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Topic: Belief-O-Matic
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alacrity fitzhugh
Member (Idle past 4538 days) Posts: 194 Joined: 02-10-2004
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Re: in the last daze
It would be interesting to know what belief came in dead last for you as well. Sorry, didn't see that until now  . A three way tie: Islam 22% Orthodox Judaism 22% Roman Catholic 22%
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Annafan
Member (Idle past 4828 days) Posts: 418 From: Belgium Joined: 08-08-2005
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There's something really funny about this: I was actually raised ROMAN CATHOLIC, lol. 1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (83%) 4. Nontheist (82%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (68%) 7. Neo-Pagan (58%) 8. Taoism (50%) 9. New Age (47%) 10. Bah' Faith (45%) 11. Reform Judaism (44%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%) 13. Mahayana Buddhism (37%) 14. Orthodox Quaker (37%) 15. New Thought (35%) 16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%) 17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%) 18. Scientology (31%) 19. Sikhism (26%) 20. Jainism (23%) 21. Jehovah's Witness (23%) 22. Islam (18%) 23. Orthodox Judaism (18%) 24. Seventh Day Adventist (17%) 25. Hinduism (12%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (10%) 27. Roman Catholic (10%)
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1654 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Aside from the fact that (1) there is no category or allowance for deist or mild theist positions (2) there is a HEAVY bias to question relating to christian beliefs - some seem to require choosing between 3 christian variations and 1 atheist position and 1 none of the above ....
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (97%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (91%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (90%)
6. Taoism (81%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (77%)
8. Neo-Pagan (76%)
9. New Age (69%)
10. Bah' Faith (67%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
12. New Thought (62%)
13. Secular Humanism (61%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Hinduism (57%)
16. Reform Judaism (55%)
17. Jainism (49%)
18. Scientology (49%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (41%)
22. Nontheist (37%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Islam (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%) My impression is that the first three are due purely to the bias in the questions. And what's with all the last questions ending "should be fundamental" -- fundamentalist? fundamental to what? sheesh.
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ringo
Member (Idle past 661 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: 03-23-2005
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Message 34 of 49 (346025)
09-02-2006 12:19 PM
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Reply to: Message 28 by Phat
09-02-2006 5:23 AM
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Re: Now I see
Phat writes: Now I see why its so hard to get you to agree with anything I say. I agree with you every time you're right.  I think I could get just about any result I wanted from this test by judicious choice of a few answers. 
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1654 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Message 35 of 49 (346034)
09-02-2006 1:30 PM
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Reply to: Message 34 by ringo
09-02-2006 12:19 PM
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Re: Now I see
I think I could get just about any result I wanted from this test by judicious choice of a few answers. Rastafarian?
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3847 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Message 36 of 49 (346053)
09-02-2006 2:04 PM
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Reply to: Message 33 by RAZD
09-02-2006 12:02 PM
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categories
There are some omissions I would like to ask them about. Under Buddhism, why Mahayana and Theravada but not Zen? Under Taoism, why not differentiate philosophical Taoism and religious Taoism? The two yield very different answers about existence of deity, judgment and afterlife. I'd like to see Deism and Transcendentalism as their own categories, though these philosophies are surely incorporated in Unitarian, Liberal Quaker and Secular Humanism. Where are Tenriko and Rastafarianism? They belong on any list that already includes Scientology.
Archer All species are transitional.
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RAZD
Member (Idle past 1654 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: 03-14-2004
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Re: categories
They also don't list ID
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MangyTiger
Member (Idle past 6603 days) Posts: 989 From: Leicester, UK Joined: 07-30-2004
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
5. Nontheist (81%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
7. Neo-Pagan (60%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (48%)
10. Taoism (48%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
12. New Age (43%)
13. Reform Judaism (40%)
14. New Thought (35%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
18. Sikhism (28%)
19. Scientology (28%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
21. Jainism (15%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
23. Islam (12%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
25. Roman Catholic (12%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (12%)
27. Hinduism (7%) I'd have probably expected 'Secular Humanist' to come out top. I'm guessing the fact that my agnosticism led me to pick the 'not sure or not important' option most times is why it put UU top.
Oops! Wrong Planet
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Omnivorous
Member (Idle past 124 days) Posts: 4001 From: Adirondackia Joined: 07-21-2005
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Message 39 of 49 (347399)
09-07-2006 10:22 PM
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Reply to: Message 34 by ringo
09-02-2006 12:19 PM
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Re: Now I see
I think I could get just about any result I wanted from this test by judicious choice of a few answers. Ah, the sociopathic perspective--is that on the list?  Maybe I should take the test...
