what would you consider yourself religion-wise?

[Ava]

that's always been a difficult question for me to answer. i believe in god and jesus christ(and more importantly the message he taught). however i have serious problems with the christian "faith", or to pin point it a little more, the christian church. i have yet to find a church that i feel as thoough i belong to or that meshes with my beliefs, and i often find myself cringing in church at the message from the pulpit.

i don't believe in a hell.. love, compassion and forgiveness were often themes in christ's sermons. the loving god i believe in doesn't "banish" people. i don't take everything in the bible literally, and many things out of it i don't choose to believe at all - after all neither god nor jesus wrote the bible, people did and the church decided what to include and what to exclude. i believe that people are born having the feelings towards people of the same or opposite sex that they have, and more importantly i don't think it matters even if they weren't born that way. who are we to tell people what they should and should not do in their personal lives? "judge not, that ye be not judged."

i'm also pro-choice, and of course when i utter the words "pro-choice" around most religious people i'm immediately seen as in need of being saved. apparently i'm going in hell for supporting a woman's right to do with her body what she chooses to do.

if i had to categorize my religious beliefs i would call myself a christian, because the message of christ is something i try to live by - admittedly unsuccessfully at times. however as someone who doesn't believe in a hell, and who believes that people of all faiths(or none) are equal in god's eyes and connected through something i don't understand, i would also consider myself having unitarian views.

anyways, boring and long post short - take this neat quiz and see what you come up with. do you think it pin points your religious views accurately?
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

the top 10 results i got were -
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
4. Neo-Pagan (85%)
5. New Age (79%)
6. Reform Judaism (78%)
7. Secular Humanism (67%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
10. Taoism (62%)

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. I would say I'm Agnostic.

Because I have no idea what I believe. :P

[sasquatch]

49. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBkUWbFjdpg

[regnaD kciN]

89. You sound like an Episcopalian to me...

Which is why the IRD ("Institute on Religion and Democracy" -- far-right think-tank/PAC) is waging a major campaign against it.

ON EDIT: That was supposed to be a reply to the O.P.

[ikojo]

2. Jewish..I prefer the more traditional service

except for the fact that women do not have as big a role in traditional judaism,

[Fox Mulder]

3. I consider myself an Agnostic Secular Humanist with some Buddhist and Pagan beliefs.

And here's why:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
5. Nontheist (76%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (67%)
8. Taoism (60%)
9. New Age (56%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)

[nytemare]

19. That's about what I got

Although, I am an atheist and not agnostic.


1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (74%)
4. Nontheist (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (48%)
9. Taoism (44%)
10. Reform Judaism (43%)

[jobycom]

4. I'm unreligious.

I don't believe in God. I used to call that atheist, but that's such a broad term, and there are some who use it like a religion itself. They never miss a chance to post that God is make believe, or that religion is evil, or something that indicates they feel they are in competition with other people's beliefs. I used to feel that way, I guess.

But now I just see religion as a club I don't belong to. It's interesting, and it's such a strong part of so many people's lives that I study it, sort of. But I don't feel any part of it. I don't believe in any gods, and don't feel any doubt about that, but I don't get upset at others who do. I judge people individually, not by what group they belong to, and I blame people for their crimes or sins individually, without blaming the group. And I don't care what others believe, really. Belief in God, no belief in God... it's like watching a discussion I'm not a part of.

[DarkTirade]

5. Athiest agnostic pagan.

In that order.

[Mojambo]

6. I'm an I-Don't-Care-ist. n/t

[sniffa]

7. Non-religious

Or, Sniffaist.

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. I have extremely strong religious/spiritual considerations

which in and of themselves do not cause me to choose to follow them...you can't get ripped by reading about weight-lifting...action is the hardest part, in my opinion.

"the loving god i believe in doesn't "banish" people."...I agree.

Belief in humans can be arbitrary. You can believe something that is not true, and act upon that for an entire lifetime. Human judgement is also telling; a text I read last night says that "unforgiveness" is the quickest path to separation from God's presence, that forgiveness is the path out of this "3rd dimension", and that the "4th dimension" is of love and service, which obviously are not possible with judgement...which is of the mind, not the heart. The path out of judgement is of the heart.

The AA literature says early on that, paraphrasing, we were rocketed into a 4th dimension of which we had not even suspected, based upon the love and service involved in program. The 3rd Tradition negates judgement and expulsion, opting to forgive any who need program, based upon the good they can do for others, and how that good branches out to others and others. Who are we to deny that?

Buddhism states that grasping and hate are two of the main poisons which must be overcome. In AA it is plainly stated that resentment is the number one offender, which has the power of life and death over us. It is grasping, which is dismantled through the tools of examination and forgiveness.

