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What religions are more adequate toward your beliefs?

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Cerrax

That One Guy
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (87%)
3. Neo-Pagan (87%)
4. Secular Humanism (86%)
5. New Age (80%)
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
My results vary a little every time I take this quiz, partly because the questions aren't altogether what I would like, and partly because my views are subject to change. But this is pretty accurate:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
5. Nontheist (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
8. Taoism (64%)
9. New Age (60%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)

Comments: I'm very sympathetic toward UUs, but the services I have attended followed a form of worship very similar to what I grew up with in the Methodist Church. I don't care for that at all, even though it's "edited" for diversity. The Quaker unprogrammed service (silent meeting) and meditation as practiced in some forms of Buddhism and Taoism are my favorite forms of religious service; failing that, I prefer liturgical forms. Even though I'm unlikely to agree with the content of liturgical forms, they are esthetically much more pleasing than typical Protestant forms of worship. I strongly dislike the New Age movement except to the extent it overlaps with Neopaganism. As an atheist, I'm more concerned with how religions encourage their adherents to behave than in what they believe. I admire Jainism, but am not personally suited to it.
 
rojse

rojse

RF Addict
Here are my results:

1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (89%) 3. Nontheist (84%)

Although I would have swapped the second and third result, the first three results seems to be right for me. I particularly liked the Secular Humanist ideals, they do appeal to me, and the UU idea of letting everyone believe what they wish.

The rest of the results were wrong, though. Many of them were extremely religious, despite my non-religious leanings, and much of the quiz contained questions which I felt did not have the answer that I would have chosen.
 
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jonny

Well-Known Member
Good quiz (except for the annoying roadblock ads). I guess I picked the right religion. I was surprised that I actually scored that high though.

1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%) 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%) 4. Jehovah's Witness (89%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (83%) 6. Seventh Day Adventist (77%) 7. Eastern Orthodox (70%) 8. Roman Catholic (70%) 9. Bahá'í Faith (67%) 10. Liberal Quakers (66%)
 
FerventGodSeeker

FerventGodSeeker

Believer
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Eastern Orthodox (100%) 2. Roman Catholic (100%) 3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (95%) 4. Seventh Day Adventist (87%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (85%) 6. Orthodox Judaism (68%) 7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%) 8. Islam (62%) 9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%) 10. Hinduism (56%) 11. Jehovah's Witness (55%) 12. Sikhism (50%) 13. Bahá'í Faith (48%) 14. Liberal Quakers (40%) 15. Jainism (35%) 16. Reform Judaism (35%) 17. Unitarian Universalism (31%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (26%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (25%) 20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%) 21. Neo-Pagan (21%) 22. Scientology (17%) 23. Nontheist (17%) 24. New Age (13%) 25. Secular Humanism (12%) 26. New Thought (12%) 27. Taoism (10%)


Shocker :D Switch #1 and #2, and you got it.
 
Wandered Off

Wandered Off

Sporadic Driveby Member
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Nontheist (73%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (71%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
8. New Age (66%)
9. Taoism (61%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (56%)

For some reason, this makes me think of Douglas Adams' idea of "electronic monks" (labor-saving appliances that do all the drudgery of believing so you don't have to).
 
MoonWater

MoonWater

Warrior Bard
Premium Member
here's mine
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (84%) 3. Neo-Pagan (83%)
I guess I should have expected unitarian seeing as how I borrow so much from so many beliefs. But I agree with many others here that I don't think the test is really comprehensive enough nor does really offer enough options. What I perticularly don't like is when it goes into the whole idea of "reaching salvation, enlightenment, spiritual harmony, etc" the questions it asks focus almost exculsively on the beliefs/rituals that pertain to those faiths which have the specific concept of salvation, namely abrahamic faiths and most of the answers for many of the questions seem to be abrahamic, particularly christian, in nature and the slight differences would be more for different denominations rather than different religions. It seems to me that this test is more suited for those who are Christian or of some other abrahamic faith to help them focus in on a particular denomination or on some other abrahamic faith or to tell people that they are atheist or at least not abrahamic. I wonder if there are any tests out there that are more comprehensive than this.
 
Comet

Comet

Harvey Wallbanger
Ha ha ha, the last time I took the test I had:

Hinduism at about 97% and Mahayana Buddhism at about 96% for my two highest....

This time I got:

Mahayana Buddhism 100% Followed by Neo-Pagan at 92% and Hinduism was around 5th with 86%
 
MoonWater

MoonWater

Warrior Bard
Premium Member
yeah, last time I took this test I was really high on neo-paganism. the thing is I think I only changed like one or two answers this time and yet there is a pretty major difference. Almost makes me think the test has schizophrenia.:D
 
Elessar

Elessar

Well-Known Member
The hardest part of this test is not the part of answering the questions - its more the priority I assign to them. Every time I take the test, it comes up a bit different, though my underlying beliefs are always the same. Anyway, my results down to 80% -
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)2. [URL="http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/What-Muslims-Believe.aspx"]Islam (100%)[/URL]3. Baha'i Faith (98%) 4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (95%) 5. Sikhism (94%) 6. Reform Judaism (89%) 7. Orthodox Quaker (84%)
 
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Surya Deva

Well-Known Member
My Results:

1. Hinduism (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (76%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (61%) 4. Jainism (59%) 5. Neo-Pagan (58%) 6. Sikhism (58%) 7. New Age (55%) 8. New Thought (54%) 9. Baha'i Faith (48%) 10. Scientology (47%) 11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%) 12. Liberal Quakers (44%) 13. Orthodox Judaism (44%) 14. Theravada Buddhism (43%) 15. Reform Judaism (38%) 16. Taoism (37%) 17. Islam (34%) 18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (30%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (17%) 21. Orthodox Quaker (17%) 22. Seventh Day Adventist (16%) 23. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%) 25. Roman Catholic (15%) 26. Secular Humanism (14%) 27. Nontheist (8%)
 
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Surya Deva

Well-Known Member
Comments: I think some of the options seem to be geared very specifically to certain religions. The option "one god, but many forms and aspects" is more specific to Hinduism than any other religion, thus if you checked that option I can see why Hinduism would come up.

Overall, I think the test is fairly accurate. I also noticed that there was a very strong difference between my top 5 and others here, which really does indicate my beliefs very well. I don't think any religion comes close to Hinduism, and if I were to select another religion it would definitely be Mahayana Buddhism. No other religion appeals to me in the slightest.
 
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