Quiz: The Belief-o-matic! Which religion is right for you?

[christopher d]

From Beliefnet.com
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

Along the lines of "which political candidate best matches your views?" or "where on the political spectrum do you fall?", we have the Belief-o-matic. My top-10 choices for religion fall as follows:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. New Age (82%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
6. Secular Humanism (74%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
9. Reform Judaism (69%)
10. Jainism (67%)

Surprises: Nontheist made it as high as 14th (47%), and Roman Catholic was all the way down at 26th (15%), right above Jehovah's Witnesses. I always thought I'd make a good RC, if it wasn't for that whole Pope/women/gay people/monotheism thing.

Enjoy!

[NoodlesMacintosh]

Huh. Correctly figured I was a Mormon. I guess all those "none of the above"s at the beginning helped.

[quentinc]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (95%)
4. Secular Humanism (88%)
5. Neo-Pagan (66%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
7. Nontheist (60%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (58%)
10. Reform Judaism (58%)
11. New Age (58%)
12. New Thought (56%)
13. Taoism (54%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
16. Scientology (44%)
17. Sikhism (40%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
19. Jainism (37%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
22. Hinduism (30%)
23. Islam (21%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)

[royalstilton]

Take a card. Look at it. Put it back in the deck. (shuffles cards, turns over top card.)

7 of diamonds.

How did I do??

[Dolemite]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
5. Nontheist (71%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (61%)
9. New Age (56%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)

[christopher d]

Take a card. Look at it. Put it back in the deck. (shuffles cards, turns over top card.)

7 of diamonds.

How did I do??Could have sworn you'd be looking for 3 of Hearts, but hey... guess you did OK. :)

[quentinc]

Given the "beliefs" of unitarians, I think that it's virtually impossible not to get a 100% result.

[christopher d]

Given the "beliefs" of unitarians, I think that it's virtually impossible not to get a 100% result.
Hell of a marketing tool, isn't it ;)

[royalstilton]

Could have sworn you'd be looking for 3 of Hearts, but hey... guess you did OK. :)
---
i think your post is very clever, but i might totally misunderstand it.

PLEASE! don't explain it...;)

[CrewDust]

No surprises here for me:

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (87%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
4. Reform Judaism (80%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (79%)
6. Sikhism (75%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (70%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
10. Roman Catholic (64%)
11. New Age (61%)
12. Neo-Pagan (60%)
13. Taoism (60%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
15. Seventh Day Adventist (59%)
16. New Thought (56%)
17. Scientology (55%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
19. Hinduism (54%)
20. Islam (54%)
21. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
22. Secular Humanism (48%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
24. Theravada Buddhism (41%)
25. Jainism (33%)
26. Nontheist (30%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (18%)

[Own Goal Hat-Trick]

*shrug*


1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Neo-Pagan (90%)
4. Reform Judaism (86%)
5. New Age (81%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
8. Sikhism (74%)
9. Secular Humanism (72%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (67%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
12. Jainism (64%)
13. Hinduism (62%)
14. New Thought (61%)
15. Taoism (56%)
16. Scientology (51%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (44%)
18. Nontheist (40%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
20. Islam (37%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
24. Roman Catholic (16%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (15%)
27. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (12%)

[Dave Brull]

Not bad for a Jew, but it looks like I'll be trading in my kippah for a turban.


1. Sikhism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (95%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (79%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Neo-Pagan (73%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (71%)
7. Bah�'� Faith (68%)
8. Hinduism (65%)
9. Islam (63%)
10. Jainism (63%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (61%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
13. New Age (56%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
16. Scientology (48%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (46%)
18. Secular Humanism (46%)
19. New Thought (43%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
21. Taoism (38%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
23. Roman Catholic (36%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
26. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
27. Nontheist (23%)

[Norsk Troll]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. Nontheist (78%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
7. Neo-Pagan (65%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
9. Taoism (52%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (47%)


#6 seems a little odd, given that I specifically said there was no such thing as good in every question possible. One problem with the test is that it asked certain moral questions then tries to wedge you into a religion based upon the answers, once again overlooking that people can have moral ideas without deriving them from a religion.

[Dead Fingers]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
5. Nontheist (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (69%)

[flowergirl]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (94%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (92%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
5. Reform Judaism (75%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
7. New Age (69%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (64%)

seems about right..

[Dr. Wankler]

Kiss my Buddhist ass, you unenlightened mother********ers.

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (87%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Neo-Pagan (84%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
6. Reform Judaism (79%)
7. Hinduism (76%)
8. Jainism (75%)
9. Sikhism (74%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (74%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
13. New Age (67%)
14. Taoism (63%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
16. Islam (54%)
17. Scientology (52%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (52%)
19. New Thought (52%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
21. Secular Humanism (46%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
25. Roman Catholic (36%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
27. Nontheist (26%)

[dfb547490]

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (87%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (85%)
6. Hinduism (75%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
10. Islam (62%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (59%)
12. Jainism (48%)
13. Sikhism (39%)
14. Bah�'� Faith (38%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
16. Liberal Quakers (37%)
17. Reform Judaism (34%)
18. Unitarian Universalism (32%)
19. Neo-Pagan (32%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (29%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%)
22. Scientology (24%)
23. New Thought (19%)
24. Nontheist (18%)
25. New Age (16%)
26. Secular Humanism (13%)
27. Taoism (10%)

[Val1]

No surprises there, really. My faith is really the mainline Protestant version from the 50s with a 21st Century desire to impact the world. That's how I'd get both the Liberal and Conservative strains at #1 and #2.


1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8028_1.html) (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8029_1.html) (99%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8036_1.html)(89%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8037_1.html) (88%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8033_1.html) (83%)
6. Roman Catholic (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8030_1.html) (83%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8035_1.html)(68%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8051_1.html) (67%)
9. Liberal Quakers (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8038_1.html) (66%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8053_1.html) (66%)

[Pathogen]

I have some pondering to do. What I want to believe and what I do believe are obviously two different things.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%)
4. Neo-Pagan (92%)
5. Secular Humanism (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
7. Reform Judaism (75%)
8. New Age (73%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
10. Sikhism (68%)
11. Taoism (67%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (64%)
13. Nontheist (64%)
14. New Thought (61%)
15. Scientology (51%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
19. Jainism (44%)
20. Hinduism (44%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (40%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (38%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
24. Roman Catholic (33%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (32%)
26. Islam (29%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (29%)

[Chicago1871]

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (94%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (81%)

The dropoff after these three is pretty big.