Belief-o-matic

[_cacheman]

I took this quiz 4 or 5 years ago. My top match was 'liberal Quaker'. That prompted me to check them out. The results have been good.

Come to think of it, I also changed my major due to a career aptitude test. Maybe I'm just easily influenced by these types of tests.

cacheman

[_bcspace]

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%.

Indeed. One of the biggest problems in the Church is baptizing those who are not prepared or committed.

[_Ray A]

Indeed. One of the biggest problems in the Church is baptizing those who are not prepared or committed.

Prepared or committed to what? The limited geographic model, or the hemispheric model?

[_bcspace]

Prepared or committed to what? The limited geographic model, or the hemispheric model?

No silly. Knowledge of the doctrine, committed to live the gospel (church attendence, wow, chastity tithing..etc.)

[_Ray A]

Prepared or committed to what? The limited geographic model, or the hemispheric model?

No silly. Knowledge of the doctrine, committed to live the gospel (church attendence, wow, chastity tithing..etc.)

I follow Socrates' dictum: "The unexaimed [faith] is not worth living."

[_Thama]

I just want to know how I got that 32% Scientology on my shirt. Anyone have a moist towelette?

I got 38% Scientology. Maybe it has to do with the social issues questions.

It's also interesting to notice how many "religions" fall above a certain threshold. Most of us secular humanist types have >60% agreement with 6 or 7 different types. Dr. Shades, Skippy and Sethbag are lower with just 5 or 6.

BCspace agrees with 12 groups at >60%.

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.

It probably was the social issues questions that got us... I answered each liberally except for the abortion question (which is probably why you have a slightly higher percentage that I do)

I do wonder how they manage to give anyone a 100% Scientology rating without a single question on Xenu, Thetans or the horrific evils of psychiatry. Even without those names, Scientology has a lot of beliefs that are very different than any Western or Eastern religious tradition, and I didn't see many answers that would accurately reflect that.

[_silentkid]

You just have to know how to answer the questions. There are a couple of groups of questions where it asks you about social issues pertaining to your religion. If you don't claim a religion, answer NA. That's why a lot of you atheists/agnostics have high percentages for various belief systems.

Here's mine:

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
5. Liberal Quakers (48%)
6. Neo-Pagan (30%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (25%)
8. Taoism (17%)
9. New Age (8%)
10. Baha'i 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 to 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%)

[_Doctor Steuss]

Last time I took this (about a year ago), the top two were Reform Judaism followed by Hinduism. Looks like I've changed a bit...


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. New Age (88%)
6. Secular Humanism (85%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (76%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
9. Hinduism (69%)
10. Scientology (68%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
12. Baha'i Faith (65%)
13. New Thought (65%)
14. Reform Judaism (65%)
15. Sikhism (64%)
16. Taoism (63%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
18. Jainism (56%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
20. Nontheist (51%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (39%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (37%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
26. Roman Catholic (33%)
27. Islam (32%)

[_Calculus Crusader]

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Sikhism (96%)
3. Baha'i Faith (91%)
4. Islam (90%)
5. Hinduism (83%)
6. Jainism (83%)
7. Reform Judaism (72%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (67%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (66%)
10. Roman Catholic (66%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (62%)
12. Liberal Quakers (62%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (61%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (54%)
17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
18. Neo-Pagan (51%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
21. New Age (35%)
22. Scientology (29%)
23. Taoism (24%)
24. New Thought (23%)
25. Secular Humanism (20%)
26. Nontheist (19%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (17%)

I score high for Orthodox Judaism because I reject the doctrine of the trinity and because I am inclined toward psychopannychism.

[_The Dude]

You just have to know how to answer the questions. There are a couple of groups of questions where it asks you about social issues pertaining to your religion. If you don't claim a religion, answer NA. That's why a lot of you atheists/agnostics have high percentages for various belief systems.

You're right. I retook it, answering NA to all the social issues questions, as if I'm saying my religion has no input towards rightness/wrongness of homosexuality etc., and then I got pretty much the same thing as you. Now I feel so clean with all those organized cults ranking 0% on my list.