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I just took an online quiz on what faith you are. I assumed I was either Buddhist, or had no religion. Well, I took the quiz and I am 100% Quaker. WOW. I was supprised. What's your faith?
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The last time I took this, iirc, it said I was God. Either there's a flaw in that test, or I'm owed a lot of back royalties.
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I find it amusing how many times this site has been posted . I think I've taken it three times, and considering I always need to put "None/NA/Don't Care" for just about every question, I wonder why I've taken it that many times.
I always come up strongly for secular humanism and nontheist. Surprise surprise .
I do remember that Brinestone didn't score very highly for LDS, and was kinda shocked by that. I went through and put in the answers I suspected a mormon would answer from my knowledge of them, and only managed to get them up to number two or three.
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1. Seventh Day Adventist (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (99%) 3. Eastern Orthodox (88%) 4. Roman Catholic (88%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (83%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) 7. Hinduism (68%) 8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (64%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (61%) 10. Jehovah's Witness (58%) 11. Islam (53%) 12. Liberal Quakers (45%) 13. Sikhism (41%) 14. Unitarian Universalism (41%) 15. Jainism (38%) 16. Bah�'� Faith (37%) 17. Reform Judaism (34%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (29%) 19. Neo-Pagan (29%) 20. Theravada Buddhism (27%) 21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%) 22. New Age (22%) 23. Secular Humanism (21%) 24. Scientology (21%) 25. Nontheist (20%) 26. New Thought (18%) 27. Taoism (14%)
Interesting. It got me right, even though I think I might have answered things a little differently than official church doctrine. And there were some things where I didn't like either answer. Usually, I get a lower score for SDA.
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I think they've revised their test. I came out 100% LDS now, which is accurate, but in the past I think I've ended up rather indefinable, and I don't think my beliefs or the way I would respond to them have altered much. I dunno, maybe I was doing a different test before.
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Javert, you can click on Seventh Day Adventist in your results, it's a link to a description of doctrines and practices.
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1. I find it amusing that as a lapsed Catholic my #1 was sikhism =p
2. I'm not sure how much others ran into this but I was annoyed by the options to most of the questions as generally I'd agree heartily with half the wording of an answer but not the other half etc... i.e. something about universal good, but then it also throws in reincarnation...
I'd like it more if there were just more questions but each answer would only address 1 aspect, not multiple, but it was fun nonetheless.
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1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (97%) 3. Liberal Quakers (89%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (76%) 6. Nontheist (70%) 7. Neo-Pagan (68%) 8. Bahá'í Faith (60%) 9. New Age (58%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%) 11. Reform Judaism (51%) 12. Taoism (51%) 13. Mahayana Buddhism (50%) 14. New Thought (47%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (44%) 16. Scientology (43%) 17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%) 18. Jainism (38%) 19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (32%) 21. Sikhism (31%) 22. Islam (23%) 23. Orthodox Judaism (23%) 24. Hinduism (21%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (11%) 27. Roman Catholic (11%)
I guess that's about right... but it's really hard to put me in a defined category (I kick) so who knows. I think it's funniest that roman catholic, the religion is was brought up under, is the least representative one.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Neo-Pagan (94%) 3. New Age (91%) 4. Liberal Quakers (88%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (87%) 6. Scientology (77%) 7. Theravada Buddhism (76%) 8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (76%) 9. New Thought (75%) 10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%) 11. Taoism (73%) 12. Secular Humanism (69%) 13. Hinduism (67%) 14. Jainism (48%) 15. Reform Judaism (47%) 16. Sikhism (44%) 17. Orthodox Quaker (44%) 18. Bahá'í Faith (40%) 19. Nontheist (34%) 20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%) 21. Jehovah's Witness (26%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%) 23. Seventh Day Adventist (18%) 24. Orthodox Judaism (16%) 25. Eastern Orthodox (13%) 26. Islam (13%) 27. Roman Catholic (13%)
I guess that's pretty accurate. It looks like Unitarian just means that it doesn't matter what you believe, as long as your spiritual (If I'm wrong, I gladly welcome corrections). Neo-Pagan is great, I think I'm going to start telling people that's my religion. I did think Buddhism would be higher, but I don't believe in reincarnation, so I guess that screwed me there. Mostly I'm suprised that Scientology is so high on the list.
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My #1 is Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants, which I find somewhat strange. It's altogether too biblical, and I thought my answers were in contrast to that whole philosphy. I guess I scored highly with them regarding my beliefs on human suffering and contemporary issues.
After reading over some of the other religions in my top 10, I think I would associate myself more with neo-paganism than anything else. Really though, I consider myself agnostic. I just didn't like the "Not sure. Not important" choice, as it seems a little too easy and a little less fun.
