Belief system selector

[Ruby]

Take this test and share your results!

http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/

[Ruby]

My Results:

1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)

2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (88%)

3. Orthodox Quaker (85%)

4. Seventh Day Adventist (68%)

5. Liberal Quakers (66%)

6. Eastern Orthodox (65%)

7. Roman Catholic (65%)


8. Unitarian Universalism (65%)


9. Reform Judaism (61%)

10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)


11. Bahá'í Faith (49%)

12. Orthodox Judaism (49%)

13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)

14. Secular Humanism (46%)

15. Neo-Pagan (44%)

16. New Thought (44%)

17. Islam (44%)

18. Non-theist (44%)

19. Sikhism (43%)

20. New Age (43%)

21. Scientology (42%)
22. Taoism (42%)
23. Theravada Buddhism (38%)
24. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
25. Jainism (30%)
26. Hinduism (28%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (24%)

[triadboy]

Woo Hoo!! Secular Humanist!

[Dragonrock]

I'm a secular humanist. I was actually afraid it would come up with something freaky like scientologist

[triadboy]

Originally posted by triadboy
Woo Hoo!! Secular Humanist!

Secular Humanism

Belief in Deity: Not considered important. Most Humanists are atheists or agnostics.

Incarnations: Same as above.

Origins of universe/life: The scientific method is most respected as the means for revealing the mysteries of the origins of the universe and life.

After death: An afterlife or spiritual existence after death is not recognized.

Why evil? No concept of “evil.” Reasons for wrongdoing are explored through scientific methods, e.g. through study of sociology, psychology, criminology, etc.

Salvation: No concept of afterlife or spiritual liberation or salvation. Realizing ones personal potential and working for the betterment of humanity through ethical consciousness and social works are considered paramount, but from a naturalistic rather than supernatural standpoint.

Undeserved suffering: No spiritual reasons, but rather a matter of human vulnerability to misfortune, illness, and victimization.

Contemporary Issues: The American Humanist Association endorses elective abortion. Other contemporary views include working for equality for homosexuals, gender equality, a secular approach to divorce and remarriage, working to end poverty, promoting peace and non-violence, and environmental protection.

[evildave]

Well, seeing as the site is highly linked to SELL ME A BOOK, and even switched its self over to AMAZON.COM "for me" in the middle of the test (possibly one of the links one pixel away from a radio button), I would imagine that any belief system that doesn't have a book (i.e. NON-RELIGIOUS) written for it would be of far lower importance than "Secular Humanist - 100%", for which there are books, and which it "inerringly" selected for me.

[Ruby]

I took this test a year ago and my results have changed...no surprise to me.

Now ------------------------------------ A Year Ago
1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) ---(86%)

2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (88%) ----(100%)

3. Orthodox Quaker (85%) ------------------------------(99%)

4. Seventh Day Adventist (68%) -----------------------(94%)

5. Liberal Quakers (66%) --------------------------------(60%)

6. Eastern Orthodox (65%) ------------------------------(95%)

7. Roman Catholic (65%)----------------------------------(95%)


8. Unitarian Universalism (65%) ------------------------(51%)


9. Reform Judaism (61%) ---------------------------------(51%)

10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%) ----(36%)


11. Bahá'í Faith (49%) --------------------------------(58%)

12. Orthodox Judaism (49%) ------------------------(66%)

13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)-(49%)

14. Secular Humanism (46%) -----------------------(22%)

15. Neo-Pagan (44%)--------------------------------(25%)

16. New Thought (44%)-----------------------------(25%)

17. Islam (44%) --------------------------------------(66%)

18. Non-theist (44%)--------------------------------(22%)

19. Sikhism (43%) -----------------------------------(54%)

20. New Age (43%) ---------------------------------(23%)

21. Scientology (42%) ------------------------(27%)
22. Taoism (42%) -----------------------------(21%)
23. Theravada Buddhism (38%) ------------(24%)
24. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)-------------(25%)
25. Jainism (30%) -----------------------------(30%)
26. Hinduism (28%) ---------------------------(38%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (24%)----------------(39%)

[Dancing David]

Neo-pagan,buddhist, it just left out nihilism.

Pretty Cool

[Tricky]

The top four.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)

3. Liberal Quakers (74%)

4. Non-theist (72%)
**********
I can't agree with the catagories very much, because Non-theist and Secular Humanist are often one and the same. I think because I answered the "what should religion include" questions rather than saying "not applicable", the poll decided that my responses were more secular humanist than non-theist. I consider this a weakness of this type of poll. It makes the assumption that having a moral code somehow makes you religious, a notion which I find chauvinistic.

[triadboy]

Originally posted by Ruby
I took this test a year ago and my results have changed...no surprise to me.

Now ------------------------------------ A Year Ago
1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) ---(86%)

2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (88%) ----(100%)



You're starting to come around. :-)

[Ruby]

Originally posted by triadboy


You're starting to come around. :-)

It's been a long and arduous journey!!!!:D

[bjornart]

Originally posted by Tricky
The top four.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (74%)
4. Non-theist (72%)
**********
I can't agree with the catagories very much, because Non-theist and Secular Humanist are often one and the same. I think because I answered the "what should religion include" questions rather than saying "not applicable", the poll decided that my responses were more secular humanist than non-theist. I consider this a weakness of this type of poll. It makes the assumption that having a moral code somehow makes you religious, a notion which I find chauvinistic.

