Tuesday, May 05, 2009

And the Belief-O-Matic says...

...my personal beliefs most closely match:

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (97%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (88%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (84%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
8. Islam (74%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (70%)
10. Baha'i Faith (63%)

Officially, I am #3 (Evangelical Lutheran). Before I converted, I briefly considered #6. My parents were both raised #2 (lapsed). My Ukrainian immigrant relatives were either #1 or something like Maronite, my Swedish immigrant relatives #3, and my step-father is #10. Sort of a Heinz-57 of religious belief.

Last on the list:

26. Secular Humanism (12%)
27. Taoism (10%)

Nothing surprising there.

See what the Belief-O-Matic says about you.

5 Comments:

Blogger Kevin said...

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Nontheist (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
5. Liberal Quakers (75%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
7. Neo-Pagan (69%)
8. New Thought (67%)
9. Reform Judaism (62%)
10. Scientology (62%)
11. Sikhism (62%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (57%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (57%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (53%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (53%)
17. Islam (53%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
19. Roman Catholic (53%)
20. New Age (51%)
21. Taoism (47%)
22. Baha'i Faith (44%)
23. Hinduism (44%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
25. Jainism (35%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)

Interesting. Limited, but interesting.

5/05/2009 2:26 PM  
Blogger Russell said...

What in the!?

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (91%)

Huh.

I am way out of touch with my religion's doctrine, or I'm reading the questions wrong, or the test is slightly askew. I'm guessing askew since I'm 95% both liberal and conservative Christian Protestant.

But the Quakers? Really?

5/05/2009 10:09 PM  
Blogger Stickwick Stapers said...

I'm guessing askew.

One or two of the questions were irritatingly vague, especially the one about social programs. Did it mean government-run or church-run? Two very different things.

My husband also got Quaker as his #1, which strikes me as rather odd given his views on pacifism. I'm guessing you're not a pacifist either, Russ.

BTW, I've known a few Quakers, and they tend to be strange people. I was screamed at and almost assaulted by one when I showed him my NRA card. Something about those silent meetings must make them a bit crazy.

5/05/2009 10:40 PM  
Blogger Russell said...

"Did it mean government-run or church-run? Two very different things."

Yeah, there was a couple of like that. Define the terms better, please, and my answers could easily change.

"I'm guessing you're not a pacifist either, Russ. "

Let me check... nope, still have a gun safe with 2 rifles, 1 pistol and revolver. Oh, and still male :)

I have never met a Quaker. Seems like "pacifism" is a misnomer for them...

5/05/2009 11:07 PM  
Blogger steveH said...

Uhhh...

Not as far off as I was thinking while going through the questions (I'm actually #3, although I seriously annoy some of my fellows).

In particular, I was tripping over some that assumed that what you did was critically important (sounds likes works to me), rather than that those actions should be a result of one's relationship to God.

And I think I know where the pacifism angle comes up, there being no differentiation between strict pacifism, and not initiating violence. Lots of 1-AOs in my personal experience, for example, almost no 1-Os. (Father served as naval corpsman in WW2, several classmates drafted for Viet Nam served as medics, including awards of Silver Star and Bronze Star as non-combatant medics in combat situations, or in Army "White Coat" program).

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (97%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (95%)
4. Baha'i Faith (91%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (88%)
6. Eastern Orthodox (86%)
7. Roman Catholic (86%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (80%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (76%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (73%)
11. Liberal Quakers (72%)
12. Islam (70%)
13. Sikhism (70%)
14. Reform Judaism (61%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (56%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
17. Hinduism (44%)
18. Jainism (40%)
19. Neo-Pagan (38%)
20. New Thought (34%)
21. Mahayana Buddhism (34%)
22. Scientology (32%)
23. Theravada Buddhism (32%)
24. New Age (31%)
25. Secular Humanism (23%)
26. Taoism (17%)
27. Nontheist (16%)

I think it needs a bit of tuning.

5/07/2009 5:20 PM  

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