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yes I agree fitz, I feel like they could have provided alot more detailed questions on the humanist/neo-pagan/agnostic/atheist side to figure things out more, but it is called the "faith" quiz... not the "not-faith" quiz
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I took this last time, but I decided to do it again to see how things have changed as I continue to try to evolve and discover my spiritual beliefs. Fairly different this time:
quote:1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Bahá'í Faith (94%) 3. Liberal Quakers (92%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (85%) 5. Reform Judaism (83%) 6. New Age (71%) 7. Secular Humanism (69%) 8. Sikhism (67%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (67%) 10. Theravada Buddhism (67%) 11. Orthodox Quaker (67%) 12. Mahayana Buddhism (64%) 13. Neo-Pagan (64%) 14. New Thought (63%) 15. Islam (62%) 16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (54%) 17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%) 18. Jainism (53%) 19. Taoism (52%) 20. Scientology (51%) 21. Nontheist (51%) 22. Eastern Orthodox (45%) 23. Roman Catholic (45%) 24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (38%) 26. Hinduism (33%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
Mainline to liberal Protestantism was somewhat high last time, but not as much. Last time, I think Bahá'í was at the top of my list, followed by Judaism. As I recall, LDS was reasonably high on my list last time, and now it's rather low. Given how much my answers de-emphasize the role of a Jesus-like figure, and how much difficulty I have with the concept, I'm not sure how Christianity snuck to the top of the chart. I am rather surprised by how low on the list Catholicism is this time, as I was raised Catholic, and I seem to think it was much higher last time. Actually, seeing that conservative/fundamentalist protestantism is higher on the list than Catholicism is seems to indicate that this time this quiz really misinterpreted my answers somehow, because I differ quite emphatically with fundamentalist conservative Christians (on theological grounds).
Anyway, thanks for bringing this up again! It was interesting to try it again, but I certainly would not have thought of it on my own.
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Mine is weird compared to Sterling's. I wonder about the test though. Is it inaccurate or are my beliefs not 100% in line with my religion. Or are my interpretations of the questions maligned. I'm LDS.
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (99%) 3. Bahá'í Faith (88%) 4. Sikhism (85%) 5. Jehovah's Witness (81%) 6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (81%) 7. Liberal Quakers (80%) 8. Orthodox Quaker (78%) 9. Unitarian Universalism (76%) 10. Eastern Orthodox (75%) 11. Roman Catholic (75%) 12. Mahayana Buddhism (74%) 13. Hinduism (73%) 14. Orthodox Judaism (69%) 15. Theravada Buddhism (66%) 16. Jainism (62%) 17. Islam (59%) 18. Neo-Pagan (57%) 19. Reform Judaism (56%) 20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%) 21. Seventh Day Adventist (53%) 22. New Thought (45%) 23. Taoism (45%) 24. New Age (43%) 25. Secular Humanism (41%) 26. Scientology (38%) 27. Nontheist (26%)
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1. Liberal Quakers (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (99%) 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%) 4. Neo-Pagan (85%) 5. Secular Humanism (84%) 6. New Age (78%) 7. Reform Judaism (78%) 8. Bahá'í Faith (75%) 9. Mahayana Buddhism (73%) 10. Sikhism (71%) 11. Jainism (68%) 12. Theravada Buddhism (66%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (65%) 14. New Thought (62%) 15. Taoism (62%) 16. Scientology (58%) 17. Nontheist (56%) 18. Hinduism (54%) 19. Islam (52%) 20. Orthodox Judaism (52%) 21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%) 22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%) 23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%) 24. Seventh Day Adventist (32%) 25. Eastern Orthodox (30%) 26. Roman Catholic (30%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (20%)
I am amazed that Eastern Orthodox came so low. But, then, reading their article about it, it is clear that this does not refer to the liberal Greek Orthodox Church under the guidance of Bartholomew, a hero of mine, but the more traditional types.
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They did change the quiz a lot, but I still got similar results. My first and last are the same. (I was raised half Roman Catholic and half Melkite Catholic, which is basically Eastern Orthodox. Kinda funny )
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (89%) 4. Liberal Quakers (88%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (88%) 6. Neo-Pagan (81%) 7. New Age (79%) 8. Taoism (70%) 9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (69%) 10. Secular Humanism (67%) 11. Bah�'� Faith (65%) 12. New Thought (65%) 13. Scientology (56%) 14. Jainism (55%) 15. Reform Judaism (55%) 16. Hinduism (54%) 17. Orthodox Quaker (50%) 18. Sikhism (47%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%) 20. Nontheist (40%) 21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%) 22. Jehovah's Witness (31%) 23. Orthodox Judaism (31%) 24. Islam (23%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (20%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (14%) 27. Roman Catholic (14%)
Hmm, I always figured I was something of a Philosophical Taoist, so I'm surprised it is only 70%.... But then they probably are talking about Religious Taoism so thinking about it now, that makes sense.
The Mainline to Liberal Protestants doesn't sound anything like my answers, except in the "ethical" beliefs as opposed to "religious", if that makes any sense. They might as well have just put "Flaming Liberal".