I was going to disagree with you, but I see now that I did get a higher non-theist score, although I got fed up with the non applicables after a while. I'm curious what kind of scores you got for the lowest ranked though. Seems I'm not cut out to be a Witness at least. :)

1._Secular Humanism (100%)
2._Unitarian Universalism (88%)
3._Non-theist (81%)
4._Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5._Liberal Quakers (70%)
6._Neo-Pagan (65%)
22._Hinduism (13%)
23._Eastern Orthodox (12%)
24._Islam (12%)
25._Orthodox Judaism (12%)
26._Roman Catholic (12%)
27._Jehovah's Witness (3%)

[EdwardG]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Non-theist (81%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)

[triadboy]

What the hell is a liberal Quaker? That was my 4th one too.

[triadboy]

Originally posted by triadboy
What the hell is a liberal Quaker? That was my 4th one too.

Sounds like Nixon on acid. (Hey, I answered myself!)

[Megalodon]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)

3. Non-theist (87%)

4. Liberal Quakers (74%)

[Tricky]

Originally posted by bjornart


I was going to disagree with you, but I see now that I did get a higher non-theist score, although I got fed up with the non applicables after a while. I'm curious what kind of scores you got for the lowest ranked though. Seems I'm not cut out to be a Witness at least. :)

1._Secular Humanism (100%)
2._Unitarian Universalism (88%)
3._Non-theist (81%)
4._Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5._Liberal Quakers (70%)
6._Neo-Pagan (65%)
22._Hinduism (13%)
23._Eastern Orthodox (12%)
24._Islam (12%)
25._Orthodox Judaism (12%)
26._Roman Catholic (12%)
27._Jehovah's Witness (3%)

Same as you, but more percentage. Higher percentages are for the same reason, I suspect. (voting for any of the "religious morality" catagories increases your religion scores)

24. Islam (16%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

[TylerD]

I came out a Secular Humanist, no surprise there.

[LCBOY]

Ok, here is my list:

1. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (99%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (94%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (90%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (85%)
5. Roman Catholic (85%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
8. Islam (51%)
9. Liberal Quakers (47%)
10. Hinduism (42%)

The bottom five are really interesting. Judaism and Islam back to back? I wouldn't have expected that.

[justsaygnosis]

For what it's worth this is what I got.
All along I thought I was closer to the unitarian universalist's attitude if not the system wholeheartedly and now I find out I'm more a reformist jew......go figure.
I suppose I should go have my palm read so I can end up with one more generalized glimpse of myself.






1. Reform Judaism (100%)
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2. Bahá'í Faith (94%)
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3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
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4. Orthodox Judaism (86%)
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5. Liberal Quakers (83%)
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6. Sikhism (83%)
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7. Neo-Pagan (81%)
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8. Islam (80%)
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9. New Thought (72%)
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10. New Age (70%)
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11. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)
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12. Scientology (69%)
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13. Jainism (63%)
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14. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
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15. Hinduism (60%)
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16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
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17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
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18. Taoism (56%)
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19. Theravada Buddhism (52%)
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20. Secular Humanism (50%)
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21. Non-theist (44%)
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22. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
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23. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (37%)
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24. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
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25. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)
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26. Eastern Orthodox (21%)
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27. Roman Catholic (21%)
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[Marvel Frozen]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Non-theist (84%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
5. Liberal Quakers (74%)
6. Neo-Pagan (59%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
8. Taoism (53%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
10. New Age (43%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (34%)
13. Reform Judaism (34%)
14. Sikhism (34%)
15. Jainism (31%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
18. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (23%)
19. Scientology (20%)
20. Hinduism (19%)
21. New Thought (19%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
23. Islam (19%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
25. Roman Catholic (19%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

[Loki]

No surprises, really!

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Non-theist (85%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
5. Liberal Quakers (65%)
6. Neo-Pagan (52%)
...
20. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
21. Hinduism (0%)
22. Islam (0%)
23. Jainism (0%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
26. Roman Catholic (0%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)

[Whoracle]

100% secular Humanist, only 79% non-thiest.

[fishbob]

A quick aside - Where did the term "Secular Humanist" come from? I suspect that this phrase was coined by those that are not Secular Humanists. Now back to your regularly scheduled topic.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Non-theist (94%)
. . .
6. Neo-Pagan (54%)
. . .
9. New Age (40%)
. . .
15. Islam (27%)
. . .
19. Scientology (27%)
. . .
26. Roman Catholic (10%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)

[Seismosaurus]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
3. Non-theist (83%)

About right I suppose. A lot of the questions I found difficult to answer - for instance, for Baptism it offers "Not Required" and "Not Applicable". What's the difference? If I say not required, am I saying you should be able to do it if you want but don't have to? Or that the whole concept of baptism is not necessary to a religion? If I say not applicable what does that mean - that I don't care? That there should be no such thing?

I find most polls like this have questions that make big assumptions about the respondent that don't really fit me.

[plindboe]

I love taking these kinds of tests. ;)

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)

3. Liberal Quakers (75%)

4. Non-theist (73%)

Many people in this thread seem to get a similar score as mine.

Peter :)

[EdipisReks]

# 1. Non-theist (100%)
# 2. Secular Humanism (100%)
# 3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
# 4. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
# 5. Liberal Quakers (49%)
# 6. Neo-Pagan (29%)
# 7. Mainline -(26%)
# 8. Taoism (16%)
# 9. New Age (8%)
# 10. Bahá'í Faith (0%)
# 11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
# 12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
# 13. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
# 14. Hinduism (0%)
# 15. Islam (0%)
# 16. Jainism (0%)
# 17. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
# 18. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
# 19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (0%)
# 20. New Thought (0%)
# 21. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
# 22. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
# 23. Reform Judaism (0%)
# 24. Roman Catholic (0%)
# 25. Scientology (0%)
# 26. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
# 27. Sikhism (0%)

i'm a secular humanist.

