What are you?

Crumb · 12-19-2008, 10:11 PM

Beliefnet will label your beliefs based on your answers to 20 questions: Belief-O-Matic - Beliefnet.com

My results1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (79%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
5. Neo-Pagan (71%)

Master Taran · 12-19-2008, 10:22 PM

How did the Belief-O-Matic do?

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (83%)
3. Liberal Quakers (66%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
5. New Age (66%)
6. Nontheist (66%)
7. Reform Judaism (66%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (66%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)
10. New Thought (50%)
11. Scientology (50%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
13. Taoism (33%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (16%)
15. Baha'i Faith (0%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
18. Hinduism (0%)
19. Islam (0%)
20. Jainism (0%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
25. Roman Catholic (0%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
27. Sikhism (0%)

Farren · 12-19-2008, 10:50 PM

I couldn't complete it because I found too many questions were missing options that would map to my beliefs and some forced choices between options that I think are both true, for instance:

Quote:

Why is there terrible wrongdoing in the world?

(the question here is itself problematic, but presuming a particular meaning for wrongdoing, I would choose both options below)

- Egoism (self-importance) leads to desire, craving, and attachments, which can lead to unwholesome thoughts and behavior, i.e., greed, hate, and violence.

- No supernatural or spiritual reasons. Human nature, psychology, sociology, criminology, etc., explain wrongdoing. Or not sure. Or not important.

LadyShea · 12-19-2008, 10:52 PM

Secular Humanist

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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (79%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (62%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
8. New Age (44%)
9. Reform Judaism (44%)
10. Taoism (41%)

LadyShea · 12-19-2008, 10:52 PM

How did "Nontheist" not get 100% I wonder?

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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (79%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (62%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
8. New Age (44%)
9. Reform Judaism (44%)
10. Taoism (41%)

naturalist.atheist · 12-19-2008, 10:54 PM

I selected the bottom choice and low for all answers and this is what I got:

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Liberal Quakers (71%)
4. Jainism (61%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (61%)
6. Taoism (61%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (61%)
9. Hinduism (47%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
11. Seventh Day Adventist (47%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
13. Baha'i Faith (28%)
14. Neo-Pagan (19%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
18. Islam (0%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
21. New Age (0%)
22. New Thought (0%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
24. Reform Judaism (0%)
25. Roman Catholic (0%)
26. Scientology (0%)
27. Sikhism (0%)

It is interesting that the scoring allows 100% nontheist and 47% Seventh Day Adventist. This test is even odder than QM.

Farren · 12-19-2008, 10:57 PM

Maybe the implication is that Seventh Day Adventists "don't care" about a lot of the same issues you don't care about.

ETA: Do you mean the bottom, bottom option? As in "None of the above"? Or the one just above it?

naturalist.atheist · 12-19-2008, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farren

Maybe the implication is that Seventh Day Adventists "don't care" about a lot of the same issues you don't care about.

ETA: Do you mean the bottom, bottom option? As in "None of the above"? Or the one just above it?

Which would indicate that some fraction of the questions, perhaps as many as 47% of them, just don't have anything to do with religion.

: The very bottom option. It is something I do to a test to sort of test it.

Legs · 12-19-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by belief-o-matic

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
4. Nontheist (74%)
5. Liberal Quakers (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (54%)
9. Reform Judaism (46%)
10. Taoism (43%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
12. Scientology (38%)
13. New Thought (36%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
15. Sikhism (35%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
17. Baha'i Faith (27%)
18. Jainism (25%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
22. Islam (16%)
23. Hinduism (14%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
25. Roman Catholic (12%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

Crumb · 12-19-2008, 11:11 PM

I wonder why non-theist didn't even appear in my top five. :chin:

I agree that a lot of questions didn't really have the right answers, but that is always true for these types of things.

naturalist.atheist · 12-19-2008, 11:17 PM

This is what you get when you select the first choice and high for all the questions:

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (95%)
3. Islam (90%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (89%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (81%)
6. Roman Catholic (81%)
7. Jainism (76%)
8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (76%)
9. Sikhism (73%)
10. Baha'i Faith (66%)
11. Hinduism (66%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (66%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (65%)
14. Reform Judaism (60%)
15. Neo-Pagan (47%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
17. Liberal Quakers (45%)
18. Unitarian Universalism (41%)
19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (35%)
20. New Age (35%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (33%)
22. Scientology (30%)
23. Secular Humanism (28%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
25. New Thought (21%)
26. Nontheist (20%)
27. Taoism (15%)

Apparently you can be 100% Orthodox Jew, 65% Seventh Day Adventist and 21% nontheist. This test is odder than QM by far.

erimir · 12-19-2008, 11:31 PM

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (78%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (65%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. Taoism (50%)
9. New Age (48%)
10. Reform Judaism (48%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
13. Scientology (31%)
14. Sikhism (31%)
15. New Thought (29%)
16. Baha'i Faith (22%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
21. Jainism (15%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
23. Islam (12%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
25. Roman Catholic (12%)
26. Hinduism (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (2%)

They ought to use different criteria for different religions.

