Test: Belief-o-Matic Quiz

[EffEmDoubleyou]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (93%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (80%)
5. Bahai Faith (70%)
6. Reform Judaism (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. New Age (66%)
9. Sikhism (63%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (59%)
13. Hinduism (56%)
14. New Thought (55%)
15. Eastern Orthodox (53%)
16. Roman Catholic (53%)
17. Scientology (50%)
18. Secular Humanism (50%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (50%)
20. Taoism (49%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (47%)
22. Jainism (45%)
23. Islam (45%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
26. Nontheist (34%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (17%)

Geez, we're almost exactly the same...wanna start a religion?

 

[Ivy]

Geez, we're almost exactly the same...wanna start a religion?

You're the INTJ, isn't that your arena?

 

[aeon]

1. New Age (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. New Thought (91%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
5. Scientology (88%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (87%)
8. Liberal Quakers (87%)
9. Taoism (86%)
10. Hinduism (70%)
11. Secular Humanism (69%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
15. Reform Judaism (51%)
16. Nontheist (42%)
17. Baha'í Faith (40%)
18. Sikhism (40%)
19. Jainism (38%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
25. Islam (18%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)

No surprises. The top 12 move around every time I take this test, but Roman Catholic is consistently at the bottom.


cheers,
Ian

 

[geminigirl]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Liberal Quakers (79%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
7. Secular Humanism (73%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
9. Reform Judaism (69%)
10. Taoism (60%)
11. New Thought (54%)
12. Scientology (52%)
13. Nontheist (49%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
16. Sikhism (44%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (39%)
19. Jainism (36%)
20. Islam (29%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
23. Hinduism (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)

 

[lastrailway]

Those of you who score Neo-Pagans, New Age, Unitarian Universalism, etc. do these actually represent your beliefs? What is Neo-Pagan-ism, etc, anyway? What do Neo-Pagans, New-Age-ans and Univesalists believe?

 

[geminigirl]

I don't really see myself as fitting into any religion to be honest. I do believe in psychic power though does that count? I have never heard of my top 3 results before so I can't say whether I agree with them or not.

 

[sassafrassquatch]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
8. Reform Judaism (68%)
9. Taoism (57%)
10. Sikhism (51%)
11. Scientology (50%)
12. New Age (48%)
13. New Thought (47%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (34%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (33%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (31%)
22. Islam (31%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (31%)
24. Roman Catholic (31%)
25. Hinduism (17%)
26. Jainism (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

I'm a skeptic/atheist/infidel and I despise secular humanism so I'm not sure why I scored so high on it.

 

[tovlo]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. New Thought (98%)
3. Scientology (95%)
4. Liberal Quakers (93%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)
6. New Age (92%)
7. Neo-Pagan (91%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (78%)
11. Taoism (78%)
12. Reform Judaism (67%)
13. Secular Humanism (67%)
14. Hinduism (65%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
16. Baha'i Faith (57%)
17. Sikhism (51%)
18. Nontheist (47%)
19. Jainism (47%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
23. Islam (27%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
26. Roman Catholic (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

 

[aeon]

What do Neo-Pagans, New-Age-ans and Univesalists believe?

I would say:

God is the conscious awareness from which the uni-verse, or is-ness, which is to say, no-thing-ness, the essential nature of undivided be-ing, springs forth in the ever-present moment. God is the cessation of all contexts and causation, all divided awareness, and the resolution of all paradoxes.

There are no particular manifestations of godliness in that all that we may perceive as "things" are divine expressions in and of themselves, and so for me no need for worship or symbolic attachment.

I would not presume to say that which comes after death, but I sense that my essential nature is timeless and ever-present. I am aware of my sensation, my emotion, my thought - and in that I am aware of those things, I am not those things. My body shall certainly perish, but the conscious awareness from which I am born is without beginning or end.

That would be a start.


cheers,
Ian

 

[aeon]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. New Thought (98%)
3. Scientology (95%)
4. Liberal Quakers (93%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)
6. New Age (92%)
7. Neo-Pagan (91%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (78%)
11. Taoism (78%)
12. Reform Judaism (67%)
13. Secular Humanism (67%)
14. Hinduism (65%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
16. Baha'i Faith (57%)
17. Sikhism (51%)
18. Nontheist (47%)
19. Jainism (47%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
23. Islam (27%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
26. Roman Catholic (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

This is but a part of why I love you so.

Ian

 

[Natrushka]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Secular Humanism (86%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
7. New Age (76%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
9. Nontheist (69%)
10. Taoism (65%)
11. Reform Judaism (59%)
12. Sikhism (53%)
13. Jainism (44%)
14. Bahi Faith (43%)
15. New Thought (39%)
16. Scientology (37%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
18. Hinduism (36%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
24. Islam (24%)
25. Roman Catholic (24%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)

Interesting.