I for one would never forgive that which I judge, except that it is a life-threatening condition. It's a good motivator, and thankfully, the tools as described truly function as described. Kaballah states that the Universal elements of Judgement and Compassion are interconnected, and that one without the other is dangerous (at least judgement without compassion...I'm a rote beginner at Kaballah and am only attempting to parrot what I've recently skimmed over...)

Page 57 of the AA Big Book states: "What is this but a miracle of healing? Yet its elements are simple. Circumstances made him willing to believe. He humbly offered himself to his Maker- then he knew.

...

When we drew near to Him He revealed Himself to us!"

The Bible states that only the pure of heart may see God. I for one would like to know more about that last sentence above...

I believe in Christ and the power he presented (all of you can do as I have done...faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains) and especially regarding the social engineering he presented (which is astonishingly difficult in this world, but our increasingly negative context does not diminish it but reinforces its imperative), but I don't know about his divinity. Many Indian mystics have similar power.

I do know that the spiritual path is filled with pitfalls and predators (of a nature and dimension you would not wish to learn). Learning to respond with love appears to be the best method in our world. Skills and powers distract from love.

[Shine]

9. My spirituality is very eclectic.

I am drawn to earth-based, pagan tradition, that honor the Divine Feminine....

Native-American traditions

Buddhism



I took the quiz, quite fascinating btw, and these were my top 10:
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (96%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (84%)
5. New Thought (73%)
6. Scientology (70%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
8. Liberal Quakers (68%)
9. Taoism (62%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)

Very interesting! Thanks!

[stuntcat]

10. lately, Anti

only a supremely evil god would allow one species to start a mass extinction. I am sorry to get mean-sounding, I've had some thoughts lately I'd probably be arrested for if certain religious people had their way :cry:

I started taking the test but I have to go to bed so I couldn't read the answers so I'm posting this so I remember to do it tomorrow! The questions were good.

[stuntcat]

59. okay I did it now

But some of the questions didn't have my answer listed for me to pick. Like #7, there's so much suffering because people are horrible dumb animals. 40,000 people, mostly children, starve to DEATH every day but most of us don't care as long as we can put gas in our cars :mad: So 'humanist' makes it sound like I have some feeling for my species when I know in my heart we're gonna choke the world, we're not gonna slow down the extinction we started until we've killed off about 2/3 of our own species.

"1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
4. Liberal Quakers (89%)
5. Neo-Pagan (75%)
6. Taoism (74%)
7. Nontheist (71%)
8. Orthodox Quaker (71%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)"

[Fenris]

11. About what I expected:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (79%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (73%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (73%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (70%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (69%)
8. Jehovah's Witness (63%)
9. Sikhism (63%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)
11. Neo-Pagan (61%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
14. New Age (58%)
15. Reform Judaism (58%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (55%)
17. Roman Catholic (55%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (54%)
19. Jainism (52%)
20. Hinduism (52%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
22. New Thought (48%)
23. Secular Humanism (43%)
24. Scientology (41%)
25. Taoism (41%)
26. Islam (36%)
27. Nontheist (21%)

[SPKrazy]

12. If Anything I Am:

a Post Christian, Neo Jungian, Pagan, Spiritualist of sorts, but still pretty far to the left on that, in fact, I think more of an energy than a deity.

[Critters2]

13. I'm a Christian. I believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the one who

ushers in compassion. But I don't see it as what too often seems to me the squishy, feel good message of progressive Christians. Jesus looks evil in the face, confronts violence and says "No more!". This is a more active confrontation with violence than most progressive Christians mean. I think the message of Jesus was not just one of compassion, but of active non-violence, of challenging a world that says that sometimes you just have to behave violently.

My faith is best described in the works of Rene Girard. When I began reading Girard a couple of years ago, it was like someone was FINALLY stating the Christian faith as I found it in scripture and the tradition.

I suppose I'm a Girardian Christian.

As to the quiz you posted, it'll get my faith wrong, I'm sure. Because I use traditional language to describe my faith--because no better language has yet been arrived at--it'll make me a more traditional Christian than I am. In spite of my traditional language, I am a strict pacifist, and believe pacifism should be at the very heart of the Christian faith. Indeed, it's hard for me to stay in my own church these days, because of its constant waffling on issues of peace and violence. If I were a lay person--which would make switching easier--I'd become Mennonite or Brethren. But I do feel called to ministry, so changing denominations becomes complicated. I work to move the UCC closer to the pacifism which I find at the heart of the teachings of Jesus.

So, I'm not a traditional Christian, because Christianity lacks a commitment to a non-violent message that I think is necessary. But my theology is too theistic for most Quakers.

I don't fit easily in any category.

[Blue-Jay]

14. Nothing.

We are what we make of ourselves.