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by Seismosaurus
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
3. Non-theist (83%)

About right I suppose. A lot of the questions I found difficult to answer - for instance, for Baptism it offers "Not Required" and "Not Applicable". What's the difference? If I say not required, am I saying you should be able to do it if you want but don't have to? Or that the whole concept of baptism is not necessary to a religion? If I say not applicable what does that mean - that I don't care? That there should be no such thing?


i would say that the difference that they are going for is that if baptism is "not required" that it is not necessary to be baptized to belong to the religion, where as if it is "not applicable" there is no religion to require a baptism.

[Samus]

I had an interesting top-five:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (98%)
3. Secular Humanism (93%)
4. Neo-Pagan (89%)
5. Liberal Quakers (83%)

Never considered myself a follower of Buddhism, much less Theravada's flavor of Buddhism, whatever the heck that means.

Meh, I had a hard time answering some of the "high/medium/low" priority stuff. Religion is mostly unimportant to me, so I could answer low to all of the questions, but I didn't.

My old political science professor would like that I rated "Liberal" something. He always joked that he hated to give an 'A' to a Republican :)

[Skeptical Greg]

I find it interesting that anyone feels compelled to take a test to gain insight into what they do or don't believe..




( Now that I've done the cynical part... Yeah, I know it's just for fun..:) )

[Upchurch]

'cause, ya know, fun.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (85%)
4. Liberal Quakers (84%)
5. Neo-Pagan (81%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. Taoism (64%)
10. Non-theist (63%)

[Skeptical Greg]

Totally nuts!!!

1. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (100%)

2. Non-theist (96%)

3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (94%)

4. Eastern Orthodox (94%)

5. Islam (94%)

6. Orthodox Judaism (94%)

7. Roman Catholic (94%)


Interesting since I answered ' None of the above ' to most questions that wanted a decision about a supreme being, since they didn't offer any definitive negative responses, or ' Not applicable ' when they wanted me to ' agree ' or ' disagree ' as if it were a black and white issue...


Hey, was anyone else an " Hourly Winner ", besides me.. Boy, I feel special.....:) :) :)

[Bentspoon]

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Even after I quit the page

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Diogenes
Totally nuts!!!

1. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (100%)

2. Non-theist (96%)

3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (94%)

4. Eastern Orthodox (94%)

5. Islam (94%)

6. Orthodox Judaism (94%)

7. Roman Catholic (94%) I KNEW IT!!! You Creduloid! ;)

I shouldn't talk though. 68% New Age :eek:

[Seismosaurus]

Originally posted by EdipisReks


i would say that the difference that they are going for is that if baptism is "not required" that it is not necessary to be baptized to belong to the religion, where as if it is "not applicable" there is no religion to require a baptism.

Could be, but they should explain that clearly. Especially as there were a whole slew of questions like that.

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by Bentspoon
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Bentspoon

Even after I quit the page

mozilla.

[ehbowen]

No real surprises:

1. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (100%)

2. Eastern Orthodox (99%)

3. Roman Catholic (99%)

4. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)

5. Orthodox Quaker (88%)

6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)

[Darwin]

2.Unitarian Universalism (??)
3.Non-theism
4.Theravada Buddhism (?)

[ebola]

1) Secular Humanism.........100
2) Non-theist.......................93
3) Unitarian Universalism......90
4) Theravada Buddhism........86
5) Neo-Pagan......................69
6) Liberal Quakers...............68
7) Liberal Christian Prot........57
8) Reform Judaism...............49
9) Taoism............................46
10) New Thought..................44
10) Scientology....................44
12) New Age........................42


New Thought ? New Age ? SCIENTOLOGY ?? At least they are less than 50%.

Fun site though.

Eric

[EdipisReks]

i'm perfectly happy with my rating. in fact, it is exactly as i thought it would be. it's SOOOOO nice to be self consistant ;)

[Finella]

Wow... I guess I'm a quaker.... :)

the Liberal Christian Protestants didn't surprise me, but the seventh-day adventists sure did. Yeeesh.


1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)

2. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)

3. Liberal Quakers (80%)

4. Seventh Day Adventist (77%)

5. Unitarian Universalism (75%)

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Finella
Wow... I guess I'm a quaker.... :)

the Liberal Christian Protestants didn't surprise me, but the seventh-day adventists sure did. Yeeesh.


1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)

2. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)

3. Liberal Quakers (80%)

4. Seventh Day Adventist (77%)

5. Unitarian Universalism (75%)

I was 85% on Quaker!:rolleyes:

Here's the definition of an Orthodox Quaker

• Belief in Deity
There is a Trinity of the Father (God), the Son (Christ), and the Holy Spirit that comprises one God Almighty. God is personal and incorporeal.


• Incarnations
Jesus Christ is God's only incarnation. God is manifest within all as the light. Jesus possessed the light to the highest degree and is "the Light" within.


• Origin of Universe and Life
The most orthodox Quakers hold to the authority of the Bible, and the book of Genesis--that God created all in less than seven days and less that 10,000 years ago. But many would maintain that a biblical "day" is not a literal 24 hours.


• After Death
Most orthodox Quakers believe in direct reward and punishment, heaven and hell, the second coming of Christ, and resurrection of the dead (similar to conservative Christian view).


• Why Evil?
Some Orthodox Quakers adhere to similar beliefs as conservative Christians--belief in original sin and Satan. Many believe that lack of awareness of God's divine light within, or rebellion against it, is the cause of wrongdoing, and that alienation from God leaves one vulnerable to temptation or Satan.


