with Orthodox Christianity - Catholicism because of the rituals, ornamentation and many of its core beliefs, and Protestantism because it in fact took a step away from Catholicism back to certain Orthodox beliefs.
Saxnot
12-02-2007, 19:15
Where is Zen though? (but of course being Zen it is nowhere.. I should have guessed).

Zen is a sect of Mahayana Buddhism.
Daistallia 2104
12-02-2007, 19:26
Was surprised that Scientology ranked so highly in my score though, and I would have expected Mahayana and Theravada to rank higher than Neo-Pagan with me. Where is Zen though? (but of course being Zen it is nowhere.. I should have guessed).

As I said earlier. ;) It doesn't even mention Vajrayana. But I will say that at least it recognises thaere are Buddhist sects. The unitary nature it attributes Islam is simply disgraceful. Sunni, Shia, and Sufi ought to be on there, at a minimum.

(Oh, and :::kills Mogtaria as well:::)

Bah, Satanism isn't on the list either. Neither is Deism. :(

As a remark, it's funny that this test lumps Catholicism with Protestantism. Either denomination has more in common with Orthodox Christianity - Catholicism because of the rituals, ornamentation and many of its core beliefs, and Protestantism because it in fact took a step away from Catholicism back to certain Orthodox beliefs.

Err.. what? Allow me to post an abbreviated version of the last posters rating:
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
3. New Age (92%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
6. Hinduism (82%)
7. Liberal Quakers (73%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Taoism (71%)
10. Scientology (70%)
11. Sikhism (63%)
12. Jainism (62%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
14. Secular Humanism (54%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
16. Reform Judaism (52%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (29%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
20. Nontheist (28%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)


Bold = RC
Green = Other Mainstream Xian
Red = Non-mainstream Xian

As you can see, RC isn't lumped in with the various other variations on Xianity.

The simplistic dividion of Buddhism into Mahayana and Thervada is the theological equivilant of lumping all Protestant (including highly variant strains like LDS) together and all orthodox strains together. Lumping Islam into one catagory is even worse.

Imagine if it had listed Theravada, Mahayana, Thien, Zen, Vajrayana, Shingon, Nichiren, Sunni, Shia, Sufi, and just simply Christianity.
Daistallia 2104
12-02-2007, 19:37
Zen is a sect of Mahayana Buddhism.

And Unitarian Universalism, "Liberal Quakers", "Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants", Christian Science, Orthodox Quaker, Seventh Day Adventist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, "Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant", and Jehovah's Witness are all Protestant sects.

Why short shift the non-Xian sects? The Zen, Pure Land, Nicheren, and Shingon sects are at least as significantly different from standard Mahayana, as the Xian sects above are from mainstream Protestantism.

And yet again, simply lumping all of Islam together is a terrible disservice.

(I expect we may cross post on this...)
N Y C
12-02-2007, 19:51
Not suprising. The closest I have to a religion is celebrating the high holidays, passover and Hannukah, but that's a cultural thing, I'm a total secular Humanist.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (77%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
8. Taoism (50%)
9. New Age (48%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
11. Reform Judaism (38%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (25%)
14. Sikhism (25%)
15. Scientology (24%)
16. Jainism (24%)
17. New Thought (22%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (16%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (14%)
22. Hinduism (12%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
24. Islam (10%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
26. Roman Catholic (10%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)
Saxnot
12-02-2007, 19:57
*snip*
True enough.
Lerkistan
12-02-2007, 20:10
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
5. Neo-Pagan (73%)
6. Nontheist (73%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
8. New Age (69%)
9. Reform Judaism (64%)
10. Taoism (60%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
13. Bah�'� Faith (46%)
14. Sikhism (46%)
15. Scientology (41%)
16. New Thought (40%)
17. Jainism (37%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)
20. Islam (30%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
23. Hinduism (21%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
27. Roman Catholic (12%)

1. Makes sense to me, but how I got Neo-Pagan or Buddhist is beyond me.
Socialist Pyrates
12-02-2007, 20:18
+ +

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
4. Liberal Quakers (76%)
5. Nontheist (75%)
6. Neo-Pagan (71%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
8. Taoism (56%)
9. New Age (53%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
11. Reform Judaism (42%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
13. Bah�'� Faith (28%)
14. Sikhism (28%)
15. Scientology (27%)
16. Jainism (26%)
17. New Thought (25%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (17%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
22. Hinduism (14%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
24. Islam (11%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (11%)
26. Roman Catholic (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)


for a atheist Secular Humanism seems right but I don't understand how Nontheist comes in behind Liberal Quakers
Socialist Pyrates
12-02-2007, 20:24
and Unitarian Universalism rating 2nd? I would think that my being an atheist makes me fundamentally different from a person who believes in a deity, I suppose we must share some basic morality and outlook on life...
Dobbsworld
12-02-2007, 20:29
and Unitarian Universalism rating 2nd? I would think that my being an atheist makes me fundamentally different from a person who believes in a deity, I suppose we must share some basic morality and outlook on life...