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1. Eastern Orthodox (100%) 2. Roman Catholic (100%) 3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%) 4. Seventh Day Adventist (85%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (82%) 6. Orthodox Judaism (58%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%) 8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%) 9. Jehovah's Witness (53%) 10. Hinduism (52%) 11. Islam (52%) 12. Liberal Quakers (42%) 13. Sikhism (40%) 14. Bah�'� Faith (34%) 15. Unitarian Universalism (31%) 16. Jainism (30%) 17. Reform Judaism (30%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (21%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (20%) 20. Nontheist (17%) 21. Neo-Pagan (17%) 22. Secular Humanism (15%) 23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (14%) 24. New Age (13%) 25. Taoism (10%) 26. New Thought (9%) 27. Scientology (9%)
quote:conservative/fundamentalist protestant
Fundamentalist is a quite different attribute than conservative WRT to Christian beliefs in general, and fundamentalism in particular.
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I found mine rather amusing. LDS is listed a 7th. I was actually pleased to see the religions I teach my students are listed in the top ten. I'm going to have to read about Baha'i Faith because I have no idea what that is.
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%) 2. Bahá'í Faith (90%) 3. Sikhism (88%) 4. Hinduism (86%) 5. Islam (86%) 6. Jainism (86%) 7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (76%) 8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (72%) 9. Eastern Orthodox (71%) 10. Jehovah's Witness (71%) 11. Roman Catholic (71%) 12. Seventh Day Adventist (66%) 13. Reform Judaism (65%) 14. Mahayana Buddhism (64%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (61%) 16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%) 17. Liberal Quakers (56%) 18. Unitarian Universalism (53%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (52%) 20. Neo-Pagan (50%) 21. New Age (41%) 22. Scientology (31%) 23. New Thought (29%) 24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%) 25. Taoism (25%) 26. Nontheist (21%) 27. Secular Humanism (21%)
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I got pretty much the same answers as last time too. Although I think Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic were 3 and 4 that time. I don't think my answers were any different, but I might have changed how I rated the priority of a few.
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Orthodox Quaker (84%) 3. Liberal Quakers (82%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (76%) 5. Roman Catholic (76%) 6. Seventh Day Adventist (72%) 7. Unitarian Universalism (72%) 8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (71%) 9. Reform Judaism (67%) 10. Sikhism (62%) 11. Hinduism (53%) 12. Neo-Pagan (53%) 13. Bahá'í Faith (52%) 14. Orthodox Judaism (46%) 15. New Age (45%) 16. Islam (42%) 17. Secular Humanism (42%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (41%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (40%) 20. Scientology (38%) 21. New Thought (35%) 22. Taoism (34%) 23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%) 24. Jainism (31%) 25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%) 26. Nontheist (23%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (19%)
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1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%) 2. Neo-Pagan (99%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (94%) 4. Hinduism (89%) 5. New Age (89%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (85%) 7. Jainism (82%) 8. Reform Judaism (81%) 9. Liberal Quakers (80%) 10. New Thought (76%) 11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%) 12. Scientology (70%) 13. Sikhism (67%) 14. Bahá'í Faith (66%) 15. Taoism (59%) 16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%) 17. Secular Humanism (53%) 18. Orthodox Judaism (49%) 19. Orthodox Quaker (48%) 20. Islam (40%) 21. Nontheist (26%) 22. Seventh Day Adventist (24%) 23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%) 24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%) 25. Eastern Orthodox (17%) 26. Roman Catholic (17%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
Well, this thing was more or less right on the money. I don't practice any religion per se, but the top 3 are definitely closest to my beliefs. I actually thought Hinduism would be #1.
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quote:1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (93%) 3. Liberal Quakers (86%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%) 5. Nontheist (68%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (64%) 7. Bah�'� Faith (59%) 8. Neo-Pagan (58%) 9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (52%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%) 11. Taoism (44%) 12. New Age (42%) 13. Jehovah's Witness (40%) 14. Orthodox Quaker (38%) 15. Reform Judaism (38%) 16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%) 17. Mahayana Buddhism (35%) 18. New Thought (34%) 19. Sikhism (34%) 20. Jainism (28%) 21. Scientology (28%) 22. Hinduism (19%) 23. Seventh Day Adventist (18%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (16%) 25. Islam (16%) 26. Orthodox Judaism (16%) 27. Roman Catholic (16%)
Hmm. Close. Of course, I de-emphasized most of the social issues. I currently identify as a non-theist, but this quiz probably latches onto some of the christian values common to people from western Kansas.
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So, here's something fun (for dataheads like me).
I took the 20 people in this thread who posted the full 27 element belief vector and computed the Euclidean distances between everyone. These represent, in some sense, similarity of beliefs. A smattering of results (I'll post the full distance matrix if people are interested):
Most similar beliefs: TStorm and Alcon Least similar beliefs: vonk and Dagonee Most common beliefs (minimum average distance): Icarus Most uncommon beliefs (maximum average distance): Dagonee <edit>People most similar to me: aragorn64, Steev, BaoQingTian People most dissimilar to me: Alcon, Luet13, vonk</edit>
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. I think I've taken it three times, and considering I always need to put "None/NA/Don't Care" for just about every question, I wonder why I've taken it that many times.![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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