Belief-o-matic

[gwensmom]

I you are spiritually confused, answer the Belief-o-matic questionnaire and it will tell you what religion best matches what you believe.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

When you post your results, tell us how accurate they are.

My top five results from taking it a year ago:

1. Mainline to liberal Christian Protestant(100% match) -that's what I am!
2. Orthodox Quaker(97%)
3. Liberal Quaker(96%)
4. Unitarian Universalism(80%)
5. Reform Judaism(75%)

[Sirius]

EEK. Quaker? How did I end up as quaker? At least it's a liberal quaker...

Maybe I shouldn't have left everything at medium....

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (91%)
4. Reform Judaism (91%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
6. Neo-Pagan (78%)
7. Sikhism (77%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
9. New Age (72%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (71%)

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (99%)

I just took it. Everything else was 84% or lower. I find it hilarious that Roman Catholicism, the faith of my family and the church that educated me from kindergarten through twelfth grade, tied for last place with Eastern Orthodox and Seventh Day Adventist, at 19% compatibility.

[Christine_0701]

there's my top five:

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (82%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (70%)


i too left everything at medium lol

[nahga46]

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (97%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (93%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (91%)

That was pretty interesting...I'm just surprised at my results...hehehe

[littlest-bee]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (98%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
6. Neo-Pagan (75%)
7. Nontheist (70%)

I left the 6th & 7th ones in out of interest as I've never heard of either of these. In fact the whole list is a bit of a mystery to me. Very interesting site gwensmom, thanks!

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

I think "Mainline to Liberal Protestant" must include a broad range of denominations. In no way did I imply with my answers that I think Christ is God, or that there is "a God," so it's very interesting that I am a 100% match with any kind of Christian religion.

[Seusomon]

I take the test a couple times a year...


1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
3. New Age (77%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (75%)


The basic results have stayed the same for awhile now, but there's more of a gap between my first choice and the others these days.

[Sirius]

Maybe we should start a Liberal Quaker church?

[kittymao]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (95%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (92%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (91%)


harrum. Things do change from time to time.

[Cuilanië]

This was actually posted before (buried in with the gender test...)
Originally posted by Cuilanië@Aug 17 2003, 03:01 PM
I've been going through a major upheaval in my beliefs, and this is forcing me to face the fact that I'm still drifting in a kind of formless creed soup... (sigh) None of the proposed answers really suited me.

For better or for worse, here are my results :
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (88%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
5. New Age (62%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (62%)
7. Neo-Pagan (61%)
8. Secular Humanism (61%)
9. Reform Judaism (60%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (59%)
11. New Thought (50%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
16. Sikhism (43%)
17. Nontheist (41%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
19. Scientology (37%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
21. Taoism (32%)
22. Hinduism (27%)
23. Islam (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
26. Jainism (20%)
27. Roman Catholic (20%)

I'll simply note that I, too, was raised a Roman Catholic, baptised & confirmed... was an altar servant... read texts in church... sang in the choir... even gave out communion!!! I no longer believe everything they teach, or go to church anymore except on special occasions for that matter, but I wonder if there's something in the teachings that produces this reaction in people?

- Eve
I still think it's funny that Roman Catholic is the last on my list...

[medeous]

1.  Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2.  Seventh Day Adventist (88%)
3.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (79%)
4.  Eastern Orthodox (75%)
5.  Roman Catholic (75%)

huh. born, raised and practicing (practicing 'cause i haven't gotten the hang of it, yet) Roman Catholic, here. :huh:

[Death_Or_Aldona]

Here are my top 5

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. New Age (90%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (84%)

[nikkij33950]

heres mine
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (99%)
3. Hinduism (94%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
5. Jainism (84%)
6. New Age (75%)
7. Liberal Quakers (74%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
9. Sikhism (71%)
10. Reform Judaism (69%)

[cindi1023]

mine is:


1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (96%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (93%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
5. Neo-Pagan (88%)


I grew up in a conservative protestant church.... none of it stuck.