[Skittles]

15. THANK YOU

I am always glad to hear there are others :hi:

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. I'm afraid that self-responsibility is the core of much new age credo...

...we create the world and our experience ourselves, 100% responsibility (but with reinforcement by the larger functionality).

BlueJay, a new ager... :shrug:;)

[Blue-Jay]

20. I'm no "new-ager".

I believe in science and the type of morality that benefits all of mankind. There's no evidence of an invisible sky wizard, or a gestalt, or a common oversoul, or whatever else you want to call it. I think that believing that I share some common bond with 1/12th of the population, based upon my birthdate, is idiotic.

We are what we make of ourselves. That's not "new age" bullshit, that's common sense.

Now pardon me while I rub some crystals and align my chakras (or whatever the woo-woos call it).

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. Do new agers have a better sense of humor?

;)

I agree, no one requires one bit of woo-woo in order to act ethically, and to build an ethical future (which is desperately required). Good on you.

[Blue-Jay]

28. Have you met many "new-agers"?

No, they (mostly) don't have what you'd call a good sense of humor.

[Shine]

29. Woo hoo!

:woohoo:

er, woo woo

[Fox Mulder]

23. You sound like a Secular Humanist.

That's pretty much what they believe.

[Blue-Jay]

25. Whatever it's called. I don't really spend too much time thinking about it.

[Fox Mulder]

27. I spend too much time thinking about everything.

[Arugula Latte]

96. Me too ... Nothing

I really can't stand religion. The only one I kinda respect is Buddhism.

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Atheist/secular humanist.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
4. Liberal Quakers (77%)
5. Nontheist (76%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Reform Judaism (50%)
11. Taoism (49%)
12. Jainism (42%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
14. Scientology (37%)
15. New Thought (35%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (32%)
17. Sikhism (31%)
18. Islam (30%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
23. Hinduism (28%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
26. Roman Catholic (21%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (17%)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. Episcopalian

raised Lutheran

[pokerfan]

21. Pretty much as I expected

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)

I object that Pastafarianism was not included as a category.

[datasuspect]

22. heathen

i hold with Thales of Miletus and conclude that there are gods in everything.

so i guess i'm pantheistic.

[Skittles]

26. I WILL KICK YOUR.....ER.....PANTHEISTIC ASS

:7

[newmajority]

30. recovering Baptist

Grew up in a church that worshipped Reagan as much as it did Christ. Never bought into all of the doctrine, but I've pretty much given up on organized religion. Still try to live by the teachings of Christ. Some days I do better than others.

Never really felt the "Spirit" or the "Presence of God" or whatever you want to call it in a church building, as much as I have in nature, be it up in the mountains, or at the beach or whatever. And that led me to Native American spirituality.

So kind of a hybrid of those two, I guess. And some days in the last few years, I've pretty much questioned everything, but I do so with the knowledge that I've seen plenty of things that defy any "logical" explanation, so I would never make the jump to atheism (no offense to anyone who has)

So whatever label you want to attach to all of that, I guess. :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. We score very similarly on that quiz. :^)

[Inchworm]

32. Dang!

Secular Humanist again! That's it.. someone point me to Jeebus ;)

:hi:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Nontheist (76%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. New Age (53%)
9. Taoism (49%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
11. Reform Judaism (45%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (34%)
14. Scientology (34%)
15. Jainism (33%)
16. New Thought (32%)
17. Sikhism (28%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%)
19. Islam (22%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
24. Hinduism (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Roman Catholic (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

[harmonicon]

33. what do you consider yourself unicorn jockey-wise?

Myself, I'm a unicorn jockey that likes to stick with the same unicorn for years, so that we learn one another's rhythms when spirit cloud racing.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. I consider myself American Indian

:rofl: :eyes: :rofl:



1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (93%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (89%)
4. Islam (89%)
5. Neo-Pagan (88%)
6. Hinduism (82%)
7. Liberal Quakers (82%)
8. New Age (81%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
11. Sikhism (80%)
12. Jainism (78%)
13. New Thought (78%)
14. Scientology (73%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (49%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (49%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (38%)
20. Taoism (37%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (32%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
25. Roman Catholic (21%)
26. Nontheist (17%)
27. Secular Humanism (17%)

[LeftyMom]

35. I'm happily deity-free.

I spent some time looking for something relatively non-offensive, but then I realized that I didn't believe in any of it For me trying to find the least offensive thing to not believe in was a waste of my time and effort, and so I accepted the fact that I'm simply not inclined to believe much of anything without evidence.

[Adsos Letter]

36. Interesting...I only score at 78% of the denomination I actually belong to...

...time to look at the rules again... :D

[DFW]

37. At least their computer got #1 right

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
5. Neo-Pagan (73%)
6. Nontheist (69%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
8. Taoism (59%)
9. New Age (59%)
10. Reform Judaism (53%)

Where #7 came from, I'll never know.

