The Belief-O-Matic!!!

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I'm 100% Liberal Protestant, yay! What are you??? Find out now, and proudly post your faith here!

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. New Age (87%)
5. Taoism (84%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (81%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
9. New Thought (69%)
10. Secular Humanism (69%)
11. Scientology (66%)
12. Bah�'� Faith (58%)
13. Hinduism (57%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (57%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
17. Reform Judaism (44%)
18. Jainism (43%)
19. Nontheist (42%)
20. Sikhism (41%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
25. Islam (13%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)

Neo-Pagan and UU fit me well, although Quaker does not...

Secular Humanism 100%

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
5. Nontheist (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (52%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. New Age (46%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
14. Reform Judaism (39%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
18. New Thought (32%)
19. Sikhism (28%)
20. Jainism (26%)
21. Scientology (26%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
23. Hinduism (17%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
25. Islam (14%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)

Dunno about the liberal quakers thing, and non-theist should be above mainline to liberal christian prodestant, but otherwise it seems pretty accurate to me. I'm guessing I got those results because I believe in having a reverance of nature and pacifism, and that social programs and equality are important.

Wow....I thought my 100%'d be rare. You guys pretty much agree with the findings? What did you think about the ones rated close to you? It scares me that Scientology got a 61% rating on my run-thru.

. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. New Age (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (82%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
7. Secular Humanism (75%)
8. Reform Judaism (70%)
9. Scientology (68%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
11. Jainism (65%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (61%)
13. Sikhism (59%)
14. New Thought (58%)
15. Hinduism (57%)
16. Taoism (54%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
19. Nontheist (51%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (49%)
21. Islam (48%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
26. Roman Catholic (20%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (17%)

100% Liberal Christian Protestant


Ok...I scoffed...but damn if they didn't nail it.....

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (92%)
4. New Thought (80%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (78%)
6. Bah�'� Faith (70%)
7. New Age (69%)
8. Reform Judaism (66%)
9. Scientology (62%)
10. Neo-Pagan (59%)
11. Secular Humanism (57%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (47%)
15. Taoism (46%)
16. Nontheist (43%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
19. Sikhism (33%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
21. Hinduism (31%)
22. Jainism (30%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
25. Islam (25%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (93%)
3. Secular Humanism (91%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
5. Neo-Pagan (78%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
7. New Age (63%)
8. Nontheist (60%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (59%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (57%)
11. Taoism (54%)
12. Reform Judaism (53%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
15. New Thought (41%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
17. Jainism (36%)
18. Sikhism (36%)
19. Scientology (33%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (32%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
22. Hinduism (24%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
26. Islam (16%)
27. Roman Catholic (16%)

People should say what they really think of them self as. So we know if this is really working. As you see in my title for mine it did work.

Secular Humanist (100%)
And I do consider myself to be just that.

This was second in my list, which left me confused as well.

Quakers (Friends) are Christians, so it doesn't fit me at all.

From Wikipedia:

"Fox and the other early Quaker preachers believed that direct experience with God was available to all people, without any mediation (e.g. through a pastor, or through sacraments). Fox described this by writing in his journal that "Christ was come to teach his people himself."

Friends have often expressed this belief by referring to "that of God in Everyone", "inner light", "inward Christ", "the spirit of Christ within", and many other terms. Everyone contains the seed of God, and much of the Quaker perspective is based on trying to hear what the Inward Guide is saying to us. Isaac Penington put it this way in 1670, "It is not enough to hear of Christ, or read of Christ, but this is the thing - to feel him my root, my life, my foundation..."

Perhaps the above is why the test is assigning this to some of us, albeit mistakenly.

If anything, it sure tells us where the FOX News show "FOX & Friends" got its start!

I'm not sure what my catagorie is. I've got some opinions based on experiences, but am not pinning all my hopes on any one thing. I guess you could call me a "Try to live your life right, do more good than harm, and wait to see what happens" kinda guy.

If I think logically, when we die, we are just dead. No more electrical impulses in our brains, no more chemicals zooming around, no more visual, audio, olfactory, textile sensations to trigger responses. We just rot and are no more.

I can find alot of evidence for this, including brain damage or chemical imbalances causing total changes in a persons personality, memory loss, etc.

However, due to some life experiences, it's hard to throw out the whole afterlife thing. There is some compelling evidence, including astral projection, that we are far more than just our fragile fleshy shells, and that we have the capability of leaving them behind and moving onward to a more energy-based exsistance.

