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Tante Shvester
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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.

Try it.

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I'm pretty sure I took this before. My first three results should surprise no one:

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1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%)

After that, I don't know what's going on:

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4. Seventh Day Adventist (79%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (75%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (59%)
8. Islam (54%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (54%)
10. Hinduism (51%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (48%)
12. Sikhism (43%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (37%)
14. Liberal Quakers (33%)
15. Reform Judaism (31%)
16. Jainism (29%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (24%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (21%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (20%)
21. Scientology (17%)
22. Neo-Pagan (16%)
23. Nontheist (16%)
24. New Thought (13%)
25. Secular Humanism (11%)
26. New Age (10%)
27. Taoism (9%)


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Annie
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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.

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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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Annie
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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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1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (95%)
3. Jehovah's Witness (91%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (71%)
6. Eastern Orthodox (70%)
7. Roman Catholic (70%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (62%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
12. Islam (53%)
13. Sikhism (49%)
14. Liberal Quakers (48%)
15. Hinduism (42%)
16. Reform Judaism (42%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (37%)
18. Jainism (33%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (28%)
21. New Thought (28%)
22. Neo-Pagan (26%)
23. New Age (22%)
24. Scientology (21%)
25. Secular Humanism (13%)
26. Nontheist (10%)
27. Taoism (7%)

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My top ten:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Secular Humanism (86%)
5. Neo-Pagan (81%)
6. New Age (74%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (71%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (70%)
9. New Thought (67%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (64%)

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UofUlawguy
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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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hmmm I have no idea what my first pick is about...

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
5. New Age (82%)
6. Secular Humanism (78%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (67%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%)

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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Nontheist (94%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
7. Neo-Pagan (67%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (49%)
11. Taoism (48%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
13. New Thought (46%)
14. New Age (43%)
15. Reform Judaism (41%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
17. Scientology (38%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (30%)
20. Sikhism (27%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
22. Islam (20%)
23. Jainism (20%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (20%)
25. Roman Catholic (20%)
26. Hinduism (13%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)

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steven
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Shvester-

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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1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
3. Neo-Pagan (82%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
6. Liberal Quakers (78%)
7. New Age (72%)
8. Hinduism (72%)
9. Taoism (72%)
10. Jainism (70%)
...
27. Roman Catholic (20%)

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quote:
Originally posted by BotaLadyG:
hmmm I have no idea what my first pick is about...

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

Unitarian Universalists are very liberal Christians.
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1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (96%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
5. Bah�'� Faith (78%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (78%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (72%)
8. Roman Catholic (72%)
9. Seventh Day Adventist (68%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (66%)

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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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TMedina
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This does assume the answers they believe link you to one faith or another are the same conclusions you would draw.

-Trevor

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My results look pretty much like all the other Mormons'. Except my dear, sweet wife's. [Smile] 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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1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
3. Liberal Quakers (76%)

Still Buddhist. I really need to start growing the belly.

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quote:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
6. Nontheist (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (65%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (62%)
9. Taoism (57%)
10. New Age (55%)

Which I think is exactly what I got last time.

Lets see how I could do with trying to pick the "Morman" answers...

Edit: okay, got a 77 trying to pick em. About what I expected.

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I'll include my top 5.

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. Neo-Pagan (88%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (86%)

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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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Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (99%)

Heh. It seemed like every question had an answer that was obviously aimed at Christian Science. [Smile]

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Here's my top ten...and i was worried i wouldn't pass... [Smile]

1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (92%)
3.Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%)
4. Bah�'� Faith (72%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (72%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (66%)
8. Roman Catholic (66%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
10.Islam (63%)

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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. [Smile]
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Tante Shvester
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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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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (90%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (87%)

Big ol' flaming liberal here, I guess [Wink] 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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MY top 5- first four are not a real surprise, but I know pretty much nothing about Baha'i.

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Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (90%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (88%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (70%)


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1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%)
3. Jehovah's Witness (77%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
9. Roman Catholic (57%)
10. Islam (55%)
11. Sikhism (51%)
12. Liberal Quakers (46%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (45%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
15. Reform Judaism (42%)
16. Hinduism (38%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (37%)
18. Jainism (33%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
20. Neo-Pagan (31%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (30%)
22. Secular Humanism (22%)
23. Scientology (22%)
24. New Age (21%)
25. New Thought (21%)
26. Taoism (17%)
27. Nontheist (16%)

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Glenn Arnold
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Yeah, I'd be interested to know how the scoring works too.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
6. Nontheist (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (57%)
9. Taoism (57%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
11. New Age (51%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
15. Reform Judaism (42%)
16. Jainism (38%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
18. New Thought (34%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
20. Sikhism (30%)
21. Scientology (29%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
23. Hinduism (25%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
25. Islam (15%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)

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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.
Because there weren't any questions about which side you go to first when crossing yourself. Or any questions about Constantinople, for that matter. [Smile]

Really, in matters of theology the two "halves" of Catholicism are very similar.

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1. Bahá'í Faith (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (100%)
3. Sikhism (97%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
5. Islam (91%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (91%)
7. Jainism (90%)
8. Liberal Quakers (89%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
10. Neo-Pagan (71%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (62%)
13. Secular Humanism (59%)
14. New Age (58%)
15. Hinduism (57%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (55%)
17. Scientology (52%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (51%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (50%)
20. New Thought (49%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
22. Nontheist (44%)
23. Taoism (42%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
26. Roman Catholic (33%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)


Hmm, weird part is is that I am Roman Catholic.

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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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I've taken this thing every time it comes up on Hatrack and I always get the same thing as 100%- Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant.

My "Mormon percentage" was only 48%.

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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
6. Nontheist (71%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. New Age (49%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. Bahá'i Faith (47%)

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100% Unitarian Universalist again...

Only 94% Non-Theist which I actually am.

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quote:
Originally posted by Stan the man:

Hmm, weird part is is that I am Roman Catholic.

Are you sure?
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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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quote:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
5. Neo-Pagan (83%)
6. New Age (69%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
8. Nontheist (68%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (65%)

[Smile]

What I want to know is what is Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants doing at number 4?!

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rivka
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quote:
Originally posted by Boon:
I should be an Orthodox Jew? What!?

But you make such a great Shabbos goy! [Wink]
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code:
1. 	Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants  (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (97%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (79%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (77%)

Wohoo! That's pretty much spot on. I have no idea what Quaker's believe- but it's not very Orthodox. [Razz]
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Verily the Younger
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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.

[ July 01, 2005, 11:41 PM: Message edited by: Verily the Younger ]

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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?" [Razz]
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Stan the man
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quote:
Are you sure?
[Smile]

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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Annie
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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. [Razz]
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My top ten is just weird....

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
6. Neo-Pagan (77%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
8. Secular Humanism (74%)
9. New Age (74%)
10. Reform Judaism (61%)

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For what it's worth, this is how I scored on the quiz:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
5. Sikhism (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (77%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
9. Jainism (72%)
10. New Age (72%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
12. Hinduism (69%)
13. New Thought (65%)
14. Secular Humanism (61%)
15. Islam (60%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (59%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (56%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (53%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (53%)
20. Roman Catholic (53%)
21. Scientology (52%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (51%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
24. Taoism (43%)
25. Nontheist (38%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)

I really don't know what to make of it at all.

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Verily, I'm guessing you had political viewpoints in line with Liberal Quakers.
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