You don't have to believe in a Deity to be a Unitarian, so that's part of it right there...
Mogtaria
12-02-2007, 20:53
(Oh, and :::kills Mogtaria as well:::)



Why kill me :confused:

Besides I shall just be reborn :p
Poliwanacraca
12-02-2007, 21:08
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (97%)
3. Secular Humanism (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (84%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
6. New Age (77%)
7. Reform Judaism (77%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
10. Nontheist (63%)
11. Taoism (63%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
14. New Thought (55%)
15. Scientology (54%)
16. Jainism (51%)
17. Sikhism (47%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
19. Islam (35%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
21. Hinduism (35%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (17%)

No big shockers here. It's rather obvious why I left the Catholic Church, though, isn't it? :)

(I can't imagine how conservative Protestantism got almost twice as many points as Catholicism, though - that's just weird, and very inaccurate.)
New Ritlina
12-02-2007, 21:52
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Hinduism (92%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
4. New Age (82%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)
6. Jainism (74%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (73%)
8. New Thought (71%)
9. Scientology (67%)
10. Taoism (65%)
11. Liberal Quakers (62%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
14. Sikhism (53%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
16. Bah�'� Faith (40%)
17. Reform Judaism (40%)
18. Secular Humanism (38%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (37%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
22. Islam (26%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (23%)
25. Nontheist (21%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)

Interesting. I really should look into Buddhism...

But frankly: How the fuck did I get 67% Scientology?!
HotRodia
12-02-2007, 22:43
As usual, my beliefs are hard to get with this test. Partially because a lot of the questions/answer options were massive oversimplifications, and partially because I have unusual views. Ironically, people who are my #1 result, Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants, would disagree with me substantially on so many issues that an open-minded one would rate me as 90% in agreement with them at best.

The Eastern Orthodox/Roman Catholic percentage is about right, as well as the percentages on numbers 5-10. The Buddhism ratings should be somewhat higher, the Secular Humanism rating is somewhat low, and Taoism is probably higher than it should be.

Not a bad test if you want a quick and dirty measure.

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (91%)
3. Roman Catholic (91%)
4. Hinduism (85%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (83%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (83%)
7. Seventh Day Adventist (80%)
8. Liberal Quakers (80%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (78%)
10. Sikhism (71%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (71%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
13. Reform Judaism (62%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%)
15. Neo-Pagan (54%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
17. Islam (51%)
18. Jainism (48%)
19. New Age (47%)
20. New Thought (47%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
24. Scientology (39%)
25. Taoism (37%)
26. Secular Humanism (29%)
27. Nontheist (22%)
Vetalia
12-02-2007, 23:17
But frankly: How the fuck did I get 67% Scientology?!

Are you liberal on social issues? If so, that explains it.

I got 62% Scientology btw.
Cherry Ridge
13-02-2007, 00:11
It appears Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism always tie.
Radical Centrists
13-02-2007, 00:24
Bah, Satanism isn't on the list either. Neither is Deism. :(

I was surprised that Deism wasn't on the list either, as I probably would have scored very high on it. I still consider myself a Deist, despite never really being comfortable with putting a name on my beliefs. *Shrugs*

Unitarian is close enough I suppose... As for Satanism, it would be kind of amusing to work it into the questions. The whole "making a website about why websites suck" bit. ;)
Zarakon
13-02-2007, 00:29
I was surprised that Deism wasn't on the list either, as I probably would have scored very high on it. I still consider myself a Deist, despite never really being comfortable with putting a name on my beliefs. *Shrugs*


Deism. Official Motto: Why doesn't anyone know we exist? :(
Iunor
13-02-2007, 00:36
I'm really not a Buddhist.

