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Garnet Psaltery
Walking on the Moon
Join date: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 913
06-28-2005 13:55
Top six :- Reformed Judaism, Baha'i, Orthodox Judaism, Sikhism, Islam, Liberal Quakers.

Oy vey, I'm none of these.
Liona Clio
Angel in Disguise
Join date: 30 Aug 2004
Posts: 1,500
06-28-2005 13:55
From: Arcadia Codesmith
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!


Oh, gawd, now you got a filk song in my head....
(to the tune of Gimme That Old Time Religion)

We will worship L Ron Hubbard
and we'll keep him in our cupboard
'til the day he is discovered
Dianetics works for me!

:eek:
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Rimble Rampal
Rambler
Join date: 23 Apr 2004
Posts: 95
06-28-2005 13:56
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Reform Judaism (92%)
4. Liberal Quakers (91%)
5. New Age (84%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
8. New Thought (73%)
9. Sikhism (73%)
10. Hinduism (72%)
11. Scientology (68%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
13. Jainism (66%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (57%)
16. Secular Humanism (53%)
17. Taoism (52%)
18. Islam (50%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
20. Nontheist (43%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
26. Roman Catholic (20%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (15%)


At least Sciencetology is not in the top 10 :P
I was brought up Mormon and my grandparents are Roman Catholic.
Guess I have weird beliefs because reading thru the top ones, I don't fit with all or even most of them.
Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
Join date: 7 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,078
06-28-2005 13:57
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (95%)
3. New Age (92%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (85%)
6. Liberal Quakers (85%)
7. New Thought (85%)
8. Scientology (78%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (65%)
12. Reform Judaism (65%)
13. Secular Humanism (64%)
14. Taoism (59%)
15. Hinduism (51%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
17. Sikhism (47%)
18. Jainism (45%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
20. Nontheist (42%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (37%)
23. Islam (30%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (28%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)


Yep, pretty dead-on.

-Ghoti
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
Posts: 7,141
06-28-2005 13:59
From: David Valentino
That's actually a nice belief system. More about personal responsibility than many other religions.

I agree, and meant no offense towards Quaker beliefs at all. I just don't believe in the Judeo-Christian god, so I dont feel that it should have been near the top of my list.

I believe that the entire universe is alive, and is "God". Hopefully, someday, if we humans are still around, we will see the "truth" in this.
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David Valentino
Nicely Wicked
Join date: 1 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,941
06-28-2005 14:02
From: Arcadia Codesmith
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!



So quakers are modern? I am confused!!!
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Travis Lambert
White dog, red collar
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,819
06-28-2005 14:02
Makes sense to me, I think :)

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (92%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Reform Judaism (70%)
5. Neo-Pagan (68%)
6. Secular Humanism (66%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
8. New Age (61%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (55%)
11. Taoism (54%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (48%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (47%)
15. New Thought (45%)
16. Sikhism (43%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
18. Nontheist (42%)
19. Scientology (38%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (37%)
21. Roman Catholic (37%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (31%)
24. Islam (25%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
26. Jainism (20%)
27. Hinduism (17%)
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Lo Jacobs
Awesome Possum
Join date: 28 May 2004
Posts: 2,734
06-28-2005 14:06
Interesting!

Why am I Protestant?

From: Belief-O-Matic


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (92%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
4. Neo-Pagan (81%)
5. Secular Humanism (79%)
6. New Age (77%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
9. New Thought (61%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
11. Reform Judaism (56%)
12. Scientology (56%)
13. Bah'ai Faith (54%)
14. Taoism (53%)
15. Nontheist (50%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
17. Sikhism (36%)
18. Hinduism (36%)
19. Jainism (32%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (25%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
25. Islam (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
27. Roman Catholic (11%)

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James Miller
Village Idiot
Join date: 9 Jan 2003
Posts: 1,500
06-28-2005 14:08
The bold is basically what I am.