• Salvation
Some Friends (the formal name of the group) churches include rites of baptism and communion, but sacraments to God are most often considered to arise from inward experiences, a personal encounter with God, rather than church ritual. Salvation is found internally through union with Christ, the divine Light within all. Many Quaker churches, e.g. evangelical, believe similarly to Conservative Protestant, that salvation is a free gift from God, with faith, independent of good works. Yet moral behavior and good works are viewed as essential to showing faith and obedience to God. Good works, such as humanitarian service, social justice, and peace efforts, are an expression of Christian love. Simplicity and humility are viewed as essential to living a Christian life.


• Undeserved Suffering
The most orthodox Quakers maintain that Satan causes suffering. Suffering is allowed by God as part of His divine will and plan. Quakers focus on reducing human suffering, especially that caused by social injustice or violence.


• Contemporary Issues
Social-betterment programs and nonviolence are fundamental to Quakerism. Some Orthodox Quaker churches are very accepting of homosexuality, and others condemn it as contrary to God's will.

[uneasy]

I guess I better find out what Theravada Buddhism is real fast. :)

It seems to me the test answers seem to be missing the deist viewpoint, what I like to call "God spinning the top" theory. What would Thomas Jefferson score I wonder.

[kerfer]

Here's mine: (not very surprising, really...except for Quaker and down, I suppose)

1. Non-theist (100%)
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2. Secular Humanism (100%)
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3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
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4. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
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5. Liberal Quakers (53%)
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6. Neo-Pagan (44%)
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7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (35%)
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8. Taoism (31%)
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9. Bahá'í Faith (27%)
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10. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
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11. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
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12. Islam (22%)
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13. Jainism (22%)
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14. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
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15. Roman Catholic (22%)
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16. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (17%)
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17. New Age (17%)
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18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (13%)
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19. Hinduism (13%)
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20. Jehovah's Witness (13%)
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21. Orthodox Quaker (13%)
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22. Reform Judaism (13%)
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23. Sikhism (13%)
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24. Scientology (5%)
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25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
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26. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
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27. New Thought (0%)
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[PygmyPlaidGiraffe]

Originally posted by Ruby
Take this test and share your results!

http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/

Top 4

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)


3. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)


4. Non-theist (84%)


I was curious about the Non-theist so I took this

http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=atheistphilo

and the result was

#1 Atheistic Paganism

for whatever that is worth

[Finella]

Originally posted by Ruby


I was 85% on Quaker!:rolleyes:

Here's the definition of an Orthodox Quaker



Wow, thanks for that, Ruby... I didn't get a chance to look it up.

But that test is wrong if the description you gave is accurate. There's no way I could have scored 100% Orthodox Quaker if I disagree with some basic statements in that description. Maybe I need to take that test again! :P

[DialecticMaterialist]

Secular Humanist, very predictable. :cool:

[CSSMariner]

Originally posted by Ruby


It's been a long and arduous journey!!!!:D

Mine wasn't. One day I just decided that I would live in complete and total rejection of the concept after being an agnostic fence sitter and skeptic for the largest part of my life up to that time. I was 49 at the time, but had never held hard to any real belief system.

However Ms. Ruby, if the trip got you too reality I have to think it was worth it.

Headed out to Texas probably the end of next week. Lots of hassles getting the closure on this home accomplished for the new buyer. They are the newlywed Captain and either the chief stewardess or other crewmember of a 130" Jongert sailboat, and are in Spain at the moment.

I plan on getting the JREF SW functioning ASAP after getting to Texas. I also hope to get a group large enough for the Amazing Meeting '04 to be able to pool the airfares and charter a plane to take us out and pick us up. Showing up in a Citation or Lear is THE WAY TO TRAVEL!:D

I am already tired of one size fits all tests of my non existing belief system.:p

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Finella


Wow, thanks for that, Ruby... I didn't get a chance to look it up.

But that test is wrong if the description you gave is accurate. There's no way I could have scored 100% Orthodox Quaker if I disagree with some basic statements in that description. Maybe I need to take that test again! :P

I thought my 85% was off too. I should have scored much lower.

[Baker]

Sorry but I wish to implement my 5th amendment rights on the results of my test score.

[Interesting Ian]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)

3. Neo-Pagan (89%)

4. New Age (86%)

5. Liberal Quakers (85%)

6. New Thought (83%)

7. Taoism (77%)

8. Scientology (76%)

9. Theravada Buddhism (75%)

10. Hinduism (73%)

11. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)

12. Jainism (62%)

13. Secular Humanism (62%)

14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)

15. Reform Judaism (55%)

16. Sikhism (54%)

17. Non-theist (43%)

18. Orthodox Quaker (38%)

19. Orthodox Judaism (37%)

20. Bahá'í Faith (29%)

21. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (27%)

22. Islam (26%)

23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)

24. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)

25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)

26. Roman Catholic (16%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

[PixyMisa]

# 1. Secular Humanism (100%)
# 2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
# 3. Non-theist (81%)
# 4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
# 5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
# 6. Neo-Pagan (62%) - Feh!
# 7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
# 8. Reform Judaism (46%) - Not sure why this scored lower than Liberal Protestants or Quakers, since Reform Judaism doesn't require any belief in God.
# 9. Taoism (45%) - Feh!
# 10. New Age (44%) - Gak!

[triadboy]

Originally posted by PixyMisa
# 1. Secular Humanism (100%)
# 2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
# 3. Non-theist (81%)
# 4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
# 5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
# 6. Neo-Pagan (62%) - Feh!
# 7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
# 8. Reform Judaism (46%) - Not sure why this scored lower than Liberal Protestants or Quakers, since Reform Judaism doesn't require any belief in God.
# 9. Taoism (45%) - Feh!
# 10. New Age (44%) - Gak!

