What religion are you?

[Safiya]

It doesn't matter if you have a religion or not, it's just for fun. There's 20 questions and it decides on what religion you do or ought to practice from your answers.

http://www.beliefnet....zes/BeliefOMatic.aspx

This is my top 5

1. Islam (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
3. Reform Judaism (84%)
4. Sikhism (75%)
5. Baha'i Faith (70%)

[LazyGun]

Hi Saf - For the poll to mean anything, you need to answer for yourself rather than answer with the voice of your preferred religion/belief.

Many of the questions in the poll had to do with cultural or moral values derived from ones beliefs, and it is the slavish adherence to a literal interpretation of "holy text" