Your beliefs: what are they REALLY?

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Another UU convert!?

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Unitarian Universalism (100%)
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Liberal Quakers (95%)
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Theravada Buddhism (95%)
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Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
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Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
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Secular Humanism (79%)
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Neo-Pagan (76%)
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Jainism (72%)
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Taoism (70%)
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New Age (64%)
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Bahá'í Faith (61%)
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Hinduism (60%)
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Orthodox Quaker (56%)
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Sikhism (56%)
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Nontheist (50%)
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Reform Judaism (46%)
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Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
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New Thought (42%)
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Jehovah's Witness (36%)
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Scientology (32%)
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Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
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Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
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Orthodox Judaism (22%)
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Eastern Orthodox (17%)
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Islam (17%)
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Roman Catholic (17%)
 
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cavalier said:
Having just looked up Unitarian Universalists, it would appear that they believe whatever they want. Can anyone shed any light on this, or them?
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Hi Cavalier,

In light of my results (dubious as I may consider some to be!) as I'd not even heard of UU I did some researching. (Not too much mind). It does seem very inclusive, and is committed to social action. On the downside, I've seen several criticisms of it for being authoritarian in nature, top>down command structure kind of thing. At least that's a downside for me.

More generally, I have of course taken this test with an unhealthy amount of salt. I recently converted from devout atheism to evangelical non-theism so what these theist organisations are doing in my list I don't know (bit like 17th Angel says).

Maybe I don't know my own mind. Maybe my true belief is flowing out from my subconsciousness. Maybe I've just had too much strong coffee this morning. Maybe tomorrow I'll be a JW.
:)

s.
 
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1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Neo-Pagan (93%)
4. Reform Judaism (89%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
6. New Age (83%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
9. Secular Humanism (66%)
10. Jainism (66%)
11. Sikhism (66%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
13. New Thought (60%)
14. Hinduism (58%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
16. Taoism (54%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (54%)
18. Scientology (53%)
19. Islam (50%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
21. Nontheist (37%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
26. Roman Catholic (25%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (19%)

Not too surprising as I was / am a liberal Quaker.
 
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Thanks Wil, Snoopy, for your replies.

Unitarian Universalism seems all very nice, tolerance is great, but if that's all you have then what's the point? Surely you have to actually believe in something.
Any thoughts?
 
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My vast knowledge of UU is derived mostly from Wiki and one or two forums. I can understand the point you are making and I have seen forums where people have expressed negative comments about their experience within UU but when I look at the UU entry on Wiki I personally can't see much to argue with. An organisation broad enough to include the entire human race could possibly be the answer to a lot of our woes: if tolerance is all everyone had then maybe the point would be that there would be no killing in the name of intolerant self-righteous blind beliefs?

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wow, who knew.

1. Bahá'í Faith (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (97%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (95%)
4. Reform Judaism (89%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
6. Islam (87%)
7. Jainism (85%)
8. Sikhism (81%)
9. Neo-Pagan (76%)
10. Hinduism (76%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
13. New Age (72%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (69%)
15. New Thought (59%)
16. Scientology (58%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (56%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (56%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (49%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (48%)
22. Roman Catholic (48%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
25. Secular Humanism (35%)
26. Taoism (29%)
27. Nontheist (20%)
 
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1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. Neo-Pagan (82%)
5. Bah�'� Faith (77%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (77%)
7. New Age (71%)
8. Taoism (67%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
10. New Thought (60%)
11. Secular Humanism (60%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (53%)
14. Sikhism (50%)
15. Nontheist (45%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
17. Hinduism (40%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
19. Reform Judaism (40%)
20. Scientology (40%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (37%)
22. Jainism (30%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
24. Islam (10%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
26. Roman Catholic (10%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (10%)
 
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17th Angel said:
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%
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hey ,you are nearly half way there ;)
 
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1. Sikhism (100%) 2. Reform Judaism (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (88%) 4. Hinduism (85%) 5. Orthodox Judaism (83%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%) 7. Neo-Pagan (79%) 8. Seventh Day Adventist (78%) 9. Mahayana Buddhism (75%) 10. Unitarian Universalism (75%) 11. Bahá'í Faith (75%) 12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (75%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (74%) 14. Jainism (72%) 15. Eastern Orthodox (70%) 16. Roman Catholic (70%) 17. Islam (68%) 18. Theravada Buddhism (66%) 19. New Age (58%) 20. Scientology (56%) 21. New Thought (55%) 22. Taoism (45%) 23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%) 24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%) 25. Jehovah's Witness (38%) 26. Secular Humanism (34%) 27. Nontheist (29%)
 
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Not surprisingly, I scored 100% UU and 100% Liberal Quaker, closely followed by Mainline to Liberal Protestant and Orthodox Quaker. High up there was neo-Pagan, but oddly enough, about 2% higher was New Age (how, I haven't a clue). Nothing too far from what I would have guessed myself, except the New Age part. I don't really do much with anything New Age; maybe it got confused because I believe some beings are reincarnated (which is actually something I draw from neo-Paganism, not New Age) but I have a monotheistic (well, panentheistic) view of God (which generally kicks me out of the neo-Pagan category). Eh, there's only so much you can do with it. I get a little frustrated you can't often choose multiple options at once, and also I have trouble with the definitions (i.e., what they mean by "incarnation" may not mean what I mean by the same term).
 
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I've taken this test several times before. I always get Nontheism, UU, and Secular Humanist in my top three. I've head of all these, and they are no surprise to me.


eudamonia,

Mark
 
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