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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
This was on another board I visit, and seemed very hatrack-esque.

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Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
 
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (97%)
4. Roman Catholic (97%)
5. Islam (92%)

Those were my top matches. LDS made it into my top 10 (#9 at 77%).

Though some of those questions were iffy. For example the thing about social programs. I am against social programs run by the government but it it good for churches to do charity.

And the whole good works thing...I believe we are saved by Christ...not by any works we do...BUT if you really are a Christian, you should desire to do good.
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
This quiz bugs me. I want to select more than one on many of the questions.
 

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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
I bet Tom will get a kick out of this. It is basically where I scored last time I took this.

1. Bahá'í Faith (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (94%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
4. Reform Judaism (91%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
6. Sikhism (88%)
7. Liberal Quakers (88%)
8. Jainism (85%)
9. New Age (81%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (78%)
11. Hinduism (77%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
13. Islam (72%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
15. Scientology (58%)
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
5. Liberal Quakers (49%)
6. Neo-Pagan (29%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (26%)
8. Taoism (16%)
9. New Age (8%)

Everything else at 0%.

Well, that's new !
I wonder what my grandparents would say if they knew I'm more of a "Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants" than an "Eastern Orthodox"...

[ August 06, 2004, 07:20 PM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
I was giving a lot of "none of the aboves" and the only ones I weighted as "high" were on baptism and good works. I am LDS but it gave me:

1.  Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2.  Eastern Orthodox (91%)
3.  Roman Catholic (91%)
4.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (89%)
5.  Jehovah's Witness (86%)
6.  Islam (84%)
7.  Orthodox Quaker (80%)
8.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (77%)
9.  Sikhism (76%)
10.  Hinduism (76%)

I was very sketchy on the "Worship:..." question, because we definitely don't worship Jesus and the Holy Ghost, but the description of "Supreme Power, God or Gods" didn't sound right. I think I chose that but I nearly went with "none of the above".

I would be really curious to know what answers are supposedly 100% LDS. Maybe if I'd weighted the anti- abortion-gay-divorce section has high priority instead of medium.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
How this test could more easily reflect an LDS belief:

1. The first reply is closest, but "corporeal spirit" is not right as we believe God has a tangible body. None of the above.

2. "Incarnation" isn't really the right word, since we don't believe God was God yet when he acquired his body. None of the above.

3. The second is a fair reflection of common Mormon belief: A "day" is not literally 24 hours.

4. The afterlife... I think I went "None of the above" again. "Spiritual development continues" was good, except for "all my eventually experience...closeness to God". This would only be true if we also considered Jesus and the Spirit "God".

Hmmm. Those were the major ones that I didn't understand how the ratings could be accurate without an actual answer.
 

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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
Corporeal means having a body.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
Then to say he's a corporeal spirit doesn't really make sense, any more than to say fugu is a corporeal spirit.
Edit to add emphasis

[ August 06, 2004, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
I've taken this test dozens of times, actually, and it's been pretty consistent each time.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
So is "Atheist" or "agnostic" a possible outcome? P.S. I see the "nontheist" above. I was just wondering if the belief-o-meter tells the difference.

[ August 06, 2004, 07:39 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
So glad you found this; I had been looking for it. I took it before, but let's see where I stand now.


1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Seventh Day Adventist (91%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (89%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (82%)
5. Roman Catholic (82%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
8. Islam (63%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (63%)
10. Liberal Quakers (61%)
11. Sikhism (50%)
12. Unitarian Universalism (49%)
13. Reform Judaism (49%)
14. Hinduism (46%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (43%)
17. Jainism (42%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (34%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
21. Neo-Pagan (27%)
22. New Age (27%)
23. Scientology (25%)
24. Secular Humanism (24%)
25. Nontheist (20%)
26. Taoism (19%)
27. New Thought (19%)

Pretty close. I got Seventh Day Adventist last time.

(Orthodox Quaker? I know almost nothing about these guys.)

Edit: Guess I didn't have to put them all. Oh well.

[ August 06, 2004, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
 

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Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
 
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
5. Reform Judaism (86%)
6. New Age (84%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (74%)
9. Secular Humanism (73%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (61%)
13. Jainism (58%)
14. Islam (57%)
15. Sikhism (57%)
16. Hinduism (56%)
17. New Thought (54%)
18. Scientology (53%)
19. Taoism (50%)
20. Nontheist (47%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (34%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (28%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
27. Roman Catholic (21%)

I find it amusing that I was born Roman Catholic and it's, apparently, the least of what I am.