Non-theist should really only be decided by what your opinion is on the questions relating to the existence of/worshiping of God, because I answered in a way that is pretty much 100% non-theist.

godfry n. glad · 12-20-2008, 12:05 AM

I suppose these results are no surprise to anyone....

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
4. Nontheist (79%)
5. Liberal Quakers (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Taoism (55%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (55%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)

The tree-hugger who resents human desires and too many of their unsought and unforeseen consequences.

Garnet · 12-20-2008, 12:12 AM

How odd.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (88%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Reform Judaism (58%)
9. Taoism (49%)
10. Sikhism (44%)
11. New Age (43%)
12. Scientology (43%)
13. New Thought (40%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
17. Baha'i Faith (29%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
21. Islam (26%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
23. Roman Catholic (26%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Hinduism (14%)
26. Jainism (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

Shelli · 12-20-2008, 12:22 AM

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
7. Neo-Pagan (62%)
8. Reform Judaism (56%)
9. Taoism (48%)
10. New Age (43%)
11. Sikhism (41%)
12. Scientology (40%)
13. New Thought (37%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (34%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
19. Baha'i Faith (26%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
21. Islam (24%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
23. Roman Catholic (24%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Hinduism (14%)
26. Jainism (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

Watser? · 12-20-2008, 12:34 AM

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
3. Nontheist (75%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Neo-Pagan (65%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. Taoism (52%)
9. New Age (48%)
10. Reform Judaism (45%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
13. Scientology (31%)
14. Sikhism (31%)
15. New Thought (28%)
16. Baha'i Faith (22%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
19. Jainism (20%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
22. Hinduism (14%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
24. Islam (10%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
26. Roman Catholic (10%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

Ymir's blood · 12-20-2008, 12:49 AM

1. Servants of Cthulhu (100%)
2. Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know (95%)
3. Society For Creative Anarchism (91%)
4. Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow (86%)
5. First Church of Satan (Reformed) (86%)

Farren · 12-20-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ymir's blood

1. Servants of Cthulhu (100%)
2. Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know (95%)
3. Society For Creative Anarchism (91%)
4. Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow (86%)
5. First Church of Satan (Reformed) (86%)

Sneaky fucker. You intentionally left out

0. Undead Bimbo (200%)

and YOU FORGOT POLAND

Ex-zombie · 12-20-2008, 01:13 AM

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)

I only copied the first two items in my results. Obviously I am a lazy heathen!

Deadlokd · 12-20-2008, 01:20 AM

The test is broak:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
5. Neo-Pagan (75%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
7. New Age (65%)
8. Nontheist (64%)
9. Reform Judaism (62%)
10. Taoism (56%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (52%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
13. Scientology (44%)
14. Sikhism (42%)
15. New Thought (40%)
16. Baha'i Faith (35%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
19. Jainism (29%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%)
22. Hinduism (19%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
24. Islam (19%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
26. Roman Catholic (19%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

Funny though that was raised RC but only got 19% for it. Take that Pope Ratzinger! ZING!

But, non-theist 64%! I may have to revoke my scarlet A.

Watser? · 12-20-2008, 01:22 AM

I was raised RC too and only have 10% left :ovation:

S.Vashti · 12-20-2008, 02:38 AM

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Secular Humanism (86%)
4. Nontheist (78%)
5. Liberal Quakers (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
8. Hinduism (53%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
10. Taoism (48%)

Farren · 12-20-2008, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Porter

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Secular Humanism (86%)
4. Nontheist (78%)
5. Liberal Quakers (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (60%)
8. Hinduism (53%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
10. Taoism (48%)

Its curious, given how close Taoism and Buddhism are, that you can be a 100% Theraveda Buddhism, 53% Hinduism and only 48% Taoism.

Doctor X · 12-20-2008, 11:17 AM

Buddhism is really not endowed.

--J.D.

Doctor X · 12-20-2008, 11:18 AM

["Poof!"--Ed.]