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This site has a quiz where you answer questions about your spiritual beliefs and it tells you what religion is a good match.
I'm 100% Orthodox Jew. (Next closest is Muslim -- I'm a 96% match).
Makes sense to me. The interesting part for me was not just seeing what religion I am (I knew that already), but seeing what other religions correspond closely to my beliefs and which have very little in common. Some of the answers made sense, but there were a few surprises.
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I took this a while ago, but am pleased to realize that I'm consistent enough to get the same results.
quote:1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (91%) 3. Jehovah's Witness (87%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%) 5. Eastern Orthodox (75%) 6. Roman Catholic (75%)
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Funny that I'm 75% Catholic, but Dag is only 59% Mormon. I guess there's some complex scoring going on.
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I've always thought that you have to know quite a bit about your own faith (if you have one) in order to score a perfect 100% on it. I know that many LDS people who don't know much about LDS doctrine would fail to get 100%.
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quote:Funny that I'm 75% Catholic, but Dag is only 59% Mormon. I guess there's some complex scoring going on.
Did you change any importances?
I moved several things to "high" that I know are different between Catholic and LDS beliefs. That could explain it.
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don't Orthodox Jews believe in reincarnation? Do you? just curious, because I read that Orthodox Jews (especially hasidic) were more likely to believe in reincarnation than more liberal groups of Jews. It seemed counterintuitive.
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Okay, I'm a little embarassed because I am a strong believer in the LDS church, but there are some questions where I can't for the life of me find an answer that I agree with 100%. Especially the "Life after death" question.
The first time through, I got 66% Mormon. The second time through, I tried specifically to choose the answers I thought would be Mormon, just to see how they differed from my own. I got 72% Mormon. This is weird.
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My results look pretty much like all the other Mormons'. Except my dear, sweet wife's. Maybe we'll have to have a talk when we get home.
For what it's worth, I didn't like the life-after-death question, either. I think I picked the first option, but I felt it was a pretty inadequate description of my beliefs.
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quote: 1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (91%) 3. Seventh Day Adventist (88%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%) 5. Eastern Orthodox (76%) 6. Roman Catholic (76%) 7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%) 8. Liberal Quakers (57%) 9. Jehovah's Witness (57%) 10. Bah�'� Faith (55%) 11. Orthodox Judaism (50%) 12. Unitarian Universalism (50%) 13. Hinduism (46%) 14. Islam (46%) 15. Jainism (42%) 16. Reform Judaism (40%) 17. Sikhism (38%) 18. New Age (33%) 19. Mahayana Buddhism (33%) 20. Theravada Buddhism (33%) 21. Neo-Pagan (32%) 22. Secular Humanism (29%) 23. Taoism (27%) 24. Nontheist (27%) 25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%) 26. New Thought (19%) 27. Scientology (18%)
I really don't get this...Orthodox Quaker is certainly not what I'd first think of when describing my beliefs...but then, some of the questions I just didn't know hwo to answer because my beliefs were a combination of parts of several answers, so maybe that's part of it
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Dagonee, how can you be both 100% Roman Catholic and 100% Eastern Orthodox? The whole point is that they both have different views.
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quote:Originally posted by steven: don't Orthodox Jews believe in reincarnation? Do you?
Orthodox Jews believe in an afterlife, but there is not a consensus on what, exactly, it is. Some souls (but not necessarily all) may be reincarnated. It is not a central pillar of the faith. What we do in THIS life is what it's all about. There are two results that are emphasized as results of following the commandments (there's more than 10, by the way. More like 613): one benefit is that we can heal the world (tikkun olam); another is that we can hasten the coming of the messiah (moshiach). Those of a more mystical bent are also concerned with increasing the general holiness and light in the universe, and that the only thing perpetuating the existance of the universe is people doing mitzvos (following commandments).
So what are my beliefs about the afterlife? I don't really know, and I'm not concerned about it. As I said, it is not an central part of the faith.
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quote: 1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (90%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
Big ol' flaming liberal here, I guess I don't actually subscribe to any particular religious faith, but if I had to pick one, I think I could be content with any of these.
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I took the test twice and changed a few of my selections and their imortance (not drastically, mind you) and it made no difference in my top 5 or so. Some of the subsequent numbers were changed around but for the most part the list is quite similar. The one most surprising to me was # 6. Of course I've never heard of it so it might be just what I'm looking for.
1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. New Age (93%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (88%) 4. Liberal Quakers (86%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (78%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) 7. New Thought (73%) 8. Scientology (68%) 9. Taoism (68%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%) 11. Theravada Buddhism (63%) 12. Secular Humanism (58%) 13. Sikhism (58%) 14. Jainism (56%) 15. Hinduism (55%) 16. Reform Judaism (54%) 17. Orthodox Quaker (52%) 18. Bahá'í Faith (47%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (31%) 21. Orthodox Judaism (28%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%) 23. Nontheist (24%) 24. Seventh Day Adventist (21%) 25. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 26. Islam (15%) 27. Roman Catholic (15%)
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Yeah, I don't know how I come out only 72% non-theist. The only thing I answered that wasn't "not-applicable" was about doing nice things for people. It had absolutely nothing to do with religion.
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Zeugma, are you a Christian Scientist? I've only known one person who is (a good friend of mine in college).
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I should be an Orthodox Jew? What!?
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I'll present the top ten only. After that, they have no importance. (Not that any of the test has importance, but still. . . .)
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
Yep. Nailed it.
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
Don't know what that is, can't comment.
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
I'm fascinated by the fact that belief in God is not a requirement for Liberal Christian Protestantism. I answered every question with their "no God, or don't know, or not important" answer*, and it figures me for 90% Christian?
4. Liberal Quakers (83%)
Uh . . . okay.
5. Nontheist (81%)
Really? What was your first clue? I got a 90% for a Christian denomination but only 81% for simply being non-theistic? Was this test even paying attention?
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
Not even close.
7. Reform Judaism (72%)
Interesting. Don't know anything about it, though.
8. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
Uh . . . okay.
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
The one Christian denomination that I can kind of, sort of get behind. I'm still no theist, but I really respect the strong emphasis of LDS on the importance of family and community. Though I believe in these things for naturalistic rather than spiritual reasons.
10. New Thought (58%)
I'm capable of several new thoughts a day, yes, but I wouldn't call any of them a "religion".
*I object to their lumping together of atheism with agnosticism. Despite the fierce attacks I endure every time I say this, I insist that the two are mutually exclusive. It's like trying to be both Christian and Jewish at the same time. Either you believe Jesus was the Messiah, or you believe he was not. You can't have it both ways.
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dabbler, I was raised in Christian Science, and still firmly believe in its effectiveness, though I've been struggling lately with resisting the temptation of feeling bad and just wanting a magic pill. See the thread I started yesterday called, "Why do I feel icky?"
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Pops and I are about the same on this one. We really haven't changed our religion, but just kinda left it to the wayside (for lack of better terminology). He could probably word it a bit better.
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Brinestone - your Jello privileges are hereby suspended until you bring those scores up, young lady.
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hmmm, i wonder how much my results have changed since last time. I'll have to check again when i am more awake.
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