Have you ever met a Liberal Quaker?!

[CSSMariner]

Originally posted by triadboy


Have you ever met a Liberal Quaker?!

Are not those two terms mutually exclusive?

[PixyMisa]

Originally posted by triadboy
Have you ever met a Liberal Quaker?!As far as I know, I have never met a Quaker of any sort, liberal, illiberal or what-have-you.

[imagineNoReligion]

My results:


1. Non-theist (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (100%)

3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)

4. Theravada Buddhism (80%)

5. Liberal Quakers (69%)

26. Roman Catholic (17%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

[imagineNoReligion]

Seismosaurus,

I chose "not applicable" for questions such as "Is Baptism necessary?" because if I am an athiest then it follows that it is "not applicable". The test assumes that if you choose "not necessary" that you are a theist. My results tend to confirm this, as the first time I tried it I was a "100% non-theist" when I chose "not applicable" to such questions, but when I tried it a second time choosing "not necessary" to such questions I was "88% non theist".

[PixyMisa]

If you choose "not applicable" for everything, you get 0% for every belief system. Well, Ok.

[Seismosaurus]

Originally posted by imagineNoReligion
Seismosaurus,

I chose "not applicable" for questions such as "Is Baptism necessary?" because if I am an athiest then it follows that it is "not applicable". The test assumes that if you choose "not necessary" that you are a theist. My results tend to confirm this, as the first time I tried it I was a "100% non-theist" when I chose "not applicable" to such questions, but when I tried it a second time choosing "not necessary" to such questions I was "88% non theist".

Right, understood. I wish they had made that clear in the quiz.

[Melissa Johnson]

79% buddhist...yikes! I didn't think I was pacifist enough to be a buddhist...but maybe that's the other 21%...:)

[Lalande]

1. New Age (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
3. New Thought (98%)
4. Neo-Pagan (96%)
5. Scientology (92%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (80%)
9. Taoism (75%)
10. Liberal Quakers (67%)
11. Hinduism (62%)
12. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
13. Jainism (46%)
14. Secular Humanism (46%)
15. Sikhism (44%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
17. Reform Judaism (41%)
18. Non-theist (38%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (29%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
21. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (23%)
22. Islam (13%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (8%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
27. Roman Catholic (0%)

Orthodox quaker only 41% What the... I LOVE Quake:mad:

[Lalande]

If you choose the last answer in every question the results will look like this:

1. Non-theist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Neo-Pagan (50%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (0%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
8. Hinduism (0%)
9. Islam (0%)
10. Jainism (0%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
12. Liberal Quakers (0%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
14. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (0%)
15. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (0%)
16. New Age (0%)
17. New Thought (0%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
20. Reform Judaism (0%)
21. Roman Catholic (0%)
22. Scientology (0%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
24. Sikhism (0%)
25. Taoism (0%)
26. Theravada Buddhism (0%)
27. Unitarian Universalism (0%)[URL]

Try this:

Choose your favorite metaphysician (http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=philos)

My results:

#1 Jean Paul Sartres
#2 William James
#3 Maurice Merlea-Ponty
#4 G. W. Leibniz
#5 John Locke
#6 Benedict de Spinoza
#7 W. V. O. Quine
#8 Immanuel Kant
#9 Martin Heidegger
#10 St. Thomas Aquinas
#11 George Berkeley
#12 Democritus
#13 G. W. F. Hegel
#14 Plato
#15 Aristotle
#16 A. J. Ayer
#17 Rene Descartes
#18 St. Augustine
#19 Heracleitus
#20 John Stuart Mill
#21 William of Ockham
#22 Paul Churchland
#23 Thomas Reid
#24 David Hume
#25 Parmenides

[Lord Emsworth]

[list=1]
Non-theist (100%)
Never expected anything else.

Secular Humanism (92%)
Pretty atheistic, too.

Unitarian Universalism (80%)
Pretty atheistic, too.

Theravada Buddhism (69%)
No believe in a God as such, as I gather from that site.

Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
The religion I grew up with; still my favorite believe when it comes to a God
[/list=1]


This leads me to the conclusion that I am a really Godless person. :)

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Ruby
My Results:
1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (88%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (85%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (68%)
5. Liberal Quakers (66%)
6. Eastern Orthodox (65%)
7. Roman Catholic (65%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (65%)
9. Reform Judaism (61%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (49%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
14. Secular Humanism (46%)
15. Neo-Pagan (44%)
16. New Thought (44%)
17. Islam (44%)
18. Non-theist (44%)
19. Sikhism (43%)
20. New Age (43%)
21. Scientology (42%)
22. Taoism (42%)
23. Theravada Buddhism (38%)
24. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
25. Jainism (30%)
26. Hinduism (28%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (24%)

The above results were from taking the belief selector test two and a half months ago.

I took it again today. Look at my results below. I have changed so much in two and a half months!!

