I took the belief-o-matic quiz and

[Tanuki]

these are the top six answers I got

1. Sikhism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (100%)
3. Baha'i Faith (94%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (89%)
5. Islam (84%)
6. Jainism (80%)

As you can see my own faith (Baha'i) came third, not that I'm going to run out and become a Sikh or Reform Jew, but has anyone else done this quiz and found that their religion wasn't top?

 

[joea]

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1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Hinduism (89%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
4. Neo-Pagan (77%)
5. Taoism (74%)
6. New Thought (69%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (68%)
8. New Age (67%)
9. Scientology (61%)
10. Jainism (59%)
11. Liberal Quakers (55%)
12. Sikhism (52%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (39%)
15. Secular Humanism (38%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
17. Reform Judaism (31%)
18. Nontheist (27%)
19. Baha'i Faith (17%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (13%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (9%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (7%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (4%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
26. Islam (0%)
27. Roman Catholic (0%)

I follow Buddhism and it's teachings; here's my result. Notice the last three faiths all at 0%, no surprise, as a lot of my posts and replies reflects this..

 

[monta]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (79%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
5. Neo-Pagan (74%)
6. Nontheist (72%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
8. Reform Judaism (59%)
9. New Age (57%)
10. Taoism (56%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (49%)
13. Sikhism (48%)
14. Scientology (41%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%) 16. New Thought (38%)
17. Baha'i Faith (33%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
20. Jainism (31%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
22. Hinduism (29%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
24. Islam (26%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
26. Roman Catholic (26%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (18%)

 

[Onkara]

Mine changes depending on the way God is represented it seems (or believed to be) I feel the test is limited to some stereotypes, where as some systems of belief are quite broad, such as Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), this morning I appear to be:

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (94%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (85%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (83%)
5. Sikhism (80%)
6. New Age (79%)
7. Jainism (77%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Scientology (71%)
10. Liberal Quakers (71%)
11. Reform Judaism (67%)
12. Baha'i Faith (63%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
15. Islam (56%)
16. Taoism (54%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (34%)
19. Secular Humanism (28%)
20. Nontheist (21%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (21%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (11%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (7%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (7%)
25. Roman Catholic (7%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (7%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (3%)

 

[Riverwolf]

Yeah, I got Mahayana Buddhism at 100%. lol

These kinds of quizzes are really just for fun, IMO, not really anything else.

 

[dogsgod]

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (61%)
4. Liberal Quakers (38%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
6. Neo-Pagan (19%)
7. Baha'i Faith (0%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
10. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
11. Hinduism (0%)
12. Islam (0%)
13. Jainism (0%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
17. New Age (0%)
18. New Thought (0%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
21. Reform Judaism (0%)
22. Roman Catholic (0%)
23. Scientology (0%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
25. Sikhism (0%)
26. Taoism (0%)
27. Theravada Buddhism (0%)

 

[dogsgod]

The test makes no sense. How can one be 100% nontheist and at the same time register readings for the religions listed?

 

[te_lanus]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (87%) 3. Hinduism (78%) 4. Reform Judaism (75%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (71%) 6. Liberal Quakers (68%) 7. New Thought (63%) 8. New Age (63%) 9. Jainism (60%) 10. Sikhism (58%)

 

[Smoke]

The test makes no sense. How can one be 100% nontheist and at the same time register readings for the religions listed?

You might have had some points in common with those religions apart from theism -- although I notice that the five religions for which the quiz says you have any affinity at all are all religions where it's not uncommon either to be an atheist or to view god(s) as a metaphor.

 

[Father Heathen]

1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (93%) 3. Liberal Quakers (76%) 4. Nontheist (76%) 5. Neo-Pagan (73%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%) 7. Theravada Buddhism (65%) 8. Reform Judaism (54%) 9. New Age (53%) 10. Taoism (51%) 11. Baha'i Faith (41%) 12. Orthodox Quaker (41%) 13. Sikhism (41%) 14. Mahayana Buddhism (40%) 15. Scientology (40%) 16. New Thought (37%) 17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (34%) 18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%) 19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%) 20. Eastern Orthodox (24%) 21. Islam (24%) 22. Jainism (24%) 23. Orthodox Judaism (24%) 24. Roman Catholic (24%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (17%) 26. Hinduism (13%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)

 

[T-Dawg]

I can tell that this test is completely bogus just from the first question - there's no option for an evil, personal God that didn't actually create the world but rather stole the credit from it. There's also no option to distinguish subpersonalities of God, the main three being the Dark Lord Yahweh ("God"), his false prophet ("Jesus"), and his demon, the Holy Spirit.