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (89%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
4. New Age (88%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
6. Taoism (80%)
7. Liberal Quakers (78%)
8. New Thought (77%)
9. Scientology (75%)
10. Hinduism (71%)
11. Jainism (66%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
14. Secular Humanism (55%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
16. Sikhism (51%)
17. Reform Judaism (49%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (36%)
19. Nontheist (29%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
22. Islam (18%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (11%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)
Vegan Nuts
13-02-2007, 01:01
It appears Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism always tie.

theologically they're very very similar...at least compared to other religions. eastern orthodoxy doesn't have the political structure or the rigid hierarchy the roman church does, it emphasies piety to the Blessed Virgin Mary somewhat more, and its theology is more mystical, but mystical catholics are very similar to Orthodox. of course, mystical muslims are similar to mystical christians and mystical hindus...mystics in general are similar...

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. New Age (97%)
4. Hinduism (86%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
7. Liberal Quakers (80%)
8. Jainism (73%)
9. New Thought (67%)
10. Taoism (66%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (66%)
12. Sikhism (65%)
13. Scientology (57%)
14. Reform Judaism (55%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (45%)
19. Secular Humanism (40%)
20. Islam (34%)
21. Nontheist (25%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)

right now I identify as a pantheist...philosophically mostly hindu, with some strong influences from african pantheist thought, I've actively pursued interest in the top 5, the 7th I nearly converted to, studied 8 and 10, mild interest in 12, and nearly converted to eastern orthodoxy as well. mad props to some parts of catholicism, other suck horrifically. 13, 15, 19, 21l 23, and 24 I think are either self-contradictory or completely rediculous (usually both), and I have a mild respect for 25, just because they consider nationalism idolotry, which it is...but the rest of thier beliefs are rediculous.
Rhursbourg
13-02-2007, 01:26
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (84%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (77%)
5. Jehovah's Witness (77%)
6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (72%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (68%)
9. Neo-Pagan (62%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (58%)
11. Reform Judaism (57%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (55%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
15. Eastern Orthodox (53%)
16. Roman Catholic (53%)
17. Jainism (51%)
18. Hinduism (50%)
19. Sikhism (48%)
20. Islam (45%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
22. New Age (44%)
23. New Thought (42%)
24. Secular Humanism (42%)
25. Taoism (33%)
26. Scientology (30%)
27. Nontheist (22%)
Callisdrun
13-02-2007, 01:42
And Unitarian Universalism, "Liberal Quakers", "Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants", Christian Science, Orthodox Quaker, Seventh Day Adventist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, "Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant", and Jehovah's Witness are all Protestant sects.

Why short shift the non-Xian sects? The Zen, Pure Land, Nicheren, and Shingon sects are at least as significantly different from standard Mahayana, as the Xian sects above are from mainstream Protestantism.

And yet again, simply lumping all of Islam together is a terrible disservice.

(I expect we may cross post on this...)

Actually, quite a lot of UU's are not Christians of any sort, though you could call it originating as Protestant. They're more united by a rejection of a hateful, vindictive concept of god and beliefs concerning life on Earth rather than what they think about the divine.

I agree that the non x-tian religions should have gotten a few more divisions. Sunni and Shiite should have been there at the very least. The list could have been expanded to 40 easily, maybe 50.
Radical Centrists
13-02-2007, 01:51
Deism. Official Motto: Why doesn't anyone know we exist? :(

So true. It probably has something to do with the fact that Deists are practically never fanatical or obnoxious enough to catch anyone's attention.
The blessed Chris
13-02-2007, 01:58
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
3. Reform Judaism (77%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (75%)
5. Hinduism (70%)
6. New Age (68%)
7. New Thought (68%)
8. Jainism (66%)
9. Sikhism (64%)
10. Liberal Quakers (62%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (58%)
12. Scientology (55%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (54%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (49%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (48%)
16. Islam (44%)
17. Taoism (42%)
18. Secular Humanism (39%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
20. Nontheist (32%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (24%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
25. Roman Catholic (19%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (8%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)
Steel Butterfly
13-02-2007, 02:08
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Nontheist (92%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (92%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
5. Secular Humanism (89%)
6. Liberal Quakers (88%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
8. New Thought (78%)
9. Neo-Pagan (78%)
10. Reform Judaism (76%)
11. New Age (71%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (69%)
13. Scientology (69%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%)
15. Taoism (63%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (60%)
18. Islam (59%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (52%)
20. Sikhism (49%)
21. Jainism (46%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
23. Hinduism (43%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
25. Roman Catholic (36%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (26%)

I was raised Roman Catholic (36%) by the way, and I'm rather concerned with my Scientology (69%) levels, but as an Agnostic, I'm rather glad that Unitarian Universalism (100%) and Nontheist (92%) are my top two. Theravada Buddhism (92%) is rather cool too, although I'm not sure where all this "Liberalism" is coming from. ;)
Europa Maxima
13-02-2007, 02:21
I was surprised that Deism wasn't on the list either, as I probably would have scored very high on it. I still consider myself a Deist, despite never really being comfortable with putting a name on my beliefs. *Shrugs*
Likewise.

Unitarian is close enough I suppose... As for Satanism, it would be kind of amusing to work it into the questions. The whole "making a website about why websites suck" bit. ;)
Bwahahah, the misconception that Satanism is emo! :D If you've heard of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, well Satanism is more or less a ritualised form of it, with some minor alterations here and there.
Radical Centrists
13-02-2007, 02:38
Likewise.

Bwahahah, the misconception that Satanism is emo! :D If you've heard of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, well Satanism is more or less a ritualised form of it, with some minor alterations here and there.

Oh, I know. I'm familiar with the basic beliefs and the comparison to Objectivism is fairly apt. I was just poking fun at the line of questions that would ultimately lead to that result on a "Belief-O-Matic" type quiz. It's not really my cup of tea because frankly, I'd prefer being comfortably secular then bother with the rituals and antithematic nature of the whole thing. Besides, in the end I still believe in a higher power... Call it Deism, Pantheist, Unitarianism, or whatever.
Europa Maxima
13-02-2007, 02:42
Oh, I know. I'm familiar with the basic beliefs and the comparison to Objectivism is fairly apt. I was just poking fun at the line of questions that would ultimately lead to that result on a "Belief-O-Matic" type quiz. It's not really my cup of tea because frankly, I'd prefer being comfortably secular then bother with the rituals and antithematic nature of the whole thing. Besides, in the end I still believe in a higher power... Call it Deism, Pantheist, Unitarianism, or whatever.
Rand herself disliked rituals strongly. Personally, I find them rather seductive, shall we say? Plus in Satanism the rituals are for glorifying something I find worthy of worship. :D
Radical Centrists
13-02-2007, 02:51
Rand herself disliked rituals strongly. Personally, I find them rather seductive, shall we say? Plus in Satanism the rituals are for glorifying something I find worthy of worship. :D

Fair enough, fair enough. :D

Personally I've found that the more significance you impart to rituals and the more mundane they become, the less meaning they really have to the people involved. Take Catholics for example; chock full of empty gestures, redundancy, and obscure traditions that no one really understands or could be assed to learn about.... They just go along with it.

Of course with Satanism, as you say, the rituals pertain to something you actually care about, so there is little chance of them getting in the way. To each their own, I suppose.
Europa Maxima
13-02-2007, 02:55
Personally I've found that the more significance you impart to rituals and the more mundane they become, the less meaning they really have to the people involved. Take Catholics for example; chock full of empty gestures, redundancy, and obscure traditions that no one really understands or could be assed to learn about.... They just go along with it.
Yes, that is a common criticism of Catholicism - that it focuses far too much on ornamentation and ritual (the Orthodox Church does too). The reason I suppose is they believe that it's the Church's duty to glorify God.

Of course with Satanism, as you say, the rituals pertain to something you actually care about, so there is little chance of them getting in the way. To each their own, I suppose.
I'm not Satanist myself (although I do consider it from time to time), but to my knowledge the rituals are not as involved as that of the Catholic Church, and understanding of them is promoted.
Cherry Ridge
13-02-2007, 02:58
theologically they're very very similar...at least compared to other religions. eastern orthodoxy doesn't have the political structure or the rigid hierarchy the roman church does, it emphasies piety to the Blessed Virgin Mary somewhat more, and its theology is more mystical, but mystical catholics are very similar to Orthodox.
I know, I am a Catholic. We also seem to be growing closer together, as evidenced by the recent Papal visit to Constantinople. Also, some Latin Rite Catholics are embracing Eastern theology and ways, just as some of the Easterners (mostly Eastern Catholics) were latinized, slightly, earlier.

A complaint I have heard of beliefnet on a Catholic forum is that they do not emphasise Eastern Rite Catholicism enough.
Radical Centrists
13-02-2007, 03:04
Yes, that is a common criticism of Catholicism - that it focuses far too much on ornamentation and ritual (the Orthodox Church does too). The reason I suppose is they believe that it's the Church's duty to glorify God.


