I found this quite an interesting (and fun) quiz if anyone wants to try it out and post their results:
Belief Quiz



My results (neo-pagan bit made me laugh :rolleyes: - not sure what to think there):

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (96%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (95%)
6. Taoism (93%)
7. Secular Humanism (82%)
8. New Age (82%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
10. Jainism (68%)
11. Sikhism (67%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
13. Reform Judaism (64%)
14. Hinduism (60%)
15. New Thought (51%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (50%)
17. Nontheist (48%)
18. Scientology (46%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
25. Islam (20%)
26. Roman Catholic (20%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (9%)

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Nontheist (72%)
5. Neo-Pagan (68%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. New Age (52%)
9. Taoism (52%)
10. Reform Judaism (46%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (36%)
13. Scientology (36%)
14. New Thought (32%)
15. Sikhism (27%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (18%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
19. Jainism (16%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (11%)
22. Hinduism (9%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (9%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (5%)
25. Islam (5%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (5%)
27. Roman Catholic (5%)

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Seventh Day Adventist (90%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (79%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (76%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (76%)
6. Islam (74%)
7. Jainism (74%)
8. Liberal Quakers (73%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (71%)
10. Roman Catholic (71%)
11. Sikhism (68%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
13. Hinduism (60%)
14. Reform Judaism (60%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (56%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (54%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
20. Neo-Pagan (44%)
21. Taoism (38%)
22. New Age (37%)
23. Secular Humanism (31%)
24. Scientology (24%)
25. Nontheist (24%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
27. New Thought (23%)

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
4. Liberal Quakers (91%)
5. Neo-Pagan (85%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (75%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
9. Taoism (71%)
10. Jainism (69%)
11. Nontheist (67%)
12. New Age (61%)
13. Reform Judaism (61%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
15. Sikhism (57%)
16. Scientology (55%)
17. Hinduism (51%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (46%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
21. New Thought (42%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (39%)
23. Islam (38%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (27%)
27. Roman Catholic (27%)

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Nontheist (72%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
6. Neo-Pagan (60%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
8. New Age (45%)
9. Reform Judaism (42%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (41%)
11. Taoism (41%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
15. Sikhism (33%)
16. New Thought (32%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
18. Scientology (32%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
21. Jainism (24%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
23. Hinduism (18%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)

My mom (devout Roman Catholic) was pretty upset when I showed her the quiz results. :lol: Not like I haven't been saying I don't believe in any of the monotheistic religions. Or for that matter, any religion (my dad's Buddhist, Theravada I believe, and he got upset too when I told him I don't believe in Buddhism). Interesting quiz, thanks for sharing. :)

hombre, de nada
It´s interesting reading the other results. I see (ok, on a first quick glance) that you, Blizzard, seem vaery close to Kevin Beckman and Gen. Suicide, with Secular Humanism 100%, and also high percentages of Liberal Quaker and Unitarian Universalism too, also with Neo Pagan around 5th/6th (I´m still chuckling at my 100% neo-paganism, hehe).

I just checked up famous Secular Humanists and it seems you 3 guys are in good/interesting company, including E.M.Forster, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov amongst others.

You use Wikipedia? Excellent resource. Yeah, I noticed Kurt Vonnegut is a secular humanist awhile back, so I can't say I'm displeased with the company I'm with. :P

Anyways, I know you were taken aback by the "Neo-paganism" result for your quiz, but what exactly is neo-paganism? Anyways, all four of us (Kevin, Gen., you and I) all seem reasonably similar in our beliefs- Nevin's the odd man out. :lol: Nevin, you're an Anabaptist, right?

Good question, will have to wiki there later this evening.
Have this sort of jumbled image in my head of 1) Germanic God worship (sort of Wagneresque or old English Beowulf with dragons), 2) StoneHenge and 3) the Finns "happily worshipping bears" in icy forests before the Swedes "forced them" into Christianity (to quote a Finn from another message board). And definitely torch-lit meetings by night in a wood in Bavaria, hehe.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (96%)
4. Liberal Quakers (91%)
5. Neo-Pagan (87%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
7. Taoism (76%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. Nontheist (66%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
12. Jainism (62%)
13. Reform Judaism (51%)
14. Sikhism (51%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
16. Hinduism (45%)
17. New Thought (34%)
18. Scientology (33%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (32%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Islam (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (15%)


I'd say thats pretty right.

Think wicca and cletic.

Correct.

That test did contain some questions for which none of the answers seemed satisfactory. For instance, the question which asked "are works necessary?" proved a conundrum for me, because I believe that it is faith that saves us, but that works are in integral part of faith. I believe it was Luther who said, "We are saved by faith alone, but true faith is never alone." Add to that the false idea that most people have of what faith is (most people think it to be merely a belief in that for which there is not proof, which is not even remotely close to what faith is in the Christian sense) and I'm even less sure of how to respond to the question. I eventually said that works were necessary, simply because to say that they are not necessary allows for too much misinterpretation. There were a couple other questions were I had a definite answer, but where none of the options fit that answer, but that one is the one that sticks out for me.

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Neo-Pagan (85%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (84%)
6. Sikhism (78%)
7. Hinduism (78%)
8. New Age (77%)
9. Jainism (75%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
11. Taoism (74%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (63%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
14. Scientology (57%)
15. Secular Humanism (57%)
16. New Thought (54%)
17. Reform Judaism (54%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
20. Islam (38%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
24. Nontheist (32%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (28%)
27. Roman Catholic (28%)

I think we could make any of the questions on that survey a new topic.

We aren't a very Roman Catholic bunch eh?

And yeah, they are all pretty good, and make one think.

Well, I was 71% Roman Catholic. Not too bad. I also do have a fair amount of respect for Catholicism in general.

The quiz has a few distorted views about orthodox christianity but the results are somewhat reliable. :angel:


1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (93%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (91%)
4. Roman Catholic (91%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (81%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (57%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
9. Sikhism (56%)
10. Liberal Quakers (56%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
12. Islam (51%)
13. Hinduism (48%)
14. Unitarian Universalism (46%)
15. Reform Judaism (43%)
16. Neo-Pagan (37%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (33%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
20. Jainism (33%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (32%)
22. New Age (30%)
23. Scientology (28%)
24. Secular Humanism (28%)
25. Taoism (26%)
26. New Thought (25%)
27. Nontheist (18%)

Care to expand?

The quiz questions went along the lines of "doing good" or performing rites and rituals as a way of entering into heaven. Wanting to do good is one of the results of Christianity. In fact, it's not about "doing" at all. It's about relationship. Relationship with your creator and savior.

Well, it isn't a quiz on Christainity, its a quiz on all relgions. Accordingly, some things fit for christianity, some things don't.

But you are right in that some things people belive fit with christainty don't always do so.

It would appear I've found my soulmate.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (87%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
5. Secular Humanism (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (70%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. New Thought (64%)
10. Taoism (64%)
11. Reform Judaism (59%)
12. Scientology (56%)
13. Jainism (51%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
15. Hinduism (51%)
16. Nontheist (49%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (42%)
19. Sikhism (38%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
22. Islam (21%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
26. Roman Catholic (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (9%)

Wingfoot

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (94%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (82%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (74%)
6. Neo-Pagan (71%)
7. New Thought (69%)
8. New Age (66%)
9. Secular Humanism (64%)
10. Reform Judaism (64%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (57%)
12. Scientology (55%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
14. Sikhism (47%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%)
16. Taoism (44%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
18. Nontheist (41%)
19. Hinduism (41%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (38%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (38%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
23. Jainism (36%)
24. Islam (30%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)


What a result! :?
Considering I'm roman Catholic...

Don't worry. So am I. Kind of.

Anyway, I don't think those types of results would be common for a liberal Catholic. That's one thing the quiz doesn't account for too well--variations within the religions themselves. It can be a telling sign though. If our beliefs match up with mainstream beliefs of another religion, how/why do we consider ourselves Catholic?

Something I've been thinking about for a long time.

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Jainism (83%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (55%)
6. Neo-Pagan (54%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (47%)
9. Sikhism (47%)
10. Liberal Quakers (46%)
11. Taoism (46%)
12. New Age (45%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (40%)
16. New Thought (40%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (38%)
18. Roman Catholic (38%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (37%)
20. Scientology (34%)
21. Islam (34%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
24. Secular Humanism (26%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
26. Reform Judaism (24%)
27. Nontheist (24%)

I'd like to remind the audience that I did not simply reply for the sake of recieving such a high percentage. But there were some odd questions like whether or not God is three beings (which essentially screams the Hindu trinity! What else would I answer?). It just so happens that I truly believe in my religion. But I don't think they adequately researched all the religions and Christianity was exceedingly obvious in the choices, general answers (i.e. Humans are responsible for sin, referring to Adam and Eve) should have been used.

As for the nature of God: In Hinduism, we believe that though we have multiple gods which represent the many facets of one god or Brahman (the Sanskrit word for Truth), God is also present in everything and flows through (kind of like the Force). That represented two separate answers on the quiz.

All in all, it was a nice test, well researched considering the massive number of religions they specified in the results.

Nevin, should I assume that we are the "minority" in this arena of debate?
I love converting the confused!! :angel:

I think that´s a good point and the interesting point about the quiz.

Surely a lot of our religion is purely decided by where we were born and grew up. In nearly all cases it´s just stamped on our forehead in the first 10 years, like our maternal tongue or the diet we are used to. How many typical Italians are going to become Hindus, or Iranians Evangelical Christians, or Brazilians Muslims?; even if what they felt in their soul or mind was a nearing to another religion, the chances are very small that they would ever discover it (perhaps apart from primarily Europeans/North Americans discovering Buddhism á la Richard Gere). The general trend in terms of change seems to me to be rejection or disinterest: Protestant and Catholic Christians moving closer to Agnosticism or Atheism.*
(*OK, in the West at least. I might be way off here as I´m read about but have no concrete stats about current spread of Christianity - primarily Catholicism - and Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, for example).

I think you hit upon a main point, that what we are and what we are told that we are are totally different. I was "rasied" Roman Catholic, though I was never preassured into those ideals or the like, merely exposed more fully to those. However, as I grew and formed ideas of my own, I found that I was drifting away from Mainstream Catholism (or christainity for that matter) and leaning more towards what I am today.

Actually, Christianity is growing like mad in Africa, and in much of the non-Western world. Also, in the west there is not so much a movement towards atheism as there is a movement away from organized religion. People are becoming more drawn towards spirituality, but less towards religion, if you want to look at it that way.

Yes, quite so. I'd be interested in seeing your views on a number of issues.

I have different views about "religion" and social issues. Depending on the topic, it ranges from what some consider extreme to liberal views. I won't ever back down on my view of only 1 way to heaven but other issues are subject to debate and I listen as well as I speak. It's best to make an informed decision.

Care to expand?
Your last statement was vague.

I think to expand, we would have to create a new thread about a certain issue.

I would like very much to expand or explain my views. Just give me a certain or specific issue that you would like to discuss.

Nevin, there is a great book called "MegaShift" and it speaks in great detail about the great movement of Christianityin Africa, Asia, and other lands we would consider 3rd world. And it also speaks of how Christianity is becoming a remnant in this land that once proclaimed it openly and proudly.

Here is a thread for a question that was posed to us in the Faith Quiz:

http://s6.invisionfree.com/Politics_and_Pr...p?showtopic=472

Check it out to discuss one's views on certain topics (or make some new ones, but I'm really interested in this one)

Mm, this topic is a little old, but what do I care?

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
5. Neo-Pagan (88%)
6. Taoism (85%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
8. New Age (83%)
9. Jainism (77%)
10. Hinduism (77%)
11. New Thought (71%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)
14. Bah�'� Faith (63%)
15. Scientology (61%)
16. Reform Judaism (58%)
17. Sikhism (57%)
18. Secular Humanism (53%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
24. Nontheist (30%)
25. Islam (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)



There are some parts of the quiz that I honestly couldn't find an answer to, so that could possibly change some things, but the general emphasis on Easter religions is relatively true.

That's what I found - some of those questions are particularly hard - it's certainly not a quiz for the every-day man/woman

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Neo-Pagan (80%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
6. Nontheist (73%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
8. New Age (65%)
9. Reform Judaism (64%)
10. Taoism (64%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (57%)
12. New Thought (53%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
14. Scientology (50%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
16. Sikhism (44%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
18. Jainism (36%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (36%)
20. Islam (29%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
24. Roman Catholic (18%)
25. Hinduism (13%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)

My family is very much Islamic, though at the same time quite liberal.

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
5. Liberal Quakers (49%)
6. Neo-Pagan (30%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (23%)
8. Taoism (19%)
9. New Age (6%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (0%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
13. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
14. Hinduism (0%)
15. Islam (0%)
16. Jainism (0%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
20. New Thought (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%)

Yeah Jon, if you and put "Not Applicable" for all of the questions, you get somthing like that. :rolleyes:

oh... I will retake it...

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (85%)
4. Liberal Quakers (77%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. Reform Judaism (55%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. New Age (52%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (43%)
12. Scientology (43%)
13. New Thought (41%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
15. Sikhism (36%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (32%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
19. Jainism (31%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
21. Islam (24%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
24. Hinduism (23%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)


Edit: sorry for double :(

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
4. New Age (82%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
6. Liberal Quakers (68%)
7. Secular Humanism (66%)
8. Jainism (62%)
9. Hinduism (62%)
10. Taoism (55%)
11. New Thought (50%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (48%)
13. Scientology (48%)
14. Nontheist (43%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
16. Reform Judaism (36%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
18. Sikhism (34%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (24%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (11%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (8%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (7%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (3%)
26. Islam (3%)
27. Roman Catholic (3%)