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) ......(65% before)


2. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (99%)...(100% before)

3. Reform Judaism (96%) .....(61% before)

4. Liberal Quakers (94%)......(66% before)


5. Sikhism (93%) ............(43% before)

6. Neo-Pagan (90%)..................(44% before)


7. Theravada Buddhism (87%) ........(38% before)


8. Taoism (87%)..........(42% before)


9. Secular Humanism (85%) .......(46% Before!!!!)


10. Bahá'í Faith (83%) ...............(49% before)

11. New Age (82%) ..........(43% before)


12. Mahayana Buddhism (79%) .......(35% before)


13. Non-theist (79%) .......(44% before)


14. New Thought (72%) ......(44% before)


15. Orthodox Quaker (69%)..........(85% before)


16. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (68%).....(88% before)

17. Orthodox Judaism (67%) ....(49% before)

18. Scientology (67%) ........(42% before)


19. Jainism (62%) ..........(30% before)

20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%) ....(56% before)


21. Islam (57%) .....(44% before)


22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%) ....(47% before)

23. Seventh Day Adventist (52%) .....(68% before)


24. Hinduism (49%) .....(28% before)


25. Eastern Orthodox (44%) ....(65% before)


26. Roman Catholic (44%) ....(65% before)


27. Jehovah's Witness (16%) .....(24% before)

------------------------------

I am so pleased to have 100% on Unitarianism and 85% on secular humanism!!!


:wink8:

[Yahweh]

So cool, Ruby!

Just 2 1/2 months ago, you were virtually a Christian Fundie, today you are Unitarian. SUPER COOL!

I'm going to take the test again and see what I come out as... results posted in a few minutes...

[Yahweh]

# 1. Non-theist (100%)
# 2. Secular Humanism (92%)
# 3. Unitarian Universalism (84%)
# 4. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
# 5. Liberal Quakers (61%)
# 6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
# 7. Neo-Pagan (57%)
# 8. Reform Judaism (47%)
# 9. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (44%)
# 10. New Thought (43%)
# 11. Scientology (43%)
# 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
# 13. Sikhism (39%)
# 14. Taoism (37%)
# 15. New Age (33%)
# 16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
# 17. Eastern Orthodox (31%)
# 18. Islam (31%)
# 19. Orthodox Judaism (31%)
# 20. Roman Catholic (31%)
# 21. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
# 22. Orthodox Quaker (26%)
# 23. Bahá'í Faith (23%)
# 24. Hinduism (23%)
# 25. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
# 26. Jainism (15%)
# 27. Jehovah's Witness (15%)


Wow, the guy who calls himself Yahweh, has a pentagram for his avatar, loves animals and nature, and teaches philosophy sure did expect a lot more Neo-Pagan than a lousy 57%... he also likes to speak for himself in the third person and for others in the second.

(Edited to change "an avatar for his pentagram" to whatever it says above.)

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Upchurch
'cause, ya know, fun.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (85%)
4. Liberal Quakers (84%)
5. Neo-Pagan (81%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. Taoism (64%)
10. Non-theist (63%)
That was then, this is now:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Non-theist (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. New Age (52%)
9. Taoism (48%)
10. Reform Judaism (46%)

I find it interesting that now that I'm considering actually becoming a Unitarian, it slips 8% on my list. hm.

[Yahweh]

By choosing completely random answers, I came up with the following:
# 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
# 2. Hinduism (99%)
# 3. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (97%)
# 4. Orthodox Quaker (90%)
# 5. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
# 6. Neo-Pagan (86%)
# 7. Theravada Buddhism (85%)
# 8. Liberal Quakers (78%)
# 9. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (74%)
# 10. Eastern Orthodox (71%)
# 11. Roman Catholic (71%)
# 12. Jainism (70%)
# 13. Seventh Day Adventist (67%)
# 14. New Age (66%)
# 15. Secular Humanism (64%)
# 16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
# 17. Sikhism (54%)
# 18. Taoism (51%)
# 19. Scientology (50%)
# 20. Non-theist (43%)
# 21. New Thought (42%)
# 22. Bahá'í Faith (38%)
# 23. Reform Judaism (36%)
# 24. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
# 25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
# 26. Islam (25%)
# 27. Jehovah's Witness (25%)

COOL!

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Yahweh

Wow, the guy who calls himself Yahweh, has an avatar for his pentagram, loves animals and nature, and teaches philosophy sure did expect a lot more Neo-Pagan than a lousy 57%... he also likes to speak for himself in the third person and for others in the second. [/B]

Go figure!:wink8:

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Upchurch

That was then, this is now:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Non-theist (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. New Age (52%)
9. Taoism (48%)
10. Reform Judaism (46%)

I find it interesting that now that I'm considering actually becoming a Unitarian, it slips 8% on my list. hm.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......I wonder what that means?

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Ruby

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......I wonder what that means? That the test doesn't control for time-of-test emotional factors? ;)

Still, it isn't a bad little tool.

[Frostbite]

100% Secular Humanist... whatever the hell that means.

[elliotfc]

Originally posted by Ruby
Take this test and share your results!

http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/

Thanks Ruby, that was a fun test.

My Results:

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (98%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (93%)
5. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (87%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
7. Hinduism (67%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (56%)
11. Jainism (53%)
12. Liberal Quakers (52%)
13. Islam (51%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
15. Sikhism (43%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (39%)
19. Neo-Pagan (26%)
20. Reform Judaism (26%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
22. Non-theist (22%)
23. Taoism (22%)
24. New Age (22%)
25. Secular Humanism (21%)
26. Scientology (10%)
27. New Thought (8%)

-Elliot

[Ruby]

Originally posted by elliotfc


Thanks Ruby, that was a fun test.

-Elliot

Yep, I think its pretty cool too!!:)

[ShottleBop]

The bottom five are really interesting. Judaism and Islam back to back? I wouldn't have expected that.

Islam and Judaism ARE, in fact, very close to each other in many respects.

