Belief ' O ' Matic Machine..Take the Faith test...

aquafire · April 15, 2004 9:13AM

Yesiree...

Just walk right up to this here machine..drop your coin into the slot and let the gizmo do its fandanglin job..

( Not too close son..it showers with sparks and scares the horses

)

Well its almost like that.....

Just that if your willing to answer a few questions ( 20 in all ) this here "Belief ' O ' Matic" machine will tell what church , mosque, synagogue, hall etc to head to...

So take it for a spin. Find out if your meant to wear a turban, hug a tree or shave your head...

I did...

and now I has come out as a Liberal Quaker.

(but seeings as I has already got the shakes )

they ain't no suprise....

Aqua.

Belief ' O ' Matic

podmate · April 15, 2004 9:34AM

1. \tMainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)

2. \tUnitarian Universalism (98%)

3. \tLiberal Quakers (90%)

Thats kind of scary since I definately don't believe in the cult of Jesus (or the cult of Mohammad).

I'm more of an agnostic nature worshiper who has no use for religion and activelly despises organized religion.

luca · April 15, 2004 9:53AM

100% - Unitarian Universalism

92% - Secular Humanism

92% - Theravada Buddhism

Seems to be pretty in line with my beliefs. Personally I think Secular Humanism is the best fit for me, but I don't label myself.

power apple · April 15, 2004 10:06AM

he he...

27._Scientology (17%)

not joining that cult any day soon!

barto · April 15, 2004 10:08AM

1._Secular Humanism (100%)

2._Unitarian Universalism (99%)

3._Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)

4._Liberal Quakers (88%)

5._Nontheist (79%)

Seems about right.

pfflam · April 15, 2004 10:19AM

As I would have suspected:

Mahayana Buddhist

what I don't get is that I seem to be 27% Jehova's witness?!?!?!

pfflam · April 15, 2004 10:33AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pfflam

As I would have suspected:

Mahayana Buddhist

what I don't get is that I seem to be 27% Jehova's witness?!?!?!

Except that it does seem strange because I am a theist of sorts . . . . and Buddhism is NOT a theism . .

Perhaps it is because my form of theism is with a G-d that is best contemplated as one would contemplate philosophy . .. and Buddhism has the world as phenomena and contemplation/meditation as the means to 'enlightenment'

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. . .and faith . . . faith is important for me . . . though it takes the form of absolute love of all that exists . . . including suffering and even boredom

hmm?! And Buddhism is a religion of resentment (as are all religions that want to be beyond this world) though it is a very mature and smart form of resentment . . . it still does not embrace but is about release only

My idea is about both: maybe it should be characterized as a loose grip?

strange world . . .

celco · April 15, 2004 11:13AM

Aquafire yeh crack me up yeh youngster....

Celco=

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)

I dont think so....

Celco = eternally damned = more likely ( their building me my own special wing in hell along with all the other advertsing people...)

Pity im too drunk at this mac right now for these results to matter...

YOU HAVE TOOOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS SIR

Good site find though.. got my traffic.

Regards ...hope all is well.

wrong robot · April 15, 2004 11:56AM

10

a_greer · April 15, 2004 12:01PM

OH DEAR ME

ORTHODOX QUAKER (100%!)....ME???????

OH DEAR, woulda never known, talk about self discovery

well, at least it didnt say "Amish"

chinney · April 15, 2004 12:28PM

The results were exactly correct for me, given that I am a practicing (liberal) Anglican, and have a fair bit of sympathy for Quakers and Unitarians. Top three:

1. \tMainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)

2. \tLiberal Quakers (93%)

3. \tUnitarian Universalism (84%)

Bottom three:

25. \tChristian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)

26. \tChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)

27. \tJehovah's Witness (23%)

fangorn · April 15, 2004 1:12PM

Fairly goofy. The terminology was so fast and loose I didn't know how to answer some of the questions, especially as to the nature of God; I don't think "essence" really means the same thing as "person" but I gave them the benefit of the doubt.

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)

2. Roman Catholic (100%)

3. mainline to conversvative Protestant (98%)

Pretty ironic considering that I'm a pretty strict Calvinist.

psgamer0921 · April 15, 2004 1:20PM

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)

2. Liberal Quakers (88%)

3. Unitarian Universalism (85%)

4. Neo-Pagan (81%)

5. New Age (72%)

6. Theravada Buddhism (70%)

7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (69%)

8. New Thought (68%)

9. Jehovah's Witness (67%)

10. BahÃ¡'Ã* Faith (64%)

11. Mahayana Buddhism (64%)

12. Orthodox Quaker (63%)

13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (62%)

14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)

15. Reform Judaism (60%)

16. Secular Humanism (60%)

17. Scientology (53%)

18. Jainism (51%)

19. Sikhism (45%)

20. Orthodox Judaism (43%)

21. Seventh Day Adventist (40%)

22. Hinduism (40%)

23. Taoism (38%)

24. Eastern Orthodox (32%)

25. Roman Catholic (32%)

26. Nontheist (32%)

27. Islam (31%)

br · April 15, 2004 1:36PM

No surprises.