Hmmmm, I'm a third Mormon, guess that's why I like Hatrack.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*laugh*

Lupus and pooka led with Orthodox Judaism, but I don't. Close, though.

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1. Islam (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
3. Sikhism (95%)
4. Reform Judaism (88%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (85%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (75%)
7. Jainism (66%)
8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (61%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (58%)
10. Roman Catholic (58%)

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1. Seventh Day Adventist (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (96%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (89%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (87%)
5. Roman Catholic (87%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
8. Hinduism (56%)
9. Islam (55%)
10. Liberal Quakers (54%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (53%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (53%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (51%)
14. Sikhism (44%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
16. Reform Judaism (40%)
17. Jainism (37%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (25%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (25%)
20. Neo-Pagan (24%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
22. New Age (20%)
23. Secular Humanism (19%)
24. Nontheist (18%)
25. Scientology (18%)
26. Taoism (17%)
27. New Thought (16%)

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This is quite funny, since I know next to nothing about my two top matches. But since alot of questions didn't have the answer I really wanted to answer, and I only answered whatever was closest, I didn't really expect it to be very accurate...
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Same top three as me, hooooooles!
 

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Posted by Vera (Member # 2094) on :
 
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Nontheist (86%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (58%)
8. Reform Judaism (46%)
9. Taoism (43%)
10. New Age (40%)
11. New Thought (36%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
13. Scientology (33%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (33%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)
16. Sikhism (27%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (26%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (21%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
22. Islam (14%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
24. Roman Catholic (14%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (12%)
26. Hinduism (9%)
27. Jainism (8%)

I have no idea how I ended up with non-theist at only 86% I expected this to be first or second.

But good news for Mormon missonaries (30%), you have a 16% leg up on the Jehovas Witnesses (14%).

Edit: You're also way ahead of the Roman Catholics, even though I was sort of raised Catholic.

[ August 06, 2004, 08:31 PM: Message edited by: Vera ]
 

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Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :
 
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (89%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (83%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (80%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (70%)
8. Secular Humanism (68%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
10. Neo-Pagan (63%)
11. Hinduism (63%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (62%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (60%)
14. New Thought (59%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
16. Nontheist (55%)
17. Jainism (53%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
19. New Age (50%)
20. Taoism (48%)
21. Scientology (46%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (46%)
23. Reform Judaism (43%)
24. Sikhism (41%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
26. Roman Catholic (36%)
27. Islam (35%)

I don't even know what my top four are.

Oh, and guess which religion I actually practice:

Number 26 LOL.
 

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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
GGrr. I closed it by accident. But I remember My #1, Neo-Pagan.
 

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Posted by from Cythera (Member # 6749) on :
 
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Secular Humanism (82%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
7. Taoism (68%)
8. Hinduism (67%)
9. Neo-Pagan (66%)
10. New Age (63%)
11. Scientology (61%)
12. New Thought (60%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
14. Sikhism (57%)
15. Jainism (56%)
16. Nontheist (55%)
17. Reform Judaism (50%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (44%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
24. Islam (17%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (13%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (7%)
27. Roman Catholic (7%)

This quiz makes me even more confused than I was before I took it, hahaha.

Can anyone explain Theravada Buddhism?

[ August 06, 2004, 09:31 PM: Message edited by: from Cythera ]
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (96%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (83%)
5. Roman Catholic (83%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
7. Islam (62%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (62%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
10. Liberal Quakers (50%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
12. Hinduism (46%)
13. Sikhism (43%)
14. Reform Judaism (42%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (38%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (37%)
17. Jainism (37%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (36%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (34%)
20. Nontheist (29%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
22. Taoism (28%)
23. Scientology (25%)
24. New Thought (24%)
25. Neo-Pagan (23%)
26. New Age (21%)
27. Secular Humanism (19%)


Pretty much what I expected it to be.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 

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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (91%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers (81%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
8. Nontheist (71%)
9. New Age (70%)
10. Reform Judaism (57%)
11. Taoism (52%)
12. New Thought (50%)
13. Scientology (50%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
15. Jainism (43%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
17. Sikhism (41%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (40%)
19. Hinduism (39%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
21. Islam (33%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
25. Roman Catholic (21%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)

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My goodness. A lot of these were "not important" answers. I knew I was in trouble when I ranked the importannce of deity question (the first) as "low".

EDIT: I read the first one on my list (the one I supposedly agree with 100%) and it sounds very uinlike what I believe, so...



[ August 06, 2004, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
 

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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
 
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)
3. New Age (95%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
5. Hinduism (94%)
6. Jainism (93%)
7. Sikhism (93%)
8. Liberal Quakers (83%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
10. New Thought (76%)
11. Reform Judaism (76%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (74%)
13. Scientology (71%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (69%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
16. Taoism (60%)
17. Islam (59%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (59%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
20. Secular Humanism (47%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (31%)
24. Nontheist (31%)
25. Roman Catholic (31%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (22%)


I'm a Kardecist Spiritist, but it's not there, I guess.
 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
I'm LDS, thanks.

Hobbes

[ August 06, 2004, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
 

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Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
 
Heh Heh Heh. Now we can really start splitting people up...


I'm not surprised by mine.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Neo-Pagan (80%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. Taoism (67%)
8. New Age (61%)
9. Nontheist (61%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
 

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Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
 
very rough split looks to be 7 people on one side of the spectrum, and 10 people on the other.
 

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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
My tops were unitarian universalism and something about quakers. Not a big surprise.

space opera
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
Here's an odd mix when I replied based on my secular ethics as opposed to my religious dogma:

1.  Jainism (100%)
2.  Hinduism (97%)
3.  Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
4.  Bahá'í Faith (85%)
5.  Neo-Pagan (84%)
6.  Orthodox Judaism (80%)
7.  New Age (77%)
8.  Theravada Buddhism (76%)
9.  Islam (69%)
10.  Unitarian Universalism (67%)
11.  Liberal Quakers (66%)
12.  Sikhism (65%)
13.  Orthodox Quaker (57%)
14.  Reform Judaism (57%)
15.  Seventh Day Adventist (53%)
16.  Jehovah's Witness (52%)
17.  New Thought (48%)
18.  Scientology (47%)
19.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)
20.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%)
21.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%)
22.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
23.  Taoism (40%)
24.  Eastern Orthodox (39%)
25.  Roman Catholic (39%)
26.  Secular Humanism (28%)
27.  Nontheist (21%)

Taoism came up disappointingly low. I guess I'll have to go read their section on it. But it's an odd mix, with Orthodox Judaism still 80%.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Teshi:

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EDIT: I read the first one on my list (the one I supposedly agree with 100%) and it sounds very uinlike what I believe, so...

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1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (99%)
3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (94%)
4. Islam (88%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (76%)
6. Jainism (75%)
7. Hinduism (75%)
8. Sikhism (72%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (66%)
10. Roman Catholic (66%)

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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
4. Liberal Quakers (88%)
5. New Age (87%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
9. Reform Judaism (65%)
10. New Thought (61%)
11. Nontheist (57%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
13. Sikhism (56%)
14. Scientology (55%)
15. Jainism (54%)
16. Taoism (52%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (37%)
18. Hinduism (37%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (18%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
26. Islam (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)

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1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (85%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (79%)
5. Roman Catholic (79%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
7. Liberal Quakers (57%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (49%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (48%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (44%)
11. Islam (44%)
12. Hinduism (42%)
13. Reform Judaism (35%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (35%)
17. Sikhism (31%)
18. Jainism (29%)
19. New Age (28%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
21. Neo-Pagan (26%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
23. Taoism (21%)
24. New Thought (20%)
25. Nontheist (20%)
26. Secular Humanism (20%)
27. Scientology (15%)

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Especially seeing as how my ancestors were orthodox Quakers -- and I know their beliefs and disagree with them. In reality I'm what my #2 choice says.

Some of these questions were very ambigious and unanswerable. Such as the one that says "Good works is: 'necessary' or 'unnecessary'" Well, necessary for WHAT? If the question is necessary for salvation, then it's false (for me) because salvation is a gift of God by grace. But good works are necessary if we keep wanting to grow as Christians and follow Christ. We aren't saved BY our good works -- good works are a result OF our salvation. So I have no way of answering that one since they didn't really complete the thought.

And I couldn't answer #12 at all, and there was no "none of the above" on that question.

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
I remember having fun with this when I and some friends were on Paper Staff in High School.