Also, two of my uncles were earlier, and highly successful EVP researchers and I've been there for many sessions, hearing definite voices answer definite questions. Also, I have hand typed transcripts in my posession outlining what the afterlife is like in many ways. Whether it's true remains to be seen.

One thing is for certain in my mind. We are on our own for the most part on earth, and blaming our actions, or the actions of others on God or the Devil is a cop out. We are responsible, unless very ill, for our own bad choices, or our own wonderful deeds.

I don't believe in one Devil, or a fiery hell of any sort, though there may be a "slower" or more confining plane of existance. There may be a god, but I would view such as more of a very advanced alien presence.

It's hard to be sure of any one theory without far more proof. And if there is a god, and he wants to be worshipped, why not give us some hard evidence.

Had to grin since I was raised (outside of my time on the reservation with my grandparents) as a Roman Catholic. Guess the nuns really weren't so successful at beating it into me.


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (97%)
3. New Age (93%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
7. New Thought (79%)
8. Scientology (76%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
10. Secular Humanism (75%)
11. Taoism (71%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
13. Reform Judaism (62%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
16. Hinduism (48%)
17. Sikhism (45%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
19. Jainism (39%)
20. Nontheist (32%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (31%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
26. Islam (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)

That's actually a nice belief system. More about personal responsibility than many other religions.

WOW!

Got me right on. 100% Quaker!

pass the oats



Edit : Have to add that the poll was pretty poorly worded though, the results cannot be considered to actually mean anythign without a clear,"not relevant" or "none of the above" choice in each question (there is not).

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (83%)
5. Reform Judaism (80%)
6. Sikhism (72%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (69%)
8. Hinduism (66%)
9. Secular Humanism (65%)
10. Neo-Pagan (64%)
11. New Age (64%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (61%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
15. Jainism (59%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (51%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (51%)
19. Roman Catholic (51%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%)
21. Taoism (48%)
22. Islam (46%)
23. New Thought (44%)
24. Scientology (41%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
27. Nontheist (37%)

Yep, that works

The Quaker faith is very much about honoring your individual gifts as given to you by God, and about social responsibility. They believe God is in all of us and not just up there somewhere. I find their views lovely. I'm somewhere between 1 and 2.

Um. No?

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (96%)
3. Neo-Pagan (92%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. Secular Humanism (76%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (72%)
9. Nontheist (71%)
10. New Age (70%)
11. Taoism (68%)
12. Bah�'� Faith (67%)
13. Jainism (66%)
14. Hinduism (65%)
15. New Thought (62%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (57%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (55%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
19. Sikhism (45%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
21. Scientology (40%)
22. Reform Judaism (36%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
26. Islam (20%)
27. Roman Catholic (20%)


Too biased towards Christian religions and Wicca/Paganism, in my opinion. Anything phrasing me as a radical Christian needs to be seriously reprogrammed.

Can I have your computer since you won't be needing it anymore? I'll trade you this butter churn and scythe for it.

I will up that with one butter churn, scythe, and this nifty oil lamp.

LOL, David we usually get along but that's a ridiculously poorly informed view. There are computers all over the Friends meeting where my daughter went to school. And we even drove newfangled modern vehicles there

You're thinking of the Amish. And I'm betting they're underrepresented on any computer survey.

I took the survey awhile back, and it got me right - 100% Neo-Pagan. Gimme that ol' time religion!

I'm telling!! You call yourselves Quakers! Pffft! Why, in my day, quakers had to walk uphill 35 miles to school, in 5 feet of snow, barefoot and uphill both ways. For entertainment we built barns and played Pin the Bonnet and the Bride.

I'm a me-ist. I believe in me.

Anyway, here are my test results:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
5. Nontheist (77%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Taoism (50%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
10. New Age (48%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
14. Reform Judaism (38%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
18. New Thought (30%)
19. Sikhism (25%)
20. Scientology (24%)
21. Jainism (24%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
23. Hinduism (12%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
25. Islam (10%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
27. Roman Catholic (10%)

No mention of Festivus, disappointing.

David, you are a nut.

I mean this in the fondness of ways, not in a *look, it's a personal attack, ban Fiona, she called him a food substance to which many are allergic* sort of way.

Shame to have to have such disclaimers.

Nut.