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PurpleYouko
Member (Idle past 130 days) Posts: 714 From: Columbia Missouri Joined: 11-11-2004
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Here are my results.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Nontheist (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (81%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
7. Bah' Faith (56%)
8. Neo-Pagan (53%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
10. Taoism (43%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
12. Jainism (35%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
14. New Age (34%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
19. Reform Judaism (22%)
20. Sikhism (22%)
21. Hinduism (19%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
23. Islam (18%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
25. Roman Catholic (18%)
26. New Thought (9%)
27. Scientology (5%)
Did anybody else get anything as low as 5%? And there I was thinking about becoming a "Scientologist" too Wondered why me and Tom Creuse didn't get along.
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NeuroCycle
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Message 41 of 49 (347540)
09-08-2006 11:33 AM
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Results...
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Nontheist (98%) 3. Secular Humanism (98%) 4. Theravada Buddhism (77%) 5. Liberal Quakers (66%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%) 7. Neo-Pagan (38%) 8. Taoism (27%) 9. Bah' Faith (24%) 10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%) 11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%) 12. Jehovah's Witness (24%) 13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%) 14. Hinduism (12%) 15. Jainism (12%) 16. Mahayana Buddhism (12%) 17. Sikhism (12%) 18. New Thought (8%) 19. New Age (6%) Interesting test - wonder how much putting priority on certian questions effects your outcome.
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New Cat's Eye
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Message 42 of 49 (347543)
09-08-2006 11:41 AM
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61% Catholic
quote:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (74%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (68%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (67%)
7. Reform Judaism (67%)
8. Sikhism (66%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (61%)
10. Roman Catholic (61%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (55%)
14. Islam (54%)
15. New Age (49%)
16. New Thought (49%)
17. Secular Humanism (48%)
18. Neo-Pagan (45%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (45%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
21. Jainism (44%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (43%)
23. Taoism (39%)
24. Scientology (38%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (36%)
26. Nontheist (36%)
27. Hinduism (28%)
I also took the "What kind of Catholic are you?" quiz:
quote:
You Are a Divine Office (Moderately Traditional) Catholic
The Second Vatican Council was much needed, as far as you're concerned, but you see no reason to push the church further in the direction of change, as many progressives urge. You like the dynamic combination of the traditional approach toward doctrine with the opening of the church to the world that Pope John Paul II (your favorite pope) represented. As far as liturgy is concerned, a reverent Mass in the vernacular is your favorite, as is a vernacular hymn with a feeling for the transcendent such as "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence." When Nicole Kidman returned to her childhood Catholicism and regular Mass attendance, you were thrilled.
Actually, I was more thrilled when Nicole Kidman got naked in Cold Mountain  Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given. Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given.
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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3847 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: 08-16-2006
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Bumpin' with the Baptists
This thread could use a little starboard ballast. Any foot-washing Baptists willing to give it a go?
Archer All species are transitional.
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U can call me Cookie
Member (Idle past 5202 days) Posts: 228 From: jo'burg, RSA Joined: 11-15-2005
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Hostile Protest Post
Wasn't very happy with the structure of this test. How does one answer questions that one does not know the answer to!? They seemed to conflate the atheist with the agnostic, and this does not allow enough flexibilty in which to answer; for agnostics at least. Maybe we are the forgotten ones!
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
5. Nontheist (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
7. Neo-Pagan (69%)
8. Taoism (52%)
9. Bah' Faith (51%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
11. New Age (50%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
13. Reform Judaism (46%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (36%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
18. New Thought (36%)
19. Sikhism (30%)
20. Scientology (29%)
21. Jainism (21%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
23. Hinduism (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
25. Islam (12%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
27. Roman Catholic (12%)
Interestingly, i was raised a Hindu... Admittedly though, Secular humanist does apply. Edited by U can call me Cookie, : No reason given.
"The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine
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Codegate
Member (Idle past 1067 days) Posts: 84 From: The Great White North Joined: 03-15-2006
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Message 45 of 49 (348721)
09-13-2006 11:04 AM
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Results
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%)
4. Liberal Quakers (90%)
5. Nontheist (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (71%)
7. Bah' Faith (69%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
11. New Age (58%)
12. Reform Judaism (56%)
13. Taoism (53%)
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27. Hinduism (13%)
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