1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (99%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. Neo-Pagan (91%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (78%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (78%)
9. Jainism (78%)
10. New Age (75%)
11. Islam (71%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
13. Sikhism (70%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (63%)
15. Hinduism (62%)
16. Secular Humanism (61%)
17. Taoism (50%)
18. New Thought (49%)
19. Scientology (47%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (39%)
23. Nontheist (38%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (30%)
26. Roman Catholic (30%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
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Ananda Sandgrain
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Join date: 16 May 2003
Posts: 1,951
06-28-2005 14:19
I am not surprised so many people are finding liberal Quaker so high on the list. The modern Friends are about the most un-dogmatic group to ever develop out of Christian tradition. My parents are Quakers, and this point of finding their own way to a direct relationship to the divine in life is central to their philosophy. Nonviolence, inclusiveness and social justice are also central tenets in their lives.
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David Valentino
Nicely Wicked
Join date: 1 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,941
06-28-2005 14:24
From: Fiona Peregrine
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.


You never have to disclaim around me darlin! And I am a nut, nor am I allergic to other nuts. :p
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David Lamoreaux

Owner - Perilous Pleasures and Extreme Erotica Gallery
David Valentino
Nicely Wicked
Join date: 1 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,941
06-28-2005 14:25
From: Ananda Sandgrain
I am not surprised so many people are finding liberal Quaker so high on the list. The modern Friends are about the most un-dogmatic group to ever develop out of Christian tradition. My parents are Quakers, and this point of finding their own way to a direct relationship to the divine in life is central to their philosophy. Nonviolence, inclusiveness and social justice are also central tenets in their lives.



Do quakers have any hot women that attend services? I've been feeling the need for some spiritualism lately...
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Kim Dingo
Registered User
Join date: 1 Feb 2005
Posts: 12
06-28-2005 14:30
I got this:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
3. Neo-Pagan (96%)
4. Hinduism (90%)
5. New Age (90%)
6. Scientology (90%)
7. New Thought (89%)
8. Jainism (78%)
9. Liberal Quakers (78%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
11. Reform Judaism (75%)
12. Sikhism (75%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (73%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (61%)
16. Taoism (59%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (58%)
18. Islam (48%)
19. Secular Humanism (48%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
21. Nontheist (30%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)

Feels right; I guess my non-applicables were taken into account correctly. Some questions were really pushing for a fundamentalist pro/anti stance, which I can't always justify.

PS: I see the list not as defining ME, rather as indicating which belief systems would make sense to me if I contacted them or believers of those sytems. I reserve the right to believe according to my personal inspiration, and a belief system is for me a good place to look for enlightenment, but I also think any belief system is fundamentally flawed in that it is more system than belief. In a word, I am not churchy :-)
Jake Reitveld
Emperor of Second Life
Join date: 9 Mar 2005
Posts: 2,690
06-28-2005 14:31
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (98%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (98%)
4. Taoism (97%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
6. Neo-Pagan (91%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (83%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
9. New Age (81%)
10. New Thought (73%)
11. Scientology (71%)
12. Hinduism (64%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (63%)
14. Secular Humanism (61%)
15. Nontheist (54%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
17. Jainism (50%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
19. Sikhism (46%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
21. Reform Judaism (41%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (19%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (8%)
25. Islam (8%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (8%)
27. Roman Catholic (8%)

Interesting. The first spot is almost dead on, given that I am a Buddhist. I would say I am closer to Taoist than Theravedic Buddhist, and I don't know how I could be a quaker since I don't belive in christ, or that the bible is the word of god.
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Tubaman Grasshopper
Registered User
Join date: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 18
It Says LIBERAL Quaker
06-28-2005 14:43
Liberal Quakers probably aren't what you think they are.

The adjective is very important. There's a big difference between a Liberal Christian and a Fundamentalist Christian, for example.
Lianne Marten
Cheese Baron
Join date: 6 May 2004
Posts: 2,192
06-28-2005 14:54
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. Secular Humanism (89%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
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Kim Dingo
Registered User
Join date: 1 Feb 2005
Posts: 12
06-28-2005 15:06
The page with the results provides links to descriptions of the listed belief systems.