At airports, I shop at the Diety-Free shop.

[Reverend_Smitty]

38. My results

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. Nontheist (71%)
8. New Age (66%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (61%)
10. Taoism (58%)
11. Reform Judaism (58%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (52%)
13. New Thought (48%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
15. Scientology (46%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
17. Jainism (36%)
18. Sikhism (33%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
20. Islam (24%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
23. Hinduism (23%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

However I call myself a Catholic Atheist...meaning I'm an atheist that was raised Catholic and therefore can never fully shake some of the traditions, customs and guilt. So I was a bit surprised to see Catholicism so far down on my list

[FloridaJudy]

39. Interesting

I think I've probably believed in each of my top ten at some point or another in my life. Not so sure about the "Christian" part though: I think Jesus had some really good ideas, but I'm not convinced he was the only Messiah. Right now I'm numbers two and seven. Wouldn't be surprised if that changed, though.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (92%)
4. New Age (86%)
5. Secular Humanism (85%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (85%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
9. Taoism (72%)
10. Reform Judaism (64%)

[CreekDog]

40. That test is way too hard for this late at night

Reminds me of my confirmation studies (which I failed). :dunce:

[loveable liberal]

91. I failed too...

Methodists let me try again though... had absolutely no interest in the subject matter, being forced to go to church and waste perfectly good sunday mornings.

[HEyHEY]

41. nothingtarian

[Fire Walk With Me]

42. Results.

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Sikhism (96%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (78%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (77%)
7. Jainism (75%)
8. Reform Judaism (73%)
9. Liberal Quakers (72%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
11. New Age (67%)
12. New Thought (60%)
13. Islam (58%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
17. Scientology (49%)
18. Eastern Orthodox (47%)
19. Roman Catholic (47%)
20. Taoism (46%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
25. Secular Humanism
26. Jehovah's Witness (28%)
27. Nontheist (15%)

[Fire Walk With Me]

98. If anyone is reading or if it matters, I'm pro-choice.

And believe that no one should either be forced or coerced into any religious or spiritual path.

[Angleae]

43. Before I said "I'm an Athiest"

I still do.


1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Nontheist (92%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
5. Liberal Quakers (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
8. New Age (45%)
9. Taoism (42%)
10. Reform Judaism (40%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
12. Sikhism (33%)
13. New Thought (30%)
14. Scientology (30%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (27%)
16. Hinduism (26%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
18. Jainism (23%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
20. Bahá'í Faith (18%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
25. Islam (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

[FloridaJudy]

67. Nothing at all contradictory

About being a Buddhist, Humanist or UU atheist. It's about making the world a better place, not getting about getting to heaven.

(Of course, you just know I'm gonna favor my own religion!)

"Have you been saved by the Ethical Principles?" :rofl:

Edited to add: Unitarian Jihad is always looking for more recruits. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL

[krispos42]

44. I run screaming from anything religion-related

"Run away! Run away!"

[Mr. Blonde]

45. 10 pages really?

Not surprising. Considering I'm a Methodist and all.

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (94%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (79%)
5. Roman Catholic (79%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (78%)
7. Liberal Quakers (69%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (66%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (66%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (58%)
12. Sikhism (57%)
13. Hinduism (54%)
14. Reform Judaism (54%)
15. Neo-Pagan (49%)
16. Islam (48%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (44%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (44%)
20. New Age (42%)
21. Jainism (38%)
22. Taoism (32%)
23. New Thought (32%)
24. Secular Humanism (32%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
26. Scientology (26%)
27. Nontheist (25%)

I thought some of the questions were a little too black and white. I'm full of nuance over here.

[Guava Jelly]

46. me

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (81%)
4. Liberal Quakers (81%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. New Age (57%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. Reform Judaism (49%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
13. Scientology (33%)
14. Jainism (32%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (32%)
16. New Thought (31%)
17. Sikhism (28%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
22. Islam (19%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
24. Hinduism (14%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
26. Roman Catholic (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

[From The Ashes]

47. Spiritual, but not particularly religious...

I'll have to admit this, though: I've not heard of some of these on that list. I am:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)
4. Secular Humanism (87%)
5. Neo-Pagan (76%)
6. New Age (75%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (66%)
10. Taoism (61%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
12. Nontheist (57%)
13. Reform Judaism (53%)
14. New Thought (50%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
16. Scientology (45%)
17. Jainism (44%)
18. Sikhism (44%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
20. Hinduism (37%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
24. Islam (22%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)

[Radical Activist]

48. Non-practicing agnostic.

[MrSlayer]

50. Secular Humanist 100%.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5. Liberal Quakers (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
8. Taoism (49%)
9. Reform Judaism (44%)
10. New Age (43%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (38%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (29%)
16. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
17. Sikhism (29%)
18. Scientology (28%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
20. Islam (26%)
21. Jainism (26%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
23. Roman Catholic (26%)
24. New Thought (25%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (18%)
26. Hinduism (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

[old mark]

51. None (NOT Nun!)

Attended religious school K-12, against my will. Took several college courses on religions, don't believe most of it.

