Belief-o-matic

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_skippy the dead
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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liz3564 wrote:These were my results:

22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)


Time to turn in your card! :cool:
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_Bond James Bond
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (87%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
5. Liberal Quakers (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
8. Reform Judaism (57%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. New Age (44%)
11. Sikhism (42%)
12. Scientology (38%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
14. New Thought (35%)
15. Baha'i Faith (32%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
21. Islam (25%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
23. Roman Catholic (25%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
25. Jainism (15%)
26. Hinduism (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (3%)

I think the thing is flawed. I'm supposed to be 4% JW.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07

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_Seven
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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I didn't like most of the questions.
Here's mine:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Hinduism (92%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Liberal Quakers (90%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (85%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (73%)
9. Jainism (68%)
10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (68%)
11. New Age (66%)
12. Neo-Pagan (62%)
13. Baha'i Faith (61%)
14. Eastern Orthodox (61%)
15. Roman Catholic (61%)
16. Sikhism (53%)
17. Secular Humanism (51%)
18. Taoism (51%)
19. Reform Judaism (50%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
21. New Thought (43%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
25. Islam (34%)
26. Nontheist (33%)
27. Scientology (31%)
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_moksha
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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I have taken this several times over the years.

Although my

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestant, (100%) and
2. Liberal Quaker (100%) scores were higher, never-the-less my
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (76%) seems very respectable.

So the magic percentage is 76%! :biggrin:
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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BCspace agrees with 12 groups at >60%.


Such agreement can only be in the broadest of senses given the nature of the questions. Otherwise, many of you which have eastern religions high on the list might have to contend with the Dalai Lama's recent statement on sex being spiritually dangerous.
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_CaliforniaKid
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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The Dude wrote:Then we have CaliforniaKid with a whopping 17, including Scientology at 66%. How do you explain your result, CK? Maybe you should start a new religion with your hodgepoge of beliefs.


lol. I believe in something that can be called "God" (although I don't think it is a being, per se) and in being good. I think most religions are on board with that. I notice that the ones that agreed with me tend to be the minimalist ones: nature religions, mystic religions, and liberal religions. That's about right.
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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Mine came out about how I expected:

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (96%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (85%)
5. Hinduism (79%)
6. Islam (72%)
7. Scientology (61%)
8. Roman Catholic (57%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. Nontheist (44%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
12. Unitarian Universalism (38%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (35%)
14. Jedi (35%)
15. Baha'i Faith (32%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants(32%)
17. Secular Humanism (31%)
18. New Age (30%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
20. Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) (25%)
21. Jainism (25%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (25%)
23. Reform Judaism (25%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
25. Gods of Kobol/ Battlestar Galactica Polytheism (15%)
26. Liberal Quakers (14%)
27. Neo-Pagan (5%)
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_CaliforniaKid
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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Love the BSG hat-tip, cinepro. :mrgreen:
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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They should have potential converts take this quiz before they get baptized. I know there were some people who were baptized on my mission that probably wouldn't have gotten "LDS" above 50%.
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Re: Belief-o-matic

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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (92%)
3. Secular Humanism (90%)
4. Neo-Pagan (90%)
5. New Age (83%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
9. Taoism (67%)
10. Reform Judaism (60%)
11. Jainism (58%)
12. Nontheist (58%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
14. Sikhism (56%)
15. Scientology (49%)
16. New Thought (45%)
17. Baha'i Faith (44%)
18. Hinduism (40%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
23. Islam (27%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
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