Maybe it would be good to look at the contents of the links instead of using the Public Idea of a belief system, to evaluate if the results are accurate or not.

A lot of the listed belief systems have a mystical (or other) haze in the public eye, which is not the belief system itself, but some kind of Press "Mirage".
Paolo Portocarrero
Puritanical Hedonist
Join date: 28 Apr 2004
Posts: 2,393
06-28-2005 15:16
Weeeeeeee! No big surprises here:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (81%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (77%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (74%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (69%)
7. Reform Judaism (60%)
8. New Age (56%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (55%)
11. Eastern Orthodox (53%)
12. Roman Catholic (53%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
14. Secular Humanism (52%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%)
16. Neo-Pagan (50%)
17. Taoism (49%)
18. New Thought (48%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (40%)
22. Sikhism (40%)
23. Scientology (39%)
24. Nontheist (38%)
25. Hinduism (37%)
26. Jainism (36%)
27. Islam (35%)
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Pratyeka Muromachi
Meditating Avatar
Join date: 14 Apr 2005
Posts: 642
06-28-2005 15:24
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Secular Humanism (81%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Taoism (64%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (64%)
9. Nontheist (61%)
10. New Age (52%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (45%)
12. Jainism (45%)
13. Sikhism (44%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
16. Hinduism (38%)
17. Reform Judaism (36%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (32%)
20. New Thought (32%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
22. Scientology (23%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (9%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (6%)
26. Islam (6%)
27. Roman Catholic (6%)

Whatever... I thought the universe was created by LL!
Ananda Sandgrain
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Join date: 16 May 2003
Posts: 1,951
06-28-2005 15:52
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. New Age (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (80%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
6. Hinduism (70%)
7. Secular Humanism (70%)
8. Sikhism (69%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
10. Scientology (66%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)
12. New Thought (65%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
14. Jainism (62%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
17. Taoism (55%)
18. Reform Judaism (50%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
20. Nontheist (41%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (35%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
24. Roman Catholic (35%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
27. Islam (22%)

Hey, it looks like most of us should be Unitarians! But then that's true no matter what you believe. :p
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,898
I broke it.
06-28-2005 17:26
1. >: ( (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (92%)
3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers (83%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
6. Neo-Pagan (71%)
7. Secular Humanism (67%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
9. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (64%)
10. Nontheist (59%)
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David Cartier
Registered User
Join date: 8 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,018
06-28-2005 18:44
No surprises here...
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (95%)
3. Roman Catholic (95%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (90%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
8. Islam (61%)
9. Hinduism (61%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (55%)
12. Sikhism (51%)
13. Baha'i Faith (48%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (45%)
15. Jainism (45%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (44%)
17. Liberal Quakers (42%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
19. Reform Judaism (33%)
20. Unitarian Universalism (33%)
Olympia Rebus
Muse of Chaos
Join date: 22 Feb 2004
Posts: 1,831
06-28-2005 19:25
Here's mine.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
4. Liberal Quakers (84%)
5. Nontheist (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. Reform Judaism (57%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
10. Taoism (54%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
12. New Age (51%)
13. New Thought (50%)
14. Scientology (45%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
18. Sikhism (35%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
20. Jainism (24%)
21. Islam (22%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
24. Hinduism (15%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)
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Baba Yamamoto
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Join date: 26 May 2003
Posts: 1,024
06-28-2005 21:59
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) <---- Bwahahahaha!! Funny
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)<----------------------------- NO WAY!
3. Secular Humanism (90%)<---------------------------------- I hate people
4. Liberal Quakers (86%)<------------------------------------- Meh.. No
5. Nontheist (73%)<--------------------------------------------- This is closest
6. Bahá'í Faith (71%)<------------------------------------------- Not really.
7. Neo-Pagan (71%)<-------------------------------------------- Nope

8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%) <------ No
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%) <------------------ Dumb
10. Reform Judaism (58%) <----------------------------------------------------- No


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Join date: 26 May 2004
Posts: 83
06-28-2005 22:39
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