1._

Secular Humanism (100%)

2._

Unitarian Universalism (99%)

seanm · April 15, 2004 1:55PM

1._Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2._Secular Humanism (98%)

3._Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)

4._Liberal Quakers (84%)

5._Nontheist (80%)

curiousuburb · April 15, 2004 2:28PM

interesting results from experimenting with the options.

Although from results info pages you can pull down to "what others believe" and Atheist and Agnostic is described, despite picking every no god/not applicable answer, one can't seem to get Nontheist as 100 % fit

(at least not with the "value on this question" left in default middle position.)

1._Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2._Nontheist (96%)

3._Secular Humanism (96%)

it seems they are determined to shoehorn everybody into a broad "Unitarian Universalism",

which ends its first descriptive paragraph

Quote:

Belief in Deity

Very diverse beliefs--Unitarian/Universalists welcome all deity beliefs as well as nontheistic beliefs. Some congregations are formed for those who share a common belief, e.g. Christianity.

so why would a Nontheist fit better in a Christian congregation than just plain Nontheist?

Is it anathema for a site called Beliefnet to 'endorse' nontheism?

Testing with those choices did produce a close race for last place with 11 religions tied for worst fit

16._Eastern Orthodox (0%)

17._Hinduism (0%)

18._Islam (0%)

19._Jainism (0%)

20._Mahayana Buddhism (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%)

Those who think this test was easy might want to try the

Theological Engineering Exam

xionja · April 15, 2004 3:37PM

whoa thats kinda cool. and accurate too.

Reform Judaism 100% (and i thought i dropped out of sundayschool)

Unitarian Universalism 99%

Liberal Quakers 94%

sdw2001 · April 15, 2004 4:01PM

Well, it looks like giant was right. I'm a fanatic!!! I shit you not, here are the results.

1. Islam (100%)

2._

Orthodox Judaism (100%)

3._

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (94%)

4._

Reform Judaism (81%)

5._

Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (81%)

6._

Jehovah's Witness (76%)

7._

Eastern Orthodox (72%)

8._

Roman Catholic (72%)

9._

Sikhism (71%)

10._

Orthodox Quaker (69%)

11._

Jainism (60%)

12._

BahÃ¡'Ã* Faith (60%)

13._

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (54%)

14._

Seventh Day Adventist (54%)

15._

Liberal Quakers (52%)

16._

Mahayana Buddhism (50%)

17._

Hinduism (48%)

18._

New Thought (47%)

19._

Theravada Buddhism (45%)

20._

Unitarian Universalism (42%)

21._

Scientology (39%)

22._

Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)

23._

Neo-Pagan (36%)

24._

New Age (31%)

25._

Nontheist (31%)

26._

Secular Humanism (25%)

27._

Taoism (22%)

eugene · April 15, 2004 4:38PM

It told me I was Screech from Saved by the Bell

I think I took the wrong test.

daver · April 15, 2004 7:18PM

Ahh yes, this test makes the rounds at least once a year...

As someone who's been raised (and still pretty much is) Catholic, my results were:

1. Reform Judaism (100%)

2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (99%)

3. Liberal Quakers (95%)

4. BahÃ¡'Ã* Faith (92%)

5. Unitarian Universalism (83%)

6. Sikhism (82%)

7. Orthodox Judaism (76%)

On the site's "What kind of Catholic are you?" test, I scored 32 out of 100, making me a progressive Catholic whose idea of a good movie is apparently The Last Temptation of Christ.

vargas · April 15, 2004 7:32PM

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Reform Judaism (99%)

3. New Thought (94%)

4. Liberal Quakers (85%)

5. Neo-Pagan (83%)

6. Scientology (82%)

7. New Age (80%)

8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)

9. BahÃ¡'Ã* Faith (72%)

10. Hinduism (71%)

11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (69%)

12. Orthodox Judaism (69%)

13. Sikhism (69%)

14. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)

15. Islam (62%)

16. Secular Humanism (55%)

17. Jainism (54%)

18. Taoism (44%)

19. Theravada Buddhism (41%)

20. Nontheist (40%)

21. Orthodox Quaker (34%)

22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)

23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)

24. Eastern Orthodox (29%)

25. Roman Catholic (29%)

26. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

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