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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?" Posts: 1681 | Registered: Jun 2004
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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. Posts: 376 | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:Verily, I'm guessing you had political viewpoints in line with Liberal Quakers.
Could be. I hardly know anything about Quaker politics. The only thing I know for sure is that they're pacifists, which I most definitely am not. What other political views they have, I have no idea.
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Perhaps this would be more accurate if I'd taken more time to think about the priority rankings for each question, but here goes:
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (93%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (91%) 4. Liberal Quakers (90%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%) 6. Taoism (82%) 7. Neo-Pagan (72%) 8. Secular Humanism (72%) 9. New Age (68%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
I don't really know enough about the different branches of Buddhism to comments on that bit. But considering how many of the questions had some term that I wanted to argue with, I consider 82% accurate not so bad.
Is it my imagination, or does everyone's test results indicate that Quakers should be much more common then they actually are?
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I took the quiz and came out 100% Eastern Orthodox AND 100% Roman Catholic. Not terribly surprising, but somewhat strange to realize the quiz has no way of differentiating between the two faiths; it's not like there hasn't been any development in both churches since the fourth century. And what's the difference between Orthodox Quaker and Liberal Quaker? It's not like there's many of either. It seems more important to distinguish between two out of the three major branches of Christianity.
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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Orthodox Quaker (92%) 3. Seventh Day Adventist (80%) 4. Liberal Quakers (79%) 5. Eastern Orthodox (78%) 6. Roman Catholic (78%) 7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (75%) 8. Unitarian Universalism (66%) 9. Hinduism (63%) 10. Reform Judaism (59%) 11. Bahá'à Faith (57%) 12. Sikhism (57%) 13. Orthodox Judaism (49%) 14. Neo-Pagan (47%) 15. Mahayana Buddhism (46%) 16. Theravada Buddhism (45%) 17. Islam (43%) 18. New Age (43%) 19. Jainism (38%) 20. Scientology (35%) 21. Secular Humanism (35%) 22. New Thought (34%) 23. Taoism (31%) 24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%) 25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%) 26. Jehovah's Witness (24%) 27. Nontheist (21%)
Hmm. The Seventh Day Adventist thing is new since the last time I took this, and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox used to score a lot higher. I wonder what's changed? (It still got the actual answer at #1, though.)
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100% Unitarian Humanist thingy i took the test a while ago. But funny enough i think it said 98% Islamic or something I'm going to have to take it again.
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1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Seventh Day Adventist (88%) 3. Orthodox Quaker (81%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (80%) 5. Roman Catholic (80%) 6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (69%) 7. Orthodox Judaism (68%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%) 9. Jehovah's Witness (64%) 10. Islam (60%) 11. Hinduism (56%)
Since several of you didn't know: I believe Unitarian Universalism is a very liberal religion that has some background in Christian/Jewish traditions. They are very open and accept many different beliefs. They don't have a set belief system and don't force their members to subscribe to any standard theology. So basically if it is for people who want to have a religious experience without having to commit to anything.
Someone didn’t know what the Bahá'à Faith is.It’s a faith were they incorporate aspects of all the major religions. Saying each major religion represents a different phase of revelation of God's Truth. Of course they believe Bahai is the newest therefore best or most complete revelation.
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My top 6 (I picked 6 since they were all above 90%) are all sort of weird, at least coming from a fairly conservative Baptist. Then again, maybe it's weird because I rated almost all questions "low" in regards to importance.
quote: 1. Islam (100%) 2. Orthodox Judaism (100%) 3. Bahá'à Faith (98%) 4. Orthodox Quaker (97%) 5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (93%) 6. Jehovah's Witness (93%)
quote:1. Seventh Day Adventist (100%) 2. Orthodox Quaker (96%) 3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (89%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (87%) 5. Roman Catholic (87%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%) 7. Orthodox Judaism (56%) 8. Hinduism (56%) 9. Islam (55%) 10. Liberal Quakers (54%)
These are my top 10 results this time around :
quote: 1. Eastern Orthodox (100%) 2. Roman Catholic (100%) 3. Seventh Day Adventist (99%) 4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (88%) 6. Orthodox Judaism (68%) 7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (66%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%) 9. Jehovah's Witness (61%) 10. Islam (61%)
Neither of them have my top choice at the top, but these new ones are really weird. The first ones were much closer (I'm an evangelical christian). Though you'll notice that in both cases the same results got into the top 5, only shuffled the second time around. But I bet I could take the same test again another day and get a third set of results. Alot of the questions and choices for answers were most unsatisfactory and superficial.
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Interesting line-up (especially once you get past number 3):
quote: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (96%) 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%) 4. Liberal Quakers (92%) 5. Nontheist (68%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (66%) 7. Bahá'à Faith (65%) 8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%) 9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (59%) 10. Neo-Pagan (58%)
It's, uh, interesting, I guess. The funny thing is that I am a closer match to number 5 than anything else in reality. (I'm so nontheistic I've never seen the point in going to a place where I join with others on a Sunday to celebrate doubt and uncertainty - I prefer it as a solitary endeavor.)
quote:I believe Unitarian Universalism is a very liberal religion that has some background in Christian/Jewish traditions. They are very open and accept many different beliefs. They don't have a set belief system and don't force their members to subscribe to any standard theology. So basically if it is for people who want to have a religious experience without having to commit to anything.
No disrespect intended, but is it really necessary to have a specific denomination for that? Wouldn't it be more efficient for these people to just go their own way and believe what they will?
It's like having an entire political party based on the idea of choosing your own side of the issues and voting for whichever candidate you prefer. There may well be a party like that, but I simply registered "non-partisan", and that takes care of it. I get to vote for whomever I prefer, and I have no partisan obligations.
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1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%) 3. Jehovah's Witness (91%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%) 5. Bahá'à Faith (76%) 6. Eastern Orthodox (76%) 7. Roman Catholic (76%) 8. Orthodox Judaism (73%) 9. Seventh Day Adventist (71%) 10. Islam (59%) 11. Orthodox Quaker (58%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%) 13. Sikhism (53%) 14. Hinduism (49%) 15. Liberal Quakers (47%) 16. Reform Judaism (43%) 17. Unitarian Universalism (39%) 18. Jainism (35%) 19. New Thought (34%) 20. Mahayana Buddhism (30%) 21. Neo-Pagan (25%) 22. Theravada Buddhism (25%) 23. Scientology (24%) 24. New Age (21%) 25. Nontheist (18%) 26. Taoism (15%) 27. Secular Humanism (10%)
Well, the questions seemed to have become more specific than I originally remember. There is more answers to pick from. That helps to not be as frustrated when trying to pick what comes closest to personal beliefs. Then again, I got what I expected.
edit: I personally think that I am more sympathetic to Conservative Catholicism than Mainline Protestantism. It would be my second choice, with Islam as my third.
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quote:They don't have a set belief system and don't force their members to subscribe to any standard theology. So basically if it is for people who want to have a religious experience without having to commit to anything.
No disrespect intended, but is it really necessary to have a specific denomination for that? Wouldn't it be more efficient for these people to just go their own way and believe what they will?
Well, yes, but then you would miss out on the whole church experience, the feeling of belonging to a community, a minister to counsel you, potluck dinners. It's just so much more organized this way, no?
Some people are involved in church because their souls cry out for it. And some just like the community, the church family, and the donuts. Let the UU's have their services, and if you don't much see the point in it all, well, don't attend.
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Very good point. Now that you mention it, I actually do envy church-goers their sense of community. I think it would be nice to have somewhere to go where everyone knows you, likes you, and treats you like a member of the family. And gives you doughnuts.
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As an agnostic, I'm not likely to join up with any church, even if it is largely non-denominational. I want to feel like part of a community, but it would be hypocritical of me to try to get that by joining a church.
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I agree with both of you. The UU does seem kind of pointless to me, Of course I'm: Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%). But I then agian Tante is right some people just want the "Church" expericence.
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All the advantages with none of the responsibility. A perfect example of what is wrong with our society.
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You think the Unitarians are to blame? They are just a bunch of nice, church-going folk, a bit more tolerant than some, trying to do good in this world. What is your beef with that?
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There are so many things wrong with that post that it would take a 200-page essay to discuss them all, and frankly, I don't care enough.
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Thank you for sparing my a 200-page essay. Just as well, too, since, frankly, I wouldn't care enough to read it.
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1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Seventh Day Adventist (94%) 3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (79%) 5. Roman Catholic (79%)
ReikoDemosthenes, I see your list was very similar to mine; I'm curious as to what you would self-describe your beliefs as. I'm actually a member of a mainline liberal protestant denomination, and have been my whole life! I wonder what the OrthoQuaker and 7th-day Adventist influence it claims is. For the Quakers, I'm guessing my pacifism answer played into it, and the literal creation probably for both of the above. However I actually disagree with some Quaker ideas as I strongly favor liturgical worship, which Quakers resent. I don't know very much about 7th-day adventists, though.
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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Bahá'à Faith (93%) 3. Liberal Quakers (81%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (75%) 5. Neo-Pagan (69%)
Well, I most-closely identify myself as a Quaker, so my scores mostly make sense. I think the results it gave me were based on some very incomplete data, since I rated a lot of the answers as "Low", I checked few boxes when presented with them, and answered a lot of the questions with "Not Necessary" and "Don't know, doesn't matter, or doesn't exist".
I had never heard of Bahá'Ã. Reading the description doesn't match anything I believe in, so I may have broken something with the way I answered things.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see Zorastrianism on there anywhere. I don't know anything about it as a religion, just that it exists. Shinto isn't on there, either, although it's still important to some Japanese. Not quite a complete list, I think...
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