I have no doubt there is something going on that we are not aware of, but IMO, religion and tstandard concepts of god are creations of the limited thought processes of us all over the years.

In other words, we believe our own bullshit, and kill others because they believe their own version. Sounds human to me, alright.

mark

[Chan790]

52. Secular Humanist.

The Beliefnet agrees:

Secular Humanism (100%)
Unitarian Universalism (91%)
Nontheist (84%)
Liberal Quakers (69%)
Theravada Buddhism (69%)
Neo-Pagan (55%)
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
Taoism (40%)
New Age (36%)
Reform Judaism (31%)

[Genevieve]

82. You're practically my twin:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (76%)
4. Nontheist (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (49%)
9. Taoism (48%)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. hmmm

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Secular Humanism (92%)
4. Neo-Pagan (91%)
5. New Age (88%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
9. Taoism (80%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (72%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (70%)
12. Reform Judaism (67%)
13. Jainism (63%)
14. New Thought (62%)
15. Nontheist (60%)
16. Scientology (57%)
17. Sikhism (53%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
19. Hinduism (45%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (37%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
24. Islam (34%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
26. Roman Catholic (26%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (19%)

[Fire Walk With Me]

70. 1. Liberal Quakers (100%)

Care ye for some oatmeal?

[southpaw]

54. Not a big surprise

On second thought, I'm actually a bit surprised that Nontheist is #4 on my list. I was not aware that my answer to any of the questions would have implied a belief in the supernatural... so shouldn't nontheist have at least been TIED for first?

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (76%)
4. Nontheist (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. New Age (51%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
11. Reform Judaism (42%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (30%)
14. Sikhism (30%)
15. Scientology (29%)
16. Jainism (28%)
17. New Thought (27%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
21. Hinduism (18%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
24. Islam (15%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

[Courtesy Flush]

55. OK I did the test

To simplify, I'll just say I'm an Atheist.


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (91%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (71%)
7. Taoism (71%)
8. Neo-Pagan (66%)
9. New Age (60%)
10. Nontheist (57%)
11. Sikhism (53%)
12. Reform Judaism (50%)
13. Scientology (49%)
14. Hinduism (48%)
15. New Thought (47%)
16. Jainism (47%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (40%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
24. Islam (18%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

[Call Me Wesley]

56. Half Scientologist.

Well, according to my results. Otherwise, Mahayana/Theravada Buddhist:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
3. Neo-Pagan (84%)
4. Hinduism (79%)
5. Liberal Quakers (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
7. Secular Humanism (71%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
10. Taoism (65%)
11. Sikhism (62%)
12. Jainism (61%)
13. Scientology (56%)
14. New Thought (54%)
15. Reform Judaism (47%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
18. Nontheist (42%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (31%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

[bigwillq]

57. UU

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (86%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
4. Neo-Pagan (83%)
5. Liberal Quakers (80%)
6. New Age (70%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
9. Nontheist (56%)
10. Reform Judaism (55%)
11. Taoism (55%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
13. New Thought (45%)
14. Scientology (43%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (40%)
16. Sikhism (40%)
17. Jainism (38%)
18. Hinduism (37%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

[NJmaverick]

58. Deist

[KG]

60. anti-

[Mutley]

61. Non-religious.

Here's how my quiz thingy came out:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Nontheist (76%)
5. Neo-Pagan (75%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
8. New Age (58%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. Reform Judaism (47%)

[blueraven95]

62. here's mine:

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (89%)
3. Neo-Pagan (89%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
7. New Age (76%)
8. Sikhism (69%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
10. Secular Humanism (68%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (64%)
12. Islam (61%)
13. New Thought (60%)
14. Scientology (58%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (55%)

I actually am a Reform Jew, but I don't feel the need to go to synagogue. It's a little complicated.

I thought a lot of these questions I could have answered differently, but I chose the closest answer.

[regularguy]

63. The test says UU

Although in real life I tend to fluctuate between fascinated non-believer and arrogant bastard. :)

[BarenakedLady]

64. Agnostic

I always get 100% Secular Humanist on that quiz.

[Blue_Tires]

65. Buddhist

[snooper2]

66. I believe in the Worm God

The worms that will eat our rotting corpse if you choose burial :rofl:

Religion is a crutch.....Same as drug addiction ( effects are obviously different )

[Seeking Serenity]

68. I'm of the Anglican branch of Christianity.

A fact about which I am not ashamed.