[dorsia]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5. Secular Humanism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. New Age (63%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (62%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (55%)

What a bizarre combo! If any of that, I'm probably some vague neo-pagan almost-nontheist.
That New Thought one's not bad.

[Ashley]

Shoot, I closed the window befor I copied the exact percentages but... Apparently I am 100 % Unitarian Universalism and 97 % Mahayana Buddhism. Who knew?

[AlienSpy]

I just looked at my results on the old thread.
Then I took the test again tonight.

August 2003 :
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. New Age (84%)
5. Neo-Pagan (84%)

November 2003 :
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. New Age (95%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (87%)

Julie

[BleedingGirl]

Here's my top 10.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (95%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (87%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
5. New Age (83%)
6. Hinduism (74%)
7. New Thought (65%)
8. Jainism (63%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)

Which is pretty cool, because I'm Pagan. (Not really Neo-Pagan, but I guess that is my beliefs.) And I have some Buddhism for religion. Not Christian Science though. I hate Christianity (I was rasied it and didn't really like it. I went to church for a while.

[nymphette]

i just took this and this is my top ten (gwensmom: i am cheering for my first one!!!! i know it is right for me now, the internet does not lie... heh... j/k but it was very nice to see that i may be on the right track here!!!) -


1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Sikhism (89%)
3. Hinduism (88%)
4. Islam (88%)
5. Jainism (82%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (75%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (72%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (70%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (67%)
10. Roman Catholic (67%)

ten years ago i am sure none of these would make the top twenty!!!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by nymphette@Nov 6 2003, 12:39 AM
i may be on the right track here!!!) -
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

Yeah, and you have even got the right earrings for it!

[Katiekat]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (82%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
6. Secular Humanism (77%)
7. Neo-Pagan (76%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
9. New Age (69%)
10. Reform Judaism (66%)


Well, Rustell, I guess I'll join you at our new Quaker church!
The Unitarian thing is right on...If I had to pick a church to belong to, it would be a UU. The Christian Protestants kind of surprises me, though I'll admit I don't know much about it...

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Heehee. "Nervous Friends."

[Dalmaney]

1.  Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
3.  Eastern Orthodox (90%)
4.  Roman Catholic (90%)
5.  Seventh Day Adventist (85%)
6.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
7.  Orthodox Judaism (74%)
8.  Islam (70%)
9.  Bahá'í Faith (68%)
10.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%)

No huge suprises... I was raised Catholic, and play at being a Baptist right now. I'm really not all about the denomination, I just love my church.

As for the rest... it amuses me that I'd be a better Muslim than Mormon, when Mormon's do so much recruiting on Christianity's coattails.

[glitterfly]

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) :D
2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (89%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (88%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (79%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (79%)
6. Roman Catholic (79%)
7. Jehovah's Witness (77%)
8. Islam (72%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (72%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)

Yup! That's what I am for #1 :D
Now how did i end up with Mormon @ 89%?! :blink:

[atomic_cocktail]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (92%)
4. New Age (91%)
5. Liberal Quakers (90%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
7. New Thought (78%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
9. Hinduism (73%)
10. Taoism (72%)


I know this thread is way old... but I missed it... super cool test though.

I have no idea what those all are but I guess I should :P

[chunkymonkey]

bumping this up and adding my results

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (83%)
3. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (82%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. New Age (82%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
7. Liberal Quakers (78%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
9. New Thought (70%)
10. Secular Humanism (69%)

I was raised roman catholic, baptised, recieved first communion, and was sadly confirmed...I haven't been involved in that religion since I was in high school. I check the agnostic box.

[jonnynobody]

Here's my top results:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. New Age (88%)
5. New Thought (81%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (79%)
7. Liberal Quakers (79%)
8. Jainism (79%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)

Well, I was raised pagan. But I'm not as strict with it as my mom is, so I consider myself neo-pagan. So it fits!

[Seusomon]

This 42-year-old Pagan is thinking, the kids are alright

[thunderstorm_19]

these are mine...

