Discover your religion!

Karembeu · Post by **Karembeu** » Fri May 24, 2002 2:19 am

@Fable: Browsed throuh it and I'm dissappointed to say that it didn't spark anything special inside me... Just like every other religion or faith....they claim to be the only one and their "interpretation" of life and whatever else is the only right one....(according to them)... Well, well...the search continues...

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 24, 2002 8:26 am

Well, yes--that was pretty much my reaction, too, though the Baha'is are traditionally more tolerant of others. You might consider a few other possibilities: 1) Hinduism. It's a voraciously pantheistic faith that incorporates all other pantheon's gods into its own. I won't get into the details; suffice to say, while members on the ground may claim Hinduism is the True Religion (particularly under the influence of ambitious, immoral politicians), that's not part of the religion's dogma. 2) Western pagan faiths. More syncretic than Western monotheistic faiths (which are still somewhat syncretic, though they don't like to appear so to the flock), some of their followers can be just as preachy as anybody else. But again, the various pagan branches make no claim to dogmatic purity. They present a view of life based on a number of relatively simple tenets of religious faith, and ask others to worship with 'em, or leave 'em alone. 3) Taoism. Not really a faith, not really a view of life, not really a thing, and not really not a thing.

Again, just some possibilities to check out. For some people, the search is more important than the goal. I'm not one of 'em, but there you are.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Fri May 24, 2002 7:47 pm

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (86%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (74%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (70%)
6. Reform Judaism (66%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (61%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
10. Islam (56%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
12. Seventh Day Adventist (52%)
13. Eastern Orthodox (50%)
14. Roman Catholic (50%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
16. Sikhism (49%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (48%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)
19. Taoism (43%)
20. Scientology (41%)
21. New Thought (39%)
22. Secular Humanism (35%)
23. Jainism (33%)
24. Neo-Pagan (32%)
25. New Age (31%)
26. Hinduism (26%)
27. Nontheist (22%)

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants.....yes I am Christian....but what the bloody hell does Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants mean??!

I can understand Christian and Protestant...but where did Liberal and Mainline come from?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri May 24, 2002 7:58 pm

You can always check at the website, where if you click on a selection, a detailed explanation is given. Lacking that at the moment, I'd think they may mean something like Lutheran, Wisconsin synod, when they refer to "liberal protestantism," while mainstream would be more along the lines of United Methodist. Again, just a guess on my part.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Fri May 24, 2002 7:59 pm

@Z presumably, as opposed to conservative Christian - you can look at the definitions on the site, IIRC.

at99 · Post by **at99** » Sat May 25, 2002 1:31 am

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
4. Hinduism (81%)
5. New Age (78%)
6. Sikhism (72%)
7. Jainism (72%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
9. Reform Judaism (58%)
10. Liberal Quakers (57%)
11. New Thought (54%)
12. Scientology (49%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (44%)
16. Taoism (41%)
17. Secular Humanism (40%)
18. Islam (32%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
20. Nontheist (27%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (24%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
23. Roman Catholic (19%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
25. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (8%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (4%)

I knew it , I am a neo-pagan. I think all neo-pagans should get together. All I need to do is join a druid grove. what concerns me is scientology rated highly with me.

For anyone interested some good books on religion is stuff by yogi ramarcharaka and yogi vis--,( cant spell the other guy)

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed May 29, 2002 6:23 am

Has anybody tried taking the poll a few weeks (or months) later, and found the results significantly different from their first time through?

Azmodan · Post by **Azmodan** » Wed May 29, 2002 6:44 am

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (99%)
3. Neo-Pagan (88%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
5. Bahá'í Faith (83%)
6. Jainism (78%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
8. Liberal Quakers (77%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (75%)
11. Sikhism (74%)
12. Hinduism (70%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (65%)
14. New Thought (65%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (63%)
16. Secular Humanism (63%)
17. New Age (61%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
19. Nontheist (57%)
20. Reform Judaism (45%)
21. Scientology (43%)
22. Taoism (41%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (39%)
24. Islam (39%)
25. Roman Catholic (39%)
26. Orthodox Quaker (27%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Jul 06, 2002 8:26 pm

With the influx of many new virtual faces, I thought it was time to resurrect this thread. (All hail your local version of a Sun God!) Here's the relevant test:

http://www.selectsmart.com/PRO/beliefnet/index1.html

Note that these questions and their results, while unscientific, actually are pretty well devised. It doesn't tell you what you believe, but rather, what religion values-as-stated your POV most accurately dovetails with. There are plenty of links.

Post your results!

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Sat Jul 06, 2002 9:06 pm

Interesting...

...since I've thought all along that I'm a liberal Catholic.

