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And My Religion Is...

MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
edited December 2011 in General Banter
I took a pretty popular religion quiz on the internet. This is what I got:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (91%)

You can try here: http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx

Comments

  • AMHAMH
    ooh I love the belief-o-matic. It is very helpful to think about where you are and how much you agree or disagree, the questions are authentic and thoughtful as well.
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
    3. Unitarian Universalism (88%)


    I'm a sucker for these types of surveys
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    I love the belief-o-matic too. The ludicrousness appeals to me. I forget which religion(s) fit my preferences, but even if I went back and did it again -- and found out again -- what earthly good would it do me when the dirty dishes need washing?

    A very good reminder.
  • zenffzenff Veteran
    -- what earthly good would it do me when the dirty dishes need washing?

    A very good reminder.
    Doing the dishes is definitely Catholic.
    This is from the kitchen prayer by Teresa of Avila:

    O Lord of pots and pans and things,
    Since I have no time to be
    a great saint by doing lovely things,
    or watching late with Thee,
    or dreaming in the dawnlight,
    or storming Heaven's gates,
    Make me a saint by getting meals,
    and washing up the plates.


  • AMHAMH
    love that poem, now gotta get back to baking vinebred for international night
  • DandelionDandelion London Veteran
    Neo Pagan 100% (I don't really know what this is!)
    Mahayana Buddhism 97%
    New Age 95%

    If you go into your email the full results are sent there. Unsurprisingly Jehovah's Witness only managed to roll in at 16% and Roman Catholic at 19%. I'm not a fan of those two I have to say, although respect their rights to their own views of course.

  • zenffzenff Veteran
    I'm a 100% secular humanist.
    That didn't surprise me.
  • zenffzenff Veteran
    In the email I received, It says that I’m (only) 64% Taoist.
    But when I read the link on Taoism I agree with that completely.
    Now I’m confused.
    I don’t know what I am anymore! :)
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    I don’t know what I am anymore!

    Now you're getting somewhere! :)
  • HubrisHubris
    @Zenff, totally off topic,but I love your avatar! I am of Dutch descent, grandmother was born in Haarlem. Holland is a lovely country, and I hope to go back again sometime.
  • zenffzenff Veteran
    You're welcome!
  • SattvaPaulSattvaPaul South Wales, UK Veteran
    My results:

    New Thought (100%)
    Neo-Pagan (95%)
    Scientology (95%)

    WTF?!
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited December 2011
    My results:

    New Thought (100%)
    Neo-Pagan (95%)
    Scientology (95%)

    WTF?!
    lol! I took the quiz here last winter, and it came up something like New Age, then Neo-Pagan. The third one was something like Unitarian Universalist or Quaker, or something. I guess some of us are on the wrong forum! ^_^

  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    edited December 2011
    Scientology (95%)
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  • cazcaz Veteran United Kingdom Veteran
    My results:

    New Thought (100%)
    Neo-Pagan (95%)
    Scientology (95%)

    WTF?!

    Sounds like your full of wrong views :D
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    2. Liberal Quakers (84%)
    3. New Age (83%)
  • DandelionDandelion London Veteran
    Where are all the Buddhists? :D
  • YishaiYishai Veteran
    edited December 2011
    It's not on there. But I'm pretty close to Gnosticism. I was 100% Unitarian Universalist, then some Scientology and something else that I can't remember.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Mahayana Buddhism (96%)
    3. Neo-Pagan (92%)

    And there was me thinking that I was a Mahayana! I love the warning quote before the quiz for legal reasons :lol:
  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator
    1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    2. Secular Humanism (93%)
    3. Liberal Quakers (92%)

    Maybe I'm running the wrong website... :p
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    Why are people getting such an buddhist answers? Intersting. Never fault the quiz!!
  • MindGateMindGate United States Veteran
    I redid the test.

    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
    3. Secular Humanism (92%)
  • B5CB5C Veteran
    1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    2. Secular Humanism (94%)
    3. Theravada Buddhism (87%)

    Just about right.
  • AMHAMH
    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Mahayana Buddhism (96%)
    3. Neo-Pagan (92%)

    that was my top 3 as well when I took it years ago
  • ArjquadArjquad Veteran
    1) Secular Humanism (100%)
    2) Uniterian Universalism (100%)
    3) Theravada Buddhism (86%)
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    @AHeerdt and now it says or would say ... ??
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    2. Secular Humanism (93%)
    3. Liberal Quakers (92%)

    Maybe I'm running the wrong website... :p
    Lol! Close to me:)
  • AMHAMH
    @AHeerdt and now it says or would say ... ??
    Umm, going to hell with all the cool people!