 

[Sahara]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (74%)
4. Liberal Quakers (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (63%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (46%)
9. Taoism (44%)
10. Reform Judaism (43%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
13. Sikhism (32%)
14. Scientology (30%)
15. New Thought (28%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (26%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
18. Jainism (24%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
21. Hinduism (19%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
24. Islam (17%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

Just as it should be, and just like the last time.

 

[Zaerne]

And to answer the earlier poster, Roman Catholic is the full, proper name of the religion which is why it doesn't just say "Catholic". There are no other sects.

Though I understand what you are saying, I don't think that "Roman Catholic" is the "full, proper name". There are Eastern Rite Catholics, which are under the rule of the Pope and are in full communion with the Catholic church wouldn't consider themselves "Roman Catholic" because to them, this means the Western/Latin Church, which have different rites and discipines (though still keeping same doctrines, and again, in full communion with the Bishop of Rome). I guess it can be used to try to emphasize that it is talking about the Catholic Church under the authority of the Pope (currently Benedict XVI), since there are many sects running around with the name "catholic". (And no Eastern Catholics are not the same as Eastern Orthodox because I'm pretty sure Eastern Catholics would want to emphasize the fact that they accept the authority of the pope.)

 

[Nonpareil]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (90%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
9. New Thought (61%)
10. Scientology (61%)
11. New Age (57%)
12. Taoism (54%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
14. Reform Judaism (46%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
16. Bahai Faith (34%)
17. Jainism (34%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
19. Sikhism (31%)
20. Islam (30%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
22. Hinduism (19%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (11%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (11%)
26. Roman Catholic (11%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (4%)

I don't know about anyone else, I had a hard time with those questions. I never think of things that way and I wasn't sure how I should answer it. Then I had to rate my answer. I do have opinions but I have a hard time with multiple choice because I wouldn't put my thoughts that way...anyways, the results were as I expected.

 

[ygolo]

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (91%)
3. Jainism (78%)
4. Neo-Pagan (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (66%)
7. New Thought (60%)
8. Sikhism (60%)
9. New Age (59%)
10. Liberal Quakers (53%)
11. Scientology (52%)
12. Taoism (50%)
13. Reform Judaism (44%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
15. Bahai Faith (42%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (35%)
19. Islam (34%)
20. Secular Humanism (27%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (20%)
26. Roman Catholic (20%)
27. Nontheist (16%)

I have no idea what Neo-Paganism is (despite the explanation), but the others in the top 6 seem accurate.

 

[Kyrielle]

I don't know about anyone else, I had a hard time with those questions. I never think of things that way and I wasn't sure how I should answer it. Then I had to rate my answer. I do have opinions but I have a hard time with multiple choice because I wouldn't put my thoughts that way...anyways, the results were as I expected.

I had the same problem. Every question seemed like the answers were either way off or only "okay". Would read one and have to keep saying "Well, that's not exactly how I'd put it. More like that choice, but that one isn't quite right either..." And then of course there were the ratings...how on earth am I supposed to determine the question's importance? Some of these I didn't even know the complete answers to!

So yea, I empathise.

 

[Totenkindly]

I had the same problem. Every question seemed like the answers were either way off or only "okay". Would read one and have to keep saying "Well, that's not exactly how I'd put it. More like that choice, but that one isn't quite right either..."

I did have that problem too. Around 30-40% of the time, the answer I had in my head was not offered.

 

[Mercurial]

I think question logic was sloppy and seemed designed to steer towards Christianity.

What's important is that I was raised Catholic, and that came out near the bottom. Suck it, Trebek.



1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (89%)
3. Neo-Pagan (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
6. New Age (84%)
7. Secular Humanism (78%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
9. Taoism (69%)
10. Jainism (61%)
11. Sikhism (61%)
12. Hinduism (57%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
14. Reform Judaism (51%)
15. New Thought (50%)
16. Nontheist (50%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
19. Scientology (38%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
24. Islam (21%)
25. Roman Catholic (21%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (17%)

 

[Mercurial]

Just as it should be, and just like the last time.

Spread those wings that are no longer clipped and fly, woman!

 

[Razorcut]

1. New Age (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (92%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
5. New Thought (87%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (82%)
7. Hinduism (82%)
8. Scientology (81%)
9. Liberal Quakers (73%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
12. Taoism (62%)
13. Secular Humanism (56%)
14. Reform Judaism (53%)
15. Jainism (48%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
19. Sikhism (31%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
23. Islam (25%)
24. Roman Catholic (25%)
25. Nontheist (25%)
26. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (22%)

Very fun test! But what the "H" does New Age mean?