[yellowdogintexas]

69. that was interesting. I came out Liberal Quaker, UU and Mainline to Liberal

in a classic photo finish. So to speak. However there is that very interesting #4 NeoPagan which is pretty funny.

What this really illustrates is the universality of faith however one proclaims it. Boy could discussion rage from this if a group of friends took it together, then sat around and talked about it preferably with some sacramental wine and bread LOL


1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%)
4. Neo-Pagan (90%)
5. Secular Humanism (81%)
6. New Age (81%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
8. Orthodox Quaker (71%)
9. Reform Judaism (68%)
10. Taoism (66%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
12. Hinduism (55%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
14. New Thought (54%)
15. Scientology (49%)
16. Nontheist (46%)
17. Sikhism (44%)
18. Jainism (44%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (40%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
23. Roman Catholic (34%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
26. Islam (25%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

[Burma Jones]

71. Allrighty

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Secular Humanism (76%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (76%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
8. Hinduism (63%)
9. New Age (62%)
10. Nontheist (61%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
12. Seventh Day Adventist (60%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (56%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (54%)
15. Taoism (50%)

[bikebloke]

72. No fairy tales for me

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
4. Liberal Quakers (77%)
5. Nontheist (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (55%)
8. Taoism (54%)
9. New Age (50%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
12. Reform Judaism (41%)
13. Jainism (32%)
14. Bah�'� Faith (31%)
15. Sikhism (29%)
16. Scientology (28%)
17. New Thought (26%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
20. Hinduism (21%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
24. Islam (15%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

[RainDog]

73. you're young. you live in the middle of fundieland

and when I was about your age, I realized that I couldn't be honest with others around me about my beliefs because of theirs.

we all go through progressions. I rated 100% secular humanist... which is apparently diff. to them than non-theist. whatever. In other words, I don't know if belief.net really gets things outside of its own spectrum. or maybe they do.

[Mad_Dem_X]

74. Neo-Paganism

Wow. I never considered myself Pagan. Very interesting.

[otherlander]

75. I'm a reluctant atheist.

I attend a liberal meeting of Quakers, but mostly for the activism. Here's my top ten:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Neo-Pagan (73%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
7. New Age (63%)
8. Nontheist (62%)
9. Taoism (52%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)

[City of Mills]

76. That was fun and fairly accurate

I grew up Roman Catholic, and here are my quiz results:

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
4. New Age (94%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
6. Liberal Quakers (94%)
7. Taoism (83%)
8. Sikhism (75%)
9. Jainism (75%)
10. New Thought (74%)
11. Hinduism (73%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
13. Scientology (71%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (70%)
15. Reform Judaism (67%)
16. Secular Humanism (62%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (51%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (41%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
21. Nontheist (32%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
23. Islam (28%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
25. Roman Catholic (23%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

[madrchsod]

77. i`m a unitarian unversalist shout`n methodist

[kentauros]

78. Neo-Pagan

Hmm, I suppose. I would have swapped it with New Age, personally ;)

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (97%)
3. New Thought (94%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
5. Scientology (86%)
6. Liberal Quakers (80%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
8. Reform Judaism (78%)
9. Hinduism (74%)
10. Jainism (67%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
12. Sikhism (61%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
16. Secular Humanism (51%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
18. Taoism (50%)
19. Islam (42%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
21. Nontheist (27%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)

[loveable liberal]

79. I'm a Neo-Pagan! Yay!!!!!

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (95%)
4. New Age (93%)
5. Secular Humanism (88%)
6. Taoism (80%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
9. Scientology (70%)
10. New Thought (65%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
13. Nontheist (58%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
15. Reform Judaism (57%)
16. Jainism (49%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (44%)
18. Hinduism (43%)
19. Sikhism (42%)
20. Islam (28%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

[Kitty Herder]

80. Buddhist. But the beliefnet test tells me I'm a UU.

That's cool, because I can be both.

[Kitty Herder]

81. Update. It said I was a UU when I took it two years ago. I just took it again.

I took it again just now and it said that I'm a Mahayana Buddhist. That's the correct diagnosis.

My previous post referred to when I took the test about two years ago, when I was just starting to delve into Buddhism. So I guess my religious thinking has become more Buddhist since I last took the test. It makes sense that it would. It's interesting to see how much my thinking has changed in just two years. I'm glad I took it again.