1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (89%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (83%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (76%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (73%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
9. Roman Catholic (57%)
10. Islam (57%)
11. Seventh Day Adventist (55%)
12. Sikhism (53%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (49%)
14. Reform Judaism (47%)
15. Liberal Quakers (47%)
16. Hinduism (46%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
19. Jainism (38%)
20. Neo-Pagan (34%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (33%)
22. New Age (28%)
23. New Thought (27%)
24. Scientology (21%)
25. Secular Humanism (18%)
26. Nontheist (14%)
27. Taoism (14%)

The top two are identical to what I had before...

I knew a protestant guy who took the quiz and came back 100 percent LDS. We had a good giggle over that one.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Vera, I tried to figure out what you did not to get a 100% on Nontheist. You basicly answered most of the questions 13 to 20 with an answer other then Not Applicable. On the contrary, I answered Not Applicable to most since they should not be part of a belief system, but should be allowed to differ from person to person, as there's not enough scientific proof either way. (and I include human sciences here) If I choose what I believe right now, then I get a result very, very similar to yours.
 

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Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
 
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (95%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (92%)
4. Roman Catholic (92%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (91%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (73%)
7. Hinduism (67%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
9. Jehovah's Witness (66%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
11. Islam (55%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
13. Sikhism (48%)
14. Jainism (45%)
15. Liberal Quakers (42%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (36%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (34%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (33%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
20. Reform Judaism (29%)
21. Neo-Pagan (29%)
22. Scientology (24%)
23. New Age (24%)
24. Nontheist (21%)
25. Secular Humanism (21%)
26. New Thought (19%)
27. Taoism (16%)
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
I didn't feel like all of the options were worded as I would like, but I tried my best and these are the results:

1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (97%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (84%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (75%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (75%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (72%)
9. Roman Catholic (72%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (70%)
11. Liberal Quakers (62%)
12. Sikhism (60%)
13. Hinduism (58%)
14. Islam (56%)
15. Jainism (55%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (50%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
20. Reform Judaism (41%)
21. Neo-Pagan (32%)
22. New Age (31%)
23. New Thought (27%)
24. Taoism (24%)
25. Secular Humanism (22%)
26. Nontheist (19%)
27. Scientology (16%)
 

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Posted by Vera (Member # 2094) on :
 
Corwin, I think you're right. If I go back and answer "not applicable" to all the social/political issues type questions I get:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Nontheist (97%)
3. Secular Humanism (97%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5. Liberal Quakers (68%)

And I probably should have answered "not applicable" to those anyway. I have strong feelings on those issues, but I don't think that I would want my "religion or faith category" to address them. I kind of think it's a separate issue. But then, I would certainly never belong to a religion that did adress those issues in a way I disagreed with, so I guess in a way it is relevant. That's why I answered them the first time.

I do know that I would definitely NOT want to be UU, despite apparently agreeing 100%. Any religion that can be shared by people who disagree on such a basic question as whether there is a diety doesn't sound like a belief system at all.

Non-theist is also too vague for me. I have some pretty strong beliefs that are not adressed by that.

I guess I'm probably closest to secular humanist. I agree with them on pretty much everything, but I'm not sure I like the emphasis on man being able to improve himself. Sounds too squishy for me. I like my belief systems without such a soft, gooey center. Still, it definitely seems like the closest for me.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
soft, gooey center. *snort*
 

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Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
 
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (92%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (77%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (76%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
7. Sikhism (68%)
8. Islam (66%)
9. Reform Judaism (55%)
10. Hinduism (53%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
12. Jainism (52%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (52%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (52%)
15. Roman Catholic (52%)
16. Liberal Quakers (51%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (43%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (42%)
20. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
21. New Thought (35%)
22. Neo-Pagan (33%)
23. New Age (32%)
24. Scientology (29%)
25. Secular Humanism (21%)
26. Nontheist (19%)
27. Taoism (15%)
 

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Posted by Aria (Member # 6699) on :
 
Wow im just a bit of everything

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
5. Neo-Pagan (72%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
7. Nontheist (63%)
8. Reform Judaism (60%)
9. New Age (59%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)
11. Taoism (49%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
13. New Thought (44%)
14. Sikhism (43%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
17. Scientology (38%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
21. Jainism (26%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
23. Islam (21%)
24. Roman Catholic (21%)
25. Hinduism (20%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Vera, I'm glad I could help you solve your dilemma. And you have a point there, I wouldn't adhere to a belief/religion that would disagree with me on those issues either. Then again, I don't see myself as being part of a non-theistic system - if there is something like that in the first place. It's just that I can safely be categorized like that. Extremist non-theist would be more precise. (see the number of belief systems in which I 'scored' a perfect 0...)