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (96%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
4. Neo-Pagan (86%)
5. New Age (84%)
6. Secular Humanism (78%)
7. New Thought (72%)
8. Reform Judaism (68%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
11. Scientology (59%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
13. Taoism (57%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
16. Nontheist (46%)
17. Jainism (39%)
18. Sikhism (37%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
20. Hinduism (31%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (25%)
24. Islam (20%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
27. Roman Catholic (12%)


and i did weight different questions with the high/medium/low selections also... the only high ones were the tolerance of abortion, homosexuality, reverence of nature, not prescribing roles for men and women, not condemning divorce, and pacifism...

[thunderstorm_19]

I took it again cuz there were some answers i wanted to change, because i felt they could apply to me, but they were ones you could only select one reply for...

my top 10 second time round...

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (97%)
3. Neo-Pagan (93%)
4. New Age (92%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
8. Secular Humanism (73%)
9. Taoism (69%)
10. New Thought (68%)

[smachel]

my top 10:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Nontheist (70%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
10. New Age (54%)


i'm an atheist/agnostic (i go back and forth every so often), so #1 fits me.

[Kelly]

I wanna play. I took this a while back but I'll re-take it.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Secular Humanism (84%)
5. New Age (74%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (62%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
9. Reform Judaism (58%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
11. Nontheist (58%)
12. New Thought (57%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
14. Taoism (52%)
15. Scientology (47%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
17. Jainism (44%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
19. Hinduism (35%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
21. Sikhism (29%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
24. Islam (21%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)

Well, I'm Celtic Pagan (strong leaning towards Celtic Reconstructionist), so I suppose neo-pagan is the closest I'm going to get. I noticed a lot of people got Unitarian Universalism which I had never heard of before. I read their little write-up on it and that's not me at all considering I don't believe in the Christian God, so how can I believe that anything the bible says? Even if it's only symbolic?

[Seusomon]

I'm a UU - we have very little to do with the Christian God - either the write-up is weird, or you're taking it strangely.

We're a demonination that is multi-theological: atheists, agnostics, pagans, Christians, Buddhists - united by a consensus on how people should treat each other in this life.

...and I'm also a practicing Pagan witch...

[amylyn]

I rated Islam 100%.
my southern babtist preacher grandfather would not be to happy.

[Bugitha]

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Neo-Pagan (83%)
5. New Age (83%)

Fascinating. I've been trying to talk my Quaker friend into going to the Quaker church here (she's never been to the one in town). But I have no idea where they fall along the orthodox/liberal continuum.

I've done enough exploring/reading to know I have UU, Neopagan and even liberal protestant leanings.

10 years I would have described myself as new age.

What really surprised me was that Roman Catholicism came in dead last.

Very innerestin'

[kflorathorne]

Yup, pretty much on the nose. The very Wiccan twitchy nose.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (84%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
5. Liberal Quakers (72%)

Although I did want to be part of #3 for some time.

~Krystal

[cryptaesia]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Nontheist (79%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Taoism (61%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (58%)
9. New Age (58%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
12. Reform Judaism (49%)

um
i guess that pretty close to me.....

[timeittook]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. New Age (90%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (77%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
9. Secular Humanism (73%)
10. New Thought (72%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (68%)
12. Scientology (63%)
13. Taoism (60%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
15. Jainism (56%)
16. Hinduism (54%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (52%)
18. Nontheist (52%)
19. Reform Judaism (51%)
20. Sikhism (50%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (40%)
24. Islam (31%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
27. Roman Catholic (21%)

[kflorathorne]

Originally posted by timeittook@Jan 24 2004, 11:55 PM

4. New Age (90%)

I am SO not going to let you live that down. Just wait until tommorrow. :D

[WonkyWalkingShoe]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (91%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
5. New Age (87%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (79%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (72%)
9. Reform Judaism (67%)
10. New Thought (65%)


My top ten aren't really even close.
I mean, pieces and teeny tidbits but i share nothing fundamental I just don't think there is a word for my faith.