1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. New Age (92%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (88%)
6. Liberal Quakers (75%)
7. Hinduism (74%)
8. New Thought (74%)
9. Scientology (73%)
10. Taoism (70%)
11. Jainism (67%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
14. Sikhism (59%)
15. Reform Judaism (57%)
16. Secular Humanism (55%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (39%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (37%)
20. Nontheist (32%)
21. Islam (27%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (15%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)

[Chan790]

93. I have a question...

since you self-identified as a Mahayana Buddhist I'm assuming you know the answer. It's admittedly just intellectual curiosity (as a political scientist/humanities nerd I tend to have a lot of those) but I figure I'm not the only one who while reading this thread wondered about this.

What exactly is the difference between Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism?

I looked at the BeliefNet descriptions and they are word-for-word exactly the same. I ran a Google search and the answers that I got back were that it was a regional/national difference and a lot of pages trying to explain but were littered with a lot of outsider-unfriendly terminology that I could spend weeks looking up (Pali Canon, Tripitaka, Arhat, sangha, Parittas, Bardo, kaya, Maitreya,...) with no promise of understanding the difference any better than I do now.

I'm assuming that there is a lot more to it than North-Asian (i.e. Tibetan) Buddhists are Mahayana, Southern (i.e. Laotian) Buddhists are Theravada, and Indian Buddhists might be either/neither. Is it a major schism or more like the different "flavors" of mainline Protestantism where there is no great divide, just a lot of small differences of opinion?

[Kitty Herder]

99. It's kind of complicated.

And I'm no expert, especially about Theravada. Theravada is based on the Pali canon, the earliest surviving written Buddhist works. Mahayana includes various other sutras that were written later.

The main difference is that Mahayana focuses on the bodhisattva ideal, which means that practitioners vow to work throughout all their lifetimes to free all sentient beings from suffering, putting off Nirvana until all beings become enlightened. One who does that is called a bodhisattva. Mahayana includes Zen, Pure Land, and Tibetan Buddhism.

In Theravada, each individual works for their own enlightenment, and maintains compassion for all sentient beings, but doesn't put off their own attainment of Nirvana in order to help others get there.

I hope that makes some sense. I'm still a beginner. I sort of pick up the dharma for a while and then put it down again when I get frustrated. So my progress is slow and my knowledge is limited.

Here's a website with more information:

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/snapshot02.htm

[Doug.Goodall]

83. Not at all

I can take it or leave it, right now I am leaving it.

[Awsi Dooger]

84. I say a brief prayer every night and attend midnight mass on Christmas eve

That's it. Otherwise I never think about religion at all, other than to fight instinct to put down anyone who tries to force religion into a conversation or situation. The nightly prayer is mostly an excuse to get to sleep without thinking I forgot something.

Plus, it somehow worked when I was a kid, praying for the Miami Dolphins to "win every game next season." That was prior to 1972. :)

[SoxFan]

85. "Moderately Progressive Catholic"

No big surprises here...

You Are an Ignatian Exercises (Moderately Progressive) Catholic
You love the church, but you'd like to see some changes in certain areas--birth control, divorce, the role of women--where official teaching seems disconnected from contemporary experience. You find the new vernacular liturgy, forms of prayer (such as adapting the age-old Ignatian Exercises for the laity), and devotions that arose in the wake of the Second Vatican Council much more relevant to your own spirituality than the old. Your favorite hymn is probably a contemporary standard such as "On Eagle's Wings." It goes without saying that your favorite pope is John XXIII, the pope of Vatican II. You admire examples of sanctity that seem relevant to our time, such as Dorothy Day. You loved the movie "The Mission," because it reflected a Christian concern for the marginalized that was squelched by the institutional church.




1. Roman Catholic (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (91%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (85%)
6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (81%)
7. Liberal Quakers (69%)
8. Hinduism (67%)
9. Bah�'� Faith (67%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
11. Sikhism (63%)
12. Unitarian Universalism (60%)
13. Islam (53%)
14. Reform Judaism (50%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%)
16. Jainism (43%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
18. Neo-Pagan (40%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (37%)
21. New Age (36%)
22. Secular Humanism (31%)
23. Scientology (26%)
24. Taoism (24%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
26. New Thought (23%)
27. Nontheist (20%)

[madeline_con]

86. Raised Baptist... agnostic, borderline atheist.

The more I learn about religion, the more confused I am. :crazy:

[Pale Blue Dot]

87. Ava, you're a very intelligent young woman.

Don't be afraid to ask, and seek answers to, the questions that may be in the back of your mind but you're afraid to ask. Listen to everyone, and use your critical thinking skills to evaluate the claims.

Most importantly, ask yourself "Why do I believe what I believe?" Be honest with yourself about the answer, and work from there.

[JTG of the PRB]

88. Apparently, I am a Neo-Pagan.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (99%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (90%)
5. New Age (90%)
6. Liberal Quakers (83%)
7. Sikhism (74%)
8. Hinduism (73%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
10. Jainism (69%)
11. Reform Judaism (68%)
12. New Thought (61%)
13. Scientology (59%)
14. Secular Humanism (58%)
15. Taoism (58%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (56%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
20. Islam (36%)
21. Nontheist (34%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (31%)
26. Roman Catholic (31%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (19%)

The top 10 make some sense, but Scientology? 59%? Really?

