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« on: November 09, 2004, 09:01:49 pm »
Since we're determined to discuss controversial topics this week and we've already covered politics and abortion, I figured why not hit religion too?

The Belief-o-Matic is a fairly old internet meme, but an interesting one, I think.  Share your results, if you're willing.
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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2004, 09:12:16 pm »
Here are my results.


 1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%)  
2.  Liberal Quakers (95%)  
3.  Neo-Pagan (94%)  
4.  Bahá'í Faith (87%)  
5.  New Age (85%)  
6.  Reform Judaism (85%)  
7.  Mahayana Buddhism (79%)  
8.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)  
9.  New Thought (77%)  
10.  Sikhism (72%)
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2004, 09:17:40 pm »
1.    Unitarian Universalism  (100%)
2.    Theravada Buddhism (95%)
3.    Liberal Quakers (94%)
4.    Secular Humanism (91%)
5.    Taoism (88%)

Are there tenets of Unitarian Universalism that I actually agree with, or does everybody get 100% because whatever you believe is A-OK with them?
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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2004, 09:18:14 pm »
1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%)  
2.  Neo-Pagan (95%)  
3.  Liberal Quakers (87%)  
4.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)  
5.  Secular Humanism (85%)  

That's probably good enough.
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2004, 09:18:58 pm »
Quote from: "Gimpson"
Are there tenets of Unitarian Universalism that I actually agree with, or does everybody get 100% because whatever you believe is A-OK with them?

Good call, I think.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2004, 09:23:12 pm »
I got 100% Secular Humanist and only 92% UU - so there must be something that you can disagree with a Unitarian on, although I don't know what it could be.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2004, 09:25:32 pm »
On a more serious note, I was raised Catholic, but attended Junior High and High School with very evangelical Baptists and Mormons as my best friends.  Some of the Baptists told me that it would be better for my soul to be an atheist than to be a Catholic, and all hounded me about their particular religions so much that it completely soured me on religion of any kind.  

It's only recently that I've come to realize that not all Christians are zealots like my school-chums.
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2004, 09:54:20 pm »
1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%)  
2.  Secular Humanism (92%)  
3.  Liberal Quakers (90%)  
4.  Neo-Pagan (89%)  
5.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)  
6.  New Age (83%)  
7.  Theravada Buddhism (75%)  
8.  Taoism (71%)  
9.  New Thought (71%)  
10.  Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2004, 10:59:44 pm »
1.    Theravada Buddhism  (100%)
2.    Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3.    Hinduism (80%)
4.    Secular Humanism (78%)
5.    Liberal Quakers (75%)
6.    Sikhism (75%)
7.    Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
8.    Jainism (71%)
9.    Neo-Pagan (69%)
10.    Nontheist (68%)
11.    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
12.    Taoism (64%)
13.    Reform Judaism (60%)
14.    Bahá'í Faith (59%)
15.    Scientology (54%)
16.    New Thought (53%)
17.    Orthodox Judaism (52%)
18.    Islam (50%)
19.    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (49%)
20.    New Age (49%)
21.    Seventh Day Adventist (49%)
22.    Orthodox Quaker (47%)
23.    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
24.    Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
25.    Eastern Orthodox (44%)
26.    Roman Catholic (44%)
27.    Jehovah's Witness (34%)
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2004, 11:31:09 pm »
1.    Secular Humanism  (100%)
2.    Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3.    Liberal Quakers (76%)
4.    Nontheist (74%)
5.    Theravada Buddhism (71%)
6.    Neo-Pagan (67%)
7.    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8.    New Age (51%)
9.    Taoism (50%)
10.    Reform Judaism (48%)
11.    Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
12.    Orthodox Quaker (40%)
13.    Sikhism (34%)
14.    Scientology (34%)
15.    New Thought (32%)
16.    Bahá'í Faith (29%)
17.    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
18.    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
19.    Jainism (22%)
20.    Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
21.    Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
22.    Eastern Orthodox (16%)
23.    Islam (16%)
24.    Orthodox Judaism (16%)
25.    Roman Catholic (16%)
26.    Hinduism (16%)
27.    Jehovah's Witness (8%)

I can't figure out how non-theist came out fourth (I'd have guessed it at 100%), but there it is.  Not surprising that my upbringing is near the bottom of the list...
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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2004, 11:35:01 pm »
Some of the questions I was not entirely happy with the possible answers, as is always the case with these things, but...