[ShottleBop]

I don't know HOW "Mainline-Liberal Christian Protestants" slipped in there ahead of Secular Humanism or even Reform Judaism. If I were to affiliate with any organized religion, I would probably join a Reconstructionist (Jewish) congregation.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (94%)
3. Neo-Pagan (86%)
4. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
5. Secular Humanism (83%)
6. New Age (80%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
8.Theravada Buddhism (72%)
9. Reform Judaism (71%)
10. New Thought (68%)
11.Scientology (65%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (62%)
13. Taoism (61%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
15.Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
16.Non-theist (55%)
17. Jainism (47%)
18. Hinduism (45%)
19.Sikhism (43%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (39%)
21. Islam (35%)
22. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (35%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (20%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)

[espritch]

1. Secular Humanist (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)

3. Liberal Quaker (75%)

4. Non Theist (74%)

Well, I'm happy to see I'm not a $cientologist. :)

[diddidit]

Originally posted by Bentspoon
750 pop ups and ads before I quit the page

Bentspoon

Even after I quit the page

Download the Google IE toolbar 2.0. It has a pop-up blocker - I haven't seen a popup in two months.

http://toolbar.google.com/

did

Edited to add: p.s. 100% secular humanist, 94% non-theist. I did this thing a few months ago and came up a UU...

[diddidit]

For fun, see if you can hit a certain religion. I answered as islamically as I could remember from my Studies in Islam class 10 years ago - got 100% Orthodox Jew/97% Islam. Not bad.

did

[Gulliamo]

I'ma gonna say...

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Non-theist (85%)
4. Liberal Quakers (70%)

[espritch]

As an experiment, I retook the test making random selections without reading the options. The first 7 on the list:

Mainline – Conservative Christian Protestant
Mainline – Liberal Christian Protestant
Mormon
Orthodox Quaker
Orthodox Judaism
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic

Interesting how many times “Othodox” appears on the list. Secular Humanist was the very last entry on the list.

[Gulliamo]

If you click on "Click here for info" it gives a definition and recommended web sites.

I cant believe they don't have a link to here!

[Rocky]

Your Results:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Non-theist (90%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
5. Liberal Quakers (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. Taoism (56%)
9. Reform Judaism (45%)
10. New Age (44%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
12. Sikhism (36%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
14. Scientology (30%)
15. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (29%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (27%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
18. New Thought (27%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
22. Islam (14%)
23. Jainism (14%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
25. Roman Catholic (14%)
26. Hinduism (9%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)

[Bullwinkle]

1._ Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2._ Liberal Quakers (88%)
3._ Neo-Pagan (86%)
4._ Unitarian Universalism (83%)
5._ Jainism (82%)
6._ New Age (81%)
7._ Hinduism (80%)
8._ Bahá'í Faith (77%)
9._ Theravada Buddhism (73%)
10._ Taoism (65%)
11._ Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
12._ Reform Judaism (60%)
13._ Secular Humanism (56%)
14._ Sikhism (56%)
15._ Orthodox Judaism (53%)
16._ Orthodox Quaker (47%)
17._ Islam (46%)
18._ New Thought (43%)
19._ Non-theist (38%)
20._ Scientology (38%)
21._ Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
22._ Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
23._ Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (23%)
24._ Eastern Orthodox (18%)
25._ Jehovah's Witness (18%)
26._ Roman Catholic (18%)

[Ruby]

It's so cool because every two months or so that I take this test, it changes.

My first results about five or so months ago were:
1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (88%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (85%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (68%)
5. Liberal Quakers (66%)
6. Eastern Orthodox (65%)
7. Roman Catholic (65%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (65%)
9. Reform Judaism (61%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (49%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
14. Secular Humanism (46%)
15. Neo-Pagan (44%)
16. New Thought (44%)
17. Islam (44%)
18. Non-theist (44%)
19. Sikhism (43%)
20. New Age (43%)


Then two and half months after that test, I did the following:


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) ......(65% before)


2. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (99%)...(100% before)

3. Reform Judaism (96%) .....(61% before)

4. Liberal Quakers (94%)......(66% before)


5. Sikhism (93%) ............(43% before)

6. Neo-Pagan (90%)..................(44% before)


7. Theravada Buddhism (87%) ........(38% before)


8. Taoism (87%)..........(42% before)


9. Secular Humanism (85%) .......(46% Before!!!!)


10. Bahá'í Faith (83%) ...............(49% before)

11. New Age (82%) ..........(43% before)


12. Mahayana Buddhism (79%) .......(35% before)


13. Non-theist (79%) .......(44% before)


14. New Thought (72%) ......(44% before)


15. Orthodox Quaker (69%)..........(85% before)


16. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (68%).....(88% before)

17. Orthodox Judaism (67%) ....(49% before)

18. Scientology (67%) ........(42% before)


19. Jainism (62%) ..........(30% before)

20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%) ....(56% before)


And now today, two months after I did above:

1. Secular Humanism (100%) (85% before) (46% before that)


2. Unitarian Universalism (93%) (100% before) (65% before that)


3. Liberal Quakers (80%) (94% before) (66% before that)


4. Neo-Pagan (75%) (90% before) (44% before that)


5. Non-theist (74%) (79% before) (44% before that)


6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) (99% before) (100% before that)

7. New Age (62%) (82% before) (43% before that)


8. Theravada Buddhism (57%) (87% before) (37% before that)


9. Taoism (57%) (87% before) (42% before that)

10. Reform Judaism (54%) (96% before) (61% before that)


11. Mahayana Buddhism (42%) (79%) (35% before that)


12. Orthodox Quaker (42%) (69%before) (85% before that)


13. Sikhism (39%)


14. New Thought (38%)


15. Scientology (33%)


16. Bahá'í Faith (33%)


17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)

18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)


19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (22%) (68% before) (88% before that)

20. Jainism (20%)

[Yahweh]

Congratulations on your 100% Secular Humanism, Ruby! :) (Its the same as atheist/nontheist, just more optimistic.)

Oh, and congratulations on your 33% Scientology :p!

[Jeff Wagg]

Sigh, I got the same result as just about everyone else. Booooring.

I guess I should just resign myself to the fact that I'm a Secular Humanist. I'll have to buy one of those "Happy Humanist" bumper stickers.

Why no Zen buddhism in the quiz? They probably couldn't figure out how to score it.

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Yahweh
Congratulations on your 100% Secular Humanism, Ruby! :) (Its the same as atheist/nontheist, just more optimistic.)

Oh, and congratulations on your 33% Scientology :p!

Thanks!

What makes me laugh is the 22% on the mainline to conservative Christian. When I first took this test...a couple of years ago..I was 100% on that!!!! By the time I came on Jref, I had already slipped a bit on the mainline to conservative. I was 100% liberal Christian. I am quite proud of my 100% secular humanism now!! I'd like to email my results to all my friends and family...but they'd freak out!!!! :j2:

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Upchurch

That was then, this is now:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Non-theist (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. New Age (52%)
9. Taoism (48%)
10. Reform Judaism (46%)

I find it interesting that now that I'm considering actually becoming a Unitarian, it slips 8% on my list. hm.
Just because I think it's interesting to do this over from time to time:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)
6. Non-theist (76%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
8. New Age (69%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (66%)

Looks like my Unitarianism is back up. Not quite the 100% I had two times ago, but not bad. Still strong in the Secular Humanism. It's sad to see Judaism drop out of the top ten (even though it's at a higher percentage than last time, 57%).

Always fun. Thanks again, Ruby.

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Upchurch

Just because I think it's interesting to do this over from time to time:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)
6. Non-theist (76%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
8. New Age (69%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (66%)

Looks like my Unitarianism is back up. Not quite the 100% I had two times ago, but not bad. Still strong in the Secular Humanism. It's sad to see Judaism drop out of the top ten (even though it's at a higher percentage than last time, 57%).

Always fun. Thanks again, Ruby.

Yep, I enjoy taking this every few months or so. When I first took this test on here....back in May of last year, I was still a Christian. It's neat to look through this thread and see my changing results on the test as my deconversion happened fairly rapidly.

[Ruby]

Three months ago.....
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Neo-Pagan (75%)
5. Non-theist (74%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. New Age (62%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (57%)
9. Taoism (57%)
10. Reform Judaism (54%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (42%)


and now....

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Neo-Pagan (82%)
5. Non-theist (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
8. Reform Judaism (65%)
9. Taoism (63%)
10. New Age (62%)
11. Sikhism (52%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)

No surprises. I am still 100% secular humanism. I went up two points on Unitarianism...that's nice. I also went up two points on Non theist. Don't know why I went up two points on liberal Christian.

[crimresearch]

Quakers probably show up high even for people who don't adhere to the listed tenets, because there is an emphasis on keeping credo and doctrine to a supposed minimum, and a history of rebelling against mainstream organized religion.

That has led of lot of Universalists, New Agers, Neo Zenners, etc. to move into Quaker meetings (that and the fact that most Quakers don't bring guns to meeting ;) ...).

As a result the modern distinction between Liberal Quaker and the more orthodox members in the USA has to do with geography and politics as well as how they worship.
Most Liberal meetings are on the coasts in larger groups, while the conservative Friends churches are scatterd thoughout the heartland, more numerous, smaller membership.

There are many links at Quaker.org, some of which will lead you to Quakerly newsgroups which should be enough to scare anyone off.

In other words, George Fox is probably up in Heaven doing this :eek:


Paul Nunis :D

[Dorian Gray]

Looks like for most people on this forum their top five includes these in some order:
Secular Humanism, Unitarian Universalism, Non-theist, Liberal Quakers, Theravada Buddhism

Here's mine:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Non-theist (78%)
4. Liberal Quakers (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
7. Neo-Pagan (57%)
8. New Age (50%)
9. Reform Judaism (46%)
10. New Thought (42%)
11. Taoism (41%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
14. Scientology (35%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (25%)
17. Sikhism (23%)
18. Islam (18%)
19. Jainism (18%)
20. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (18%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (14%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (7%)
24. Hinduism (7%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (7%)
26. Roman Catholic (7%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (6%)

[Zep]

Well, DER!


# 1. Secular Humanism (100%)
# 2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
# 3. Non-theist (77%)
# 4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
# 5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
# 6. Neo-Pagan (60%)
# 7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
# 8. New Age (45%)
# 9. Reform Judaism (44%)
# 10. Taoism (38%)
# 11. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
# 12. New Thought (33%)
# 13. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
# 14. Sikhism (29%)
# 15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
# 16. Scientology (25%)
# 17. Bahá'í Faith (22%)
# 18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
# 19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (17%)
# 20. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
# 21. Hinduism (14%)
# 22. Islam (14%)
# 23. Jainism (14%)
# 24. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
# 25. Roman Catholic (14%)
# 26. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)
# 27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

[!Xx+-Rational-+xX!]

1. Rational (100%)
2. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
3. Rational (100%)
4. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
5. Rational (100%)
6. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
7. Rational (100%)
8. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
9. Rational (100%)
10. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
11. Rational (100%)
12. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
13. Rational (100%)
14. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)
15. Rational (100%)
16. Skeptiscientisuperioristism (100%)

[Zep]

Originally posted by !Xx+-Rational-+xX!
1. Twit (100%)

[!Xx+-Rational-+xX!]

Originally posted by Zep
1. Towel hating bastard!!! (100%)