I’m being forced to become Catholic by my family, and am in the middle of CCD at the moment. It’s agonizingly dull stuff, but I just go along with it for the most part – I swear to God, I have influenced my Catechists more then they have me. It is unbelievable how little the teachers actually know about what they teach. Worst still, the fact that I understand most of their ceremonies and traditions and know their historical significance doesn’t make them a damn bit less dull.

Jesus would be very disappointed with them. :D

I'm not Satanist myself (although I do consider it from time to time), but to my knowledge the rituals are not as involved as that of the Catholic Church, and understanding of them is promoted.

Eh, at the very least it’s admirable that you can understand and weigh a set of beliefs without actually accepting them as your own. A surprising amount of people utterly fail at that.
Niord
13-02-2007, 03:20
1. Seventh Day Adventist (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (94%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (93%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (88%)
5. Roman Catholic (88%)
6. Hinduism (74%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
8. Jehovah's Witness (55%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
10. Jainism (50%)
11. Neo-Pagan (48%)
12. Liberal Quakers (48%)
13. Unitarian Universalism (47%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
16. Islam (40%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (35%)
18. Bah�'� Faith (34%)
19. Nontheist (31%)
20. New Age (28%)
21. Secular Humanism (28%)
22. Sikhism (28%)
23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
24. Reform Judaism (23%)
25. Taoism (21%)
26. Scientology (20%)
27. New Thought (18%)

Funny most JW's don't like SDA's so how do I have 55% in common with them. :confused:
Daistallia 2104
13-02-2007, 04:50
Why kill me :confused:

'twas a joking reference to Lin Chi's solution to the "if you meet the Buddha on the road" koan. ;)

Actually, quite a lot of UU's are not Christians of any sort, though you could call it originating as Protestant.

Indeed, you could more than call it that. ;) It's wandered, but as I posted in my explanation above, it has old roots in Christian traditions. (And, as I also said earlier, I was raised in UU and Presbitarianism, so I'm pretty familiar with the roots.)

I agree that the non x-tian religions should have gotten a few more divisions. Sunni and Shiite should have been there at the very least. The list could have been expanded to 40 easily, maybe 50.

Indeed, indeed.

Funny most JW's don't like SDA's so how do I have 55% in common with them. :confused:

I'm not all that familiar with the two, but I'd say it's safe to say that's because they're two Protestant denominations, so they probably have more basic similarities.
Angry Fruit Salad
13-02-2007, 05:37
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (91%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (75%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
5. Liberal Quakers (70%)
6. Reform Judaism (61%)
7. New Thought (56%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
9. Scientology (55%)
10. Hinduism (54%)
11. Secular Humanism (53%)
12. Taoism (53%)
13. Sikhism (52%)
14. Jainism (51%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (51%)
16. Bah�'� Faith (44%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (36%)
20. Islam (29%)
21. Nontheist (27%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Roman Catholic (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)
Potarius
13-02-2007, 08:05
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (61%)
4. Liberal Quakers (38%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
6. Neo-Pagan (19%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (0%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
10. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
11. Hinduism (0%)
12. Islam (0%)
13. Jainism (0%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
17. New Age (0%)
18. New Thought (0%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
21. Reform Judaism (0%)
22. Roman Catholic (0%)
23. Scientology (0%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
25. Sikhism (0%)
26. Taoism (0%)
27. Theravada Buddhism (0%)


So many of the questions (make that the majority of them) shouldn't even be open to debate, such as homosexuality, abortion, etc.... As for literally all of the religious questions, I truthfully do not give a shit.

Really, the rights of one shouldn't be decided by another. And that's objective, no matter whose eyes you happen to be looking through, whether they be open or closed.
Harlesburg
13-02-2007, 10:16
OMG I AM A BRANINITE!:eek:
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (86%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (83%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (70%)
6. Roman Catholic (70%)
7. Islam (62%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (58%)
9. Seventh Day Adventist (58%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
11. Sikhism (49%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (48%)
13. Jainism (36%)
14. Liberal Quakers (35%)
15. Reform Judaism (31%)
16. Hinduism (30%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (29%)
18. Nontheist (27%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (19%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (19%)
22. Secular Humanism (16%)
23. Neo-Pagan (16%)
24. Taoism (13%)
25. New Thought (11%)
26. New Age (10%)
27. Scientology (4%)