    Actually most likely the same. I was in an Indian Orthodox christian church and we all scored like that basically, no christian really on the list except some liberal quaker way down the list. I may change my label but not my beliefs (or lack thereof)
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
    3. Liberal Quakers (87%)

    This doesn't surprise me!
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    I am personally glad no plitical aspect came up in any of my three :D
  • cazcaz Veteran United Kingdom Veteran
    1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
    2. Neo-Pagan (92%)
    3. Hinduism (91%)

    Not suprising Mahayana is my top choice :)
  • seeker242seeker242 Zen Florida, USA Veteran
    1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
    2. Neo-Pagan (86%)
    3. New Age (86%)


    Not suprising. :)
  • SattvaPaulSattvaPaul South Wales, UK Veteran
    I think much of this can be summarised as:

    1. Confirmation Bias (100%)

    :D
  • ThaoThao Veteran
    Unitarian Universalist, and so I am becoming a member this Sunday.
  • ToshTosh Veteran

    Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    Unitarian Universalism (94%)
    Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
    Neo-Pagan (76%)
    Liberal Quakers (75%)
    Secular Humanism (74%)
    Sikhism (74%)
    Jainism (69%)
    Taoism (69%)
    Hinduism (65%)
    New Age (61%)
    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
    Reform Judaism (54%)
    Nontheist (50%)
    New Thought (49%)
    Scientology (45%)
    Orthodox Quaker (45%)
    Baha'i Faith (44%)
    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
    Orthodox Judaism (32%)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
    Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
    Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
    Eastern Orthodox (20%)
    Islam (20%)
    Roman Catholic (20%)
    Jehovah's Witness (6%)

    I can't believe I'm 6% Jehovah's Witness!!!
  • SattvaPaulSattvaPaul South Wales, UK Veteran
    @Thao, I was thinking about the same, have you been to an UU meeting?
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    Theravada Buddhism (97%)
    Mahayana Buddhism (96%)
    Liberal Quakers (89%)
    Neo-Pagan (85%)
    Taoism (83%)
    New Age (78%)
    Secular Humanism (76%)
    Hinduism (74%)
    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
    Jainism (68%)
    Sikhism (68%)
    Scientology (65%)
    New Thought (61%)
    Reform Judaism (59%)
    Orthodox Quaker (54%)
    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
    Nontheist (49%)
    Baha'i Faith (35%)
    Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
    Orthodox Judaism (30%)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
    Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
    Islam (22%)
    Eastern Orthodox (19%)
    Roman Catholic (19%)
    Jehovah's Witness (14%)
  • pineblossompineblossom Veteran
    Actually, the Buddha advised against religion as it is yet another obstacle to the Path.
  • BekenzeBekenze
    edited December 2011
    Actually, the Buddha advised against religion as it is yet another obstacle to the Path.
    If pineblossom doesn't mind my asking, in which text did Gotama Buddha say this?
  • maartenmaarten Veteran
    Shouldn't it give the correct answers at the end???

    Anyway, my results (I see it as a joke, not taking this seriously!)

    1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    2. Neo-Pagan (97%)
    3. Hinduism (88%)

    The Unitarian Universalism religion seems to be very universal indeed (at least at NewBuddhist).




  • FenixFenix Veteran
    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
    3. Liberal Quakers (85%)

    Isint that kind of ironic, since theravada buddhist beleive only monks can attain enlightenment. Though there is some monks coming here, am I right?
  • SileSile Veteran
    Wow...I kinda wanted to see what my Jehovah's Witness component was! But, alas.

    1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
    2. Hinduism (90%)
    3. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
  • SileSile Veteran
    Oh - just got the email, lol - who knew SDA's were 1/3 Buddhist!

    Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
    Hinduism (90%)
    Theravada Buddhism (83%)
    Neo-Pagan (79%)
    Unitarian Universalism (74%)
    Liberal Quakers (71%)
    Jainism (70%)
    Taoism (70%)
    New Age (69%)
    Sikhism (66%)
    New Thought (59%)
    Orthodox Quaker (57%)
    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (54%)
    Scientology (53%)
    Baha'i Faith (46%)
    Secular Humanism (44%)
    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
    Reform Judaism (42%)
    Seventh Day Adventist (34%)
    Orthodox Judaism (32%)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
    Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
    Nontheist (25%)
    Islam (23%)
    Jehovah's Witness (20%)
    Eastern Orthodox (20%)
    Roman Catholic (20%)
  • mithrilmithril Veteran
    Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    Secular Humanism (89%)
    Neo-Pagan (79%)

    Otherwise:
    Theravada Buddhism (79%)
    Mahayana Buddhism (53%)

    Now i have proof i'm a Buddhist! :D
  • natureofrealitynatureofreality
    Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
    Unitarian Universalism (99%)
    Theravada Buddhism (96%)
  • YacababyYacababy
    neo pagan 100%
    mahayana 91%
    new age 86%

    yay!
  • RavenRaven
    Unitarian Universalism (100%)
    Theravada Buddhism (92%)
    Neo-Pagan (91%)
    Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
    Secular Humanism (78%)

    No real surprises here...
  • ThaoThao Veteran
    @Thao, I was thinking about the same, have you been to an UU meeting?
    Yes, I have. I just joined our local Unitarian Church two weeks ago. I like that they all have their own belief system. Everyone is different in their beliefs. I had been going on and off for 5 years. I love that they are all free thinkers.

  • LittleMightyLittleMighty
    Neat link. :)
    1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
    3. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
  • KangarooKangaroo
    1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
    3. Neo-Pagan (89%)
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