Your beliefs: what are they REALLY?

[wil]

So my 13 year olds took the test last night....

My daughter 100% mainstream liberal Christian

My son 100% NeoPagan

I've talked to others who have taken it more than once over the years and seen their answers and results change...

 

[Prober]

It seems the test has at least one error in it. So far everyone I've seen is in agreement with something 100%....this alone seems unlikely. What I do like is the indication that even down to the bottom of each of our lists...we do have some common ground in which to have a discussion, even if it is only 10-20%.

I think it's more like "something is in agreement 100% with each person", ie a firefighter can put out a fire 100%, but he can also use the hose to make a river!

or something...

 

[Eudaimonist]

Belief-o-matic does not tell me what I am REALLY.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[wil]

tis real funny, the answers I'm getting back from my friends from emails are split just about evenly between:

hit me spot on, quite interesting...

I didn't know I had these commonalities, quite interesting...

Test is completely wrong...

I've relooked at the questions, I've got a feeling it is more accurate than many of us care to admit.

 

[Dor]

I will say my top 5 are all pretty close 3,4,5 have a few big differences but only a few.

 

[wil]

I will say my top 5 are all pretty close 3,4,5 have a few big differences but only a few.

exactly when you think of the differences between Islam, Christianity and Judaism....they are few our base is so large...and yes the differences may be big, but our common ground gives us something to work with.

I think that is what throws people off, when if they answer the questions about the trinity and incarnations a little different they suddenly appear to agree with a different bunch of folks!

 

[flowperson]

So my 13 year olds took the test last night....

My daughter 100% mainstream liberal Christian

My son 100% NeoPagan

I've talked to others who have taken it more than once over the years and seen their answers and results change...

wil:
I meant to tell you this some time ago, but your son and I had a mind meld some time ago.
Live long and Prosper !

flow....

 

[InLove]

Well, I know I was laughing at the name of the test, but I was not too surprised at my results. And I think that it is actually encouraging, as wil pointed out, that perhaps it points to more shared thought than it does division. I like that. Guess I am funny that way....

InPeace,
InLove

 

[seattlegal]

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (87%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
4. Jainism (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (84%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (83%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (81%)
8. Islam (79%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
11. Neo-Pagan (73%)
12. Seventh Day Adventist (70%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
14. Reform Judaism (67%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (67%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (66%)
17. Roman Catholic (66%)
18. New Age (65%)
19. Hinduism (65%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (63%)
21. Sikhism (60%)
22. Secular Humanism (57%)
23. Taoism (42%)
24. Nontheist (37%)
25. New Thought (34%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
27. Scientology (30%)

 

[manephelien]

[FONT=&quot]Unitarian Universalism 100%
Secular Humanism 98%
Liberal Quakers 82%
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants 80%
Nontheist 78%

Bottom 5:
Hinduism 11%
Seventh Day Adventist 14%
Roman Catholic 20%
Orthodox Judaism 20%
Jainism 20%


Can't say I'm too surprised with the top five, except Liberal Quakers, as I didn't even know there was such a thing. The Liberal Protestant bit comes from the fact that I live in a country where about 85% of the population is baptized and/or confirmed Evangelical Lutheran, but only 60% or so actively believe, and less than 20% go to church for regular services, i. e. not counting hatches, matches and dispatches. That said, my moral sense is strongly colored by my background and the society around me, even if I'm personally completely secular.

I find the bottom five encouraging, as it implies that there are always some points of discussion and possible agreement with people of varying belief systems.
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[Snoopy]

Belief-o-matic does not tell me what I am REALLY.


eudaimonia,

Mark

That's because you are unique.


Just like the rest of us!

s

 

[Snoopy]

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (87%)

so that's how you got to be a Bahai Quaker!

s.