 

[Azakel]

I can tell that this test is completely bogus just from the first question - there's no option for an evil, personal God that didn't actually create the world but rather stole the credit from it. There's also no option to distinguish subpersonalities of God, the main three being the Dark Lord Yahweh ("God"), his false prophet ("Jesus"), and his demon, the Holy Spirit.

I'm sorry that doesn't make it bogus. It just means it doesn't fit you're hateful Maltheist view is all.

 

[Mister Emu]

This test gets it right whenever I take it...

100% Eastern Orthodox
100% Roman Catholic

I hate that the closest Eastern Rite church is over 2 hours away...

 

[Smoke]

I can tell that this test is completely bogus just from the first question - there's no option for an evil, personal God that didn't actually create the world but rather stole the credit from it. There's also no option to distinguish subpersonalities of God, the main three being the Dark Lord Yahweh ("God"), his false prophet ("Jesus"), and his demon, the Holy Spirit.

It's definitely slanted toward certain perspectives. I haven't been able to see what distinction, if any, it makes between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, it lumps all Hindus together, it lumps all Mahayana Buddhists together, and it either ignores Vajrayana or lumps it in with Mahayana. Meanwhile, it makes a distinction between "Orthodox" and "Liberal" Quakers, and while I agree with the distinction if not the terminology, it just underlines the extent to which the quiz focuses on Christian and Post-Christian religions.

I think it's fun anyway.

I went ahead and took it again, since I haven't taken it in a while and my results always vary from time to time. I got ten results with over 50%:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (87%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Taoism (63%)
8. Nontheist (61%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
10. New Age (52%)

Which is kind of funny, because we've been talking about visiting a UU Church. John has no interest in going to meditation classes with me, but he's willing to go to UU services and Quaker meetings. I want to get involved in Buddhist groups, and I'm probably going to do that on my own, and we'll see if the UU thing works out for us to do together. Either that, or it's back to the Quaker meeting, because John doesn't share my love of sleeping in on Sunday, so we're going to have to do something.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

My results don't really surprise me. I'm surprised Liberal Protestant is that low though.

Mahayana Buddhism(100%) Neo-Pagan(94%) Unitarian Universal (90%) Hinduism(87%) Liberal Quakers(83%) New Age(78%) Theravada Buddhism(75%) Sikhism(75%) Jainism(72%) Reform Judaism(65%) Baha'i Faith(62%)Taoism(62%) Liberal Christian Protestants(61%) New Thought(57%) Scientology(54%) 16. Orthodox Quaker(53%) 17. Secular Humanism(50%) Orthodox Judaism(45%) Christian Science(43%) Islam(38%) Seventh Day Adventist(31%) 22. Nontheist(30%) Mormons(28%)Conservative Christian Protestant(27%) 25. Jehovah's Witness(24%) Eastern Orthodox(22%) Catholic(22%)

 

[ChristineES]

Here is mine. I am 100% Christian/Protestant but 69% Hinduism.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Eastern Orthodox (98%) 3. Roman Catholic (98%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (83%) 6. Seventh Day Adventist (83%) 7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (74%) 8. Orthodox Judaism (72%) 9. Hinduism (69%) 10. Islam (64%) 11. Sikhism (62%) 12. Jehovah's Witness (58%) 13. Baha'i Faith (57%) 14. Reform Judaism (54%) 15. Liberal Quakers (53%) 16. Unitarian Universalism (49%) 17. Jainism (40%) 18. Scientology (39%) 19. Neo-Pagan (38%) 20. New Thought (37%) 21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%) 22. Mahayana Buddhism (33%) 23. Theravada Buddhism (32%) 24. New Age (28%) 25. Nontheist (20%) 26. Secular Humanism (20%) 27. Taoism (18%)

 

[Revoltingest]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (91%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (88%)
5. Neo-Pagan (68%)
6. Liberal Quakers (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (51%)

No surprises there.

 

[T-Dawg]

I'm sorry that doesn't make it bogus. It just means it doesn't fit you're hateful Maltheist view is all.

By "bogus" I mean it can't accurately represent all viewpoints as it claims to. Since my beliefs aren't even an option, it's obvious that I'm not represented. Sorry, I thought that was clear.

And I don't know where you get the ridiculous idea that my maltheist view is "hateful." It's far less hateful to call God out on how evil he is by his own admittance than to worship him as the Christians do.

 

[joea]

I can tell that this test is completely bogus just from the first question - there's no option for an evil, personal God that didn't actually create the world but rather stole the credit from it. There's also no option to distinguish subpersonalities of God, the main three being the Dark Lord Yahweh ("God"), his false prophet ("Jesus"), and his demon, the Holy Spirit.

Just take the test..then we'll talk about it.

 

[T-Dawg]

Just take the test..then we'll talk about it.

I was about to, but I found I couldn't answer the first question . Oh wells, I'll just go with the "none of the above" answer and see what happens...