I find it strange though that there seem to be so few people among those who have posted their results here that have the same amount of non-religiosity in them as me. Then again, maybe there were others that entered the thread, saw what the test was about and didn't bother to take it ?!

By the way, does anyone know what percentage of the population in the US (or in the world) believes in God ?

Vera, did I miss anything here ? How come you have such a low post number and so few posts ? Did you post under another nickname ? (I would say it's not your type to do it...) Or... you have a life outside Hatrack ?
 

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Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
 
100% Secular Humanist. To the surprise of nobody.
 

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Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
 

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1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (83%)
4. Roman Catholic (83%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (79%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (77%)
7. Liberal Quakers (69%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (58%)
9. Hinduism (49%)
10. Sikhism (49%)
11. Reform Judaism (46%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
14. Neo-Pagan (40%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (36%)
16. New Age (36%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (35%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (34%)
20. Islam (33%)
21. Taoism (32%)
22. Secular Humanism (29%)
23. Jainism (25%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
25. Scientology (22%)
26. New Thought (21%)
27. Nontheist (15%)

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wow, my real faith came in fourth.
 

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Posted by Vera (Member # 2094) on :
 
Corwin,
I don't really see myself as part of a non-theistic system either, or any system at all.

As to the post count issue, I have been lurking here on and off for years. Probably even longer than my registration date would indicate. To give you some idea just how long, I remember Bonduca.

I have no idea why I'm posting all of a sudden or whether it will last. I have posted a few times over the years, but never got much response and never felt compeled to follow-up. The grad school thread pulled me in this time, but then I started posting on a couple other threads, which is weird for me.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
A lot of really cool people here have Quaker at the top or near the top of their list. I find that fascinating! It makes me want to know more about Quakers!
 

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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 

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Vera, I officialy have no idea what/who you're talking about... So that cannot really help me in determining your time of appearance here at Hatrack, can it ? (just teasing )

Edit: Oh no, new page...

[ August 07, 2004, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
 

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Posted by Vera (Member # 2094) on :
 
Quakers are pretty cool! The American Friend's Service committee is the First organization to ever win the nobel peace prize. They are often the first organization let in to war torn areas. They seem to have a pretty strong belief in peace and non-violence. Many of them were consciencious objectors WAY before that became cool. Many Quakers were also active abolitionists.

I think Liberal Quakers and Orthodox Quakers are pretty different. My best friend is a Liberal Quaker/Wiccan. Her family is Quaker and that's how she was raised, and although she is now Wiccan she still attends Quaker meeting and they don't have a problem with that. Liberal Quakers are kind of similar to UU in that you can kind of believe whatever you want, but their meetings are very different. I think Orthodox Quakers are more strictly Christian.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Interesting. Specifically, I did not know about the difference in Liberal and Orthodox. I guess living peacefully is a pretty strong part of their value system?
 

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Posted by Vera (Member # 2094) on :
 
Corwin...er, no, I guess that wouldn't help much then.

But I'm sure some of the really old oldbies remember her.

sarcasticmuppet: I never played mafia, so I'm not sure what you mean. Did Bonduca originate the mafia trend here?
 

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Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
 
It bothers me that Scientology ranks higher on my list than other religions I respect.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. New Thought (88%)
5. Reform Judaism (88%)
6. Scientology (84%)
7. Neo-Pagan (83%)
8. New Age (81%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (80%)
10. Secular Humanism (80%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
12. Taoism (72%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (70%)
14. Nontheist (69%)
15. Sikhism (67%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
18. Islam (52%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (49%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
21. Hinduism (38%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
23. Jainism (27%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
25. Roman Catholic (24%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)
 

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Posted by Vera (Member # 2094) on :
 
Beverly, here is what Belifnet has to say about Orthodox Quakers vs Liberal Quakers

It seems that living peacefully and working for social justice causes is fundamental to both.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Thanks. It is cool that this site gives a brief description on each belief system. I would enjoy reading them all. Quakers seem pretty darn cool.
 

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