Here are my results:

. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (79%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (77%)
4. Liberal Quakers (74%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (72%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (72%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (67%)
8. Roman Catholic (67%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (64%)
11. Sikhism (60%)
12. Unitarian Universalism (59%)
13. Islam (59%)
14. Seventh Day Adventist (59%)
15. Reform Judaism (56%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
17. Hinduism (39%)
18. Secular Humanism (36%)
19. Neo-Pagan (32%)
20. Jainism (31%)
21. New Thought (31%)
22. Mahayana Buddhism (27%)
23. Nontheist (27%)
24. New Age (26%)
25. Theravada Buddhism (26%)
26. Scientology (23%)
27. Taoism (20%)

PosterX · Post by **PosterX** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:16 pm

I was a little suprised at these results. I always thought that Secular Humanists were closet Socialists.

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (86%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (72%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (64%)
6. Islam (64%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (64%)
8. Roman Catholic (64%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
10. New Thought (61%)
11. Liberal Quakers (60%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (60%)
13. Hinduism (59%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
15. Neo-Pagan (54%)
16. Scientology (54%)
17. Sikhism (54%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
20. Jainism (50%)
21. Reform Judaism (50%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (41%)
25. Taoism (41%)
26. New Age (35%)
27. Orthodox Quaker (32%)

Aqua-chan · Post by **Aqua-chan** » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:40 pm

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Thought (88%)
3. Hinduism (85%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
6. Reform Judaism (80%)
7. Sikhism (75%)
8. Scientology (74%)
9. Jainism (73%)
10. New Age (73%)
11. Liberal Quakers (64%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (63%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (58%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
17. Islam (47%)
18. Taoism (43%)
19. Secular Humanism (38%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)
23. Nontheist (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
25. Roman Catholic (20%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (10%)

Well, I gotta say that they're almost right on the mark.

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:20 pm

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Nontheist (72%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (65%)
8. Taoism (56%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (46%)
12. Reform Judaism (44%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
16. New Thought (36%)
17. Sikhism (33%)
18. Scientology (31%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
20. Jainism (26%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
22. Hinduism (16%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
25. Islam (9%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

acyually, the first time i did the test i got secular humanism, which seems more accurate judging by the description. Taoism also appeals as a religion, i must say...

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Jul 08, 2002 4:35 pm

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Secular Humanism (76%)
5. New Age (72%)
6. Sikhism (69%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (64%)
8. Reform Judaism (64%)
9. Nontheist (63%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
11. Taoism (56%)
12. Islam (54%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (54%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
17. Jainism (49%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (49%)
19. Hinduism (47%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
23. Roman Catholic (34%)
24. Scientology (32%)
25. New Thought (31%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

Hmm it seems i have moved away completely from the Protestant Christian ethic...how bizaare

I am also not Neo-Pagan at all, in fact i find all that a trifle strange and cultish, i would have said i was closest to non-theist really.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 8:46 am

Hmm it seems i have moved away completely from the Protestant Christian ethic...how bizaare I am also not Neo-Pagan at all, in fact i find all that a trifle strange and cultish, i would have said i was closest to non-theist really.

You just haven't tried fitting in. Tell you what: why don't you bring the double chocolate hexagram cake to the next ritual, and I'll bring the blood wine distilled from the essence of one hundred failed Hollywood starlets? I'm sure you'll get the hang of things after we've invoked Bill Gates at midnight and he's actually provided us with the true code to uninstall Windows applications.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Tue Jul 09, 2002 9:09 am

How things have changed, witness this my attitudes have changed a lot, not to the point of sacrificing virgins (or speedo's) but even i am surprised to see the evolution of my intellect and spiritual musings. Only 100 there are so many, why only stop at 100?

Bill will never release that code

RandomThug · Post by **RandomThug** » Wed Jul 10, 2002 9:40 am

ehh

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Nontheist (98%)
4. Liberal Quakers (90%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
7. Neo-Pagan (76%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)
9. New Age (65%)
10. Reform Judaism (61%)
11. Taoism (60%)
12. Sikhism (55%)
13. New Thought (53%)
14. Scientology (53%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (45%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
19. Hinduism (42%)
20. Jainism (41%)
21. Islam (38%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
26. Roman Catholic (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Jul 10, 2002 6:19 pm

Originally posted by Mr Sleep
Bill will never release that code

Suuuure he will. Have you have to do is sign away something very small, insignificant, something you won't even notice... Your right to run Linux.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Jul 10, 2002 11:36 pm

OMG! We have a right to run Linux!? No-one told me!

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 9:42 am

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
OMG! We have a right to run Linux!? No-one told me!

Of course you do.

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