[Xipe Totec]

90. UU - Interesting

I didn't know they followed my belief system so closely....

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (94%)
3. Reform Judaism (94%)

[Breeze54]

92. I believe in treating Humans as I want to be treated.

Yin & yang

KARMA = What you give is what you get.

OR

What goes Around, Comes Around. Take Heed.

LOVE IS THE ANSWER!

:hug:

[CatholicEdHead]

94. Liberal Catholic that overlaps with some Secular Humanism

[flvegan]

95. Agnostic Buddhist with a side order of Jainism

Yep, I'm a freak.

[valerief]

97. Religion is for wussies. nt

[Richard Steele]

100. "Religion wise", I consider myself somewhere between circumspect and dissembling.

It depends upon the situation. Just like everything.

[DesertFlower]

101. i'm an atheist, but this is how i scored,

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Neo-Pagan (96%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (92%)
5. Liberal Quakers (82%)
6. New Age (79%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
9. Nontheist (65%)
10. Reform Judaism (59%)
11. New Thought (55%)
12. Taoism (53%)
13. Scientology (51%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
15. Sikhism (46%)
16. Jainism (44%)
17. Hinduism (36%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (33%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
24. Islam (16%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)

[ScreamingMeemie]

102. Nothing.

Right now, I don't even believe in not believing.

[Writer]

103. Here are mine...

Buddhism is very high on my list, and I do have a lot of believes of non-corporeal oneness with the universe and the abandonment of want for the sake of enlightenment.



1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)
3. Neo-Pagan (91%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
5. Liberal Quakers (84%)
6. New Age (82%)
7. Hinduism (77%)
8. Reform Judaism (76%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
10. Sikhism (73%)

[raptor_rider]

104. New Thought

Our church is part if the International New Thought Alliance. We believe pretty much what you described. Read "A Course in Miracles" it's an interesting read. Simple Basics in that book. Just lessons teaching that we are all part of God.

[callous taoboy]

105. Luckless Pedestrian

[SteppingRazor]

106. I consider myself more or less agnostic. The test results gave me two 100% ratings...

in secular humanism and unitarian universalism.

[jakefrep]

107. Cafeteria Catholic...

Who is increasingly dismayed by the Vatican bureaucracy which places the protection of its own prestige above the concerns of the flock.

[SidneyCarton]

108. My results are not particularly shocking

1. Mormon (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Protestant (94%) :scared:
3. Mainline to Liberal Protestant (87%)
4. Jehovah's Witness (84%)
5. Baha'i (69%)

Full disclosure: I am a practicing Mormon.

[bridgit]

109. Your Results: 1. Hinduism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (87%)
5. Liberal Quakers (86%)
6. Neo-Pagan (82%)
7. Sikhism (81%)
8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (69%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (69%)
10. Roman Catholic (69%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
13. New Age (66%)
14. Seventh Day Adventist (66%)
15. Reform Judaism (65%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
17. Jainism (58%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%)
19. New Thought (50%)
20. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
21. Secular Humanism (49%)
22. Islam (48%)
23. Scientology (47%)
24. Taoism (44%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (38%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
27. Nontheist (30%)

[guitar man]

110. wow...

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (85%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (85%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
5. Liberal Quakers (77%)
6. Hinduism (72%)
7. Reform Judaism (68%)
8. Jainism (64%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
10. Sikhism (60%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
12. New Thought (58%)
13. Scientology (57%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (55%)
15. Taoism (49%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (47%)
17. Secular Humanism (45%)
18. Islam (39%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
21. Nontheist (22%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
23. Roman Catholic (20%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
26. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

[Bake]

111. Mainline/Liberal Christian Protestant

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (87%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (74%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (71%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (66%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
8. Roman Catholic (64%)

Apparently I'd make a crappy Catholic, and don't even get me started on Jehovah's Witnesses!

Bake

[sakabatou]

112. I consider myself an Atheist but I got Secular Humanism (100%)

2. Nontheist (91%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
5. Liberal Quakers (76%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
8. Taoism (55%)
9. New Age (45%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (44%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
12. Reform Judaism (41%)
13. Jainism (38%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (36%)
16. Hinduism (30%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
18. Sikhism (25%)
19. Scientology (23%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
21. Islam (21%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
23. Roman Catholic (21%)
24. New Thought (20%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (12%)

[meow2u3]

113. A tie for tops...

Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic...in other words, if I were Russian, I'd be an Eastern Orthodox....but I'm an American Catholic--and proud of it!