1.    Unitarian Universalism  (100%)
2.    New Age (98%)
3.    Neo-Pagan (97%)
4.    Liberal Quakers (83%)
5.    Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
6.    New Thought (78%)
7.    Scientology (72%)
8.    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
9.    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (71%)
10.    Theravada Buddhism (70%)
11.    Taoism (69%)
12.    Secular Humanism (67%)
13.    Reform Judaism (62%)
14.    Hinduism (58%)
15.    Sikhism (48%)
16.    Nontheist (41%)
17.    Orthodox Quaker (39%)
18.    Bahá'í Faith (36%)
19.    Jainism (35%)
20.    Orthodox Judaism (25%)
21.    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
22.    Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
23.    Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
24.    Eastern Orthodox (13%)
25.    Islam (13%)
26.    Roman Catholic (13%)
27.    Jehovah's Witness (6%)
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« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2004, 01:54:25 am »
Jough, you're more mormon than I am!

Let me also say that I had no idea how to answer half the questions.

1.  Secular Humanism (100%)  
2.  Unitarian Universalism (89%)  
3.  Theravada Buddhism (77%)  
4.  Nontheist (76%)  
5.  Liberal Quakers (75%)  
6.  Neo-Pagan (69%)  
7.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)  
8.  Reform Judaism (53%)  
9.  Taoism (52%)  
10.  New Age (50%)  
11.  Orthodox Quaker (46%)  
12.  Sikhism (46%)  
13.  Mahayana Buddhism (41%)  
14.  Scientology (41%)  
15.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)  
16.  New Thought (38%)  
17.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)  
18.  Seventh Day Adventist (32%)  
19.  Bahá'í Faith (30%)  
20.  Hinduism (30%)  
21.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)  
22.  Jainism (28%)  
23.  Eastern Orthodox (27%)  
24.  Islam (27%)  
25.  Orthodox Judaism (27%)  
26.  Roman Catholic (27%)  
27.  Jehovah's Witness (23%)
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« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2004, 02:19:17 am »
1.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)  
2.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (90%)  
3.  Bahá'í Faith (89%)  
4.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (86%)  
5.  Orthodox Quaker (84%)  
6.  Eastern Orthodox (73%)  
7.  Roman Catholic (73%)  
8.  Sikhism (72%)  
9.  Orthodox Judaism (71%)  
10.  Liberal Quakers (70%)  
11.  Jehovah's Witness (67%)  
12.  Seventh Day Adventist (66%)  
13.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)  
14.  Reform Judaism (62%)  
15.  Islam (56%)  
16.  Unitarian Universalism (54%)  
17.  Neo-Pagan (40%)  
18.  Hinduism (39%)  
19.  Mahayana Buddhism (38%)  
20.  New Thought (37%)  
21.  Theravada Buddhism (37%)  
22.  New Age (36%)  
23.  Jainism (33%)  
24.  Scientology (30%)  
25.  Secular Humanism (29%)  
26.  Taoism (26%)  
27.  Nontheist (21%)  

Not even a little surprising, although I never met a Buddhist I didn't like nor do I have any really serious problems with what they believe and definitely how they live. I imagine this means in my worldview, their belief system is incomplete.

Definitely glad Scientology is low on the list.

So I'm more liberal than conservative as a Christian Protestant? This did pretty much hit the nail on the head for me.
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« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2004, 02:34:47 am »
1.    Secular Humanism (100%)
2.    Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3.    Nontheist (84%)
4.    Theravada Buddhism (78%)
5.    Liberal Quakers (73%)

That's my self-classification at number three and my upbringing at number five, so not bad I guess, seeing as I didn't give them much to work with... lots of "not applicable"s
Astoundingly enough, I'd make a terrible Jehovah's Witness.
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« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2004, 02:46:49 am »
My wife's 100% Neo-Pagan.
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