 

[Leafblade]

I've taken this test before and got mostly the same results. Probably because I like learning about various beliefs and what I learned from them shaped who I am now.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Neo-Pagan (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (88%) 4. New Age (88%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (81%) 6. New Thought (77%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%) 8. Hinduism (75%) 9. Jainism (68%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%) 11. Scientology (66%) 12. Theravada Buddhism (66%) 13. Sikhism (60%) 14. Taoism (60%) 15. Secular Humanism (59%) 16. Bahá'í Faith (57%) 17. Reform Judaism (54%) 18. Orthodox Quaker (52%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (34%) 21. Orthodox Judaism (34%) 22. Nontheist (30%) 23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%) 24. Seventh Day Adventist (26%) 25. Islam (22%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 27. Roman Catholic (15%)

 

[Jack Halyard]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (82%) 3. Orthodox Quaker (79%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (77%) 5. Reform Judaism (65%) 6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (63%) 7. Seventh Day Adventist (61%) 8. Eastern Orthodox (56%) 9. Roman Catholic (56%) 10. Bahá'í Faith (55%) 11. New Age (53%) 12. Neo-Pagan (49%) 13. Secular Humanism (49%) 14. New Thought (45%) 15. Sikhism (43%) 16. Orthodox Judaism (42%) 17. Mahayana Buddhism (41%) 18. Theravada Buddhism (41%) 19. Hinduism (41%) 20. Scientology (39%) 21. Taoism (39%) 22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%) 23. Nontheist (37%) 24. Islam (35%) 25. Jainism (31%) 26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (13%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (4%)

 

[InLove]

Hey, J.H.

Maybe we should get together.

InPeace,
InLove

 

[17th Angel]

Well that is an accurate test.... one of the questions Q:do you believe in a god, gods, nature, not important or nothing. I choose not important yet I seem to get high scores in religions I object and stand agaisnt.....

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%) 3. Theravada Buddhism (88%) 4. Secular Humanism (87%) 5. Liberal Quakers (85%) 6. Nontheist (81%) 7. Bahá'í Faith (81%) 8. Neo-Pagan (78%) 9. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (68%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%) 11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (66%) 12. Sikhism (64%) 13. New Age (58%) 14. Orthodox Quaker (56%) 15. Mahayana Buddhism (55%) 16. Taoism (54%) 17. New Thought (48%) 18. Jainism (46%) 19. Reform Judaism (45%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (48%) 21. Hinduism (39%) 22. Orthodox Judaism (38%) 23. Eastern Orthodox (36%) 24. Islam (36%) 25. Roman Catholic (36%) 26. Scientology (36%) 27. Seventh Day Adventist (36%

 

[Blue Jay]

Here's how they rated me:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Nontheist (96%) 3. Secular Humanism (96%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) 5. Liberal Quakers (71%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (63%) 7. Bah�'� Faith (47%) 8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%) 9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%) 10. Jehovah's Witness (47%) 11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%) 12. Neo-Pagan (28%) 13. New Thought (15%) 14. Taoism (15%) 15. New Age (7%) 16. Eastern Orthodox (0%) 17. Hinduism (0%) 18. Islam (0%) 19. Jainism (0%) 20. Mahayana Buddhism (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%)

 

[cavalier]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%) 3. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (91%) 4. New Thought (85%) 5. Neo-Pagan (84%) 6. Liberal Quakers (82%) 7. New Age (77%) 8. Scientology (74%) 9. Theravada Buddhism (71%) 10. Reform Judaism (70%) 11. Mahayana Buddhism (70%) 12. Bah??Faith (66%) 13. Secular Humanism (65%) 14. Taoism (62%) 15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%) 16. Sikhism (56%) 17. Hinduism (56%) 18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%) 19. Nontheist (44%) 20. Orthodox Judaism (35%) 21. Orthodox Quaker (35%) 22. Jainism (30%) 23. Jehovah's Witness (28%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (27%) 25. Islam (27%) 26. Roman Catholic (27%) 27. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)

 

[cavalier]

Having just looked up Unitarian Universalists, it would appear that they believe whatever they want. Can anyone shed any light on this, or them?

 

[wil]

I've read their literature, and know a few people that attend although I cannot say I have a handle on exactly what they believe. I do know they are quite active politically, environmental and social concerns are high on their lists. I also know they are big on being open to various thoughts and discussing whether the basic items of any theology are real...like G-d for instance.

I have attended and spoke at services. At the ones I attended as a speaker they give you 20 minutes and then it is Q&A for 20 minutes. I rather liked that aspect. I do respect thier tolerance for others, concern for others and willingness to question deeply. Which is why I suppose I also ended up with them in high agreement.

(yours and mine cav quite similar!)