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Old 07-01-09, 09:47 PM
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Take the "Belief-O-Matic Quiz here: Belief-O-Matic - Beliefnet.com

Then post and discuss your results. Here are mine:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Nontheist (77%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. New Age (51%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
10. Taoism (50%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
12. Baha'i Faith (38%)
13. Reform Judaism (38%)
14. Sikhism (38%)
15. Jainism (36%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
17. New Thought (28%)
18. Scientology (28%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
20. Hinduism (25%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
23. Islam (23%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
25. Roman Catholic (23%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (19%)

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Old 07-01-09, 11:02 PM
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1. Hinduism (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (91%) 3. Theravada Buddhism (83%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (77%) 5. Taoism (72%) 6. Jainism (65%) 7. New Age (65%) 8. Neo-Pagan (64%) 9. Liberal Quakers (62%) 10. New Thought (61%) 11. Scientology (57%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (42%) 14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (40%) 15. Sikhism (36%) 16. Baha'i Faith (34%) 17. Secular Humanism (33%) 18. Seventh Day Adventist (27%) 19. Reform Judaism (25%) 20. Orthodox Judaism (22%) 21. Nontheist (16%) 22. Jehovah's Witness (15%) 23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (12%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (10%) 25. Islam (10%) 26. Roman Catholic (10%) 27. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (8%)
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Would it not make more sense for all of these points to add up to 100%?
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Old 07-02-09, 02:10 AM
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No, it's simply showing you how closely related your answers are to the beliefs of the specified belief.

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I see.

This website crashed my browser. >.<
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (93%)
3. Secular Humanism (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (83%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Taoism (69%)
8. Nontheist (66%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
10. New Age (61%)
11. Jainism (56%)
12. Sikhism (49%)
13. Reform Judaism (49%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
15. Hinduism (38%)
16. New Thought (38%)
17. Scientology (38%)
18. Baha'i Faith (36%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
21. Islam (23%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Roman Catholic (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

I did a little differently this time than last time. On the other hand, according to it, I should join a religion that involves...all beliefs from all people. According to their information, Unitarian Universalism is a catch-all religion. That seems pointless to me. I'm still best aligned religiously with Secular Humanism, while I agree with a lot of the basics of Buddhism (Theravada in particular). Interesting that Roman Catholic is almost at the bottom of the list.

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1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (89%) 3. Liberal Quakers (78%) 4. Neo-Pagan (76%) 5. Nontheist (73%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (72%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%) 8. Taoism (61%) 9. New Age (60%) 10. Reform Judaism (53%) 11. Orthodox Quaker (46%) 12. Mahayana Buddhism (44%) 13. Sikhism (37%) 14. Scientology (34%) 15. Baha'i Faith (34%) 16. New Thought (31%) 17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%) 18. Jainism (25%) 19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%) 20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%) 21. Seventh Day Adventist (21%) 22. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 23. Islam (15%) 24. Orthodox Judaism (15%) 25. Roman Catholic (15%) 26. Hinduism (12%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (3%)

Seems I wouldn't make a very good Jehovah's Witness. A couple showed up at my door last year. I politely told them I wasn't interested. Sounds like I made the right decision.

I was raised as a Conservative Christian/Protestant and stayed with the religion for awhile but was unhappy. I was taught not to question but simply believe. I tried to believe but some of the things I was asked to believe were too much. I eventually lost my faith and left and have been much happier since.

I am now a Secular Humanist and judging by my scores it seems I made the right choice.

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So what do secular humanists do, exactly? Do they get together and try to improve the human condition? The condition of all life?

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Secular humanists have charitable organizations such as SHARE. They are concerned with helping people in need.

Secular humanism is a worldview or philosophy that upholds reason, ethics and justice. It's a life stance that focuses on how to live good, happy and functional lives. It seeks solutions to human problems using critical reason rather than faith or reliance on the supernatural.

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Sounds good. I don't know. I'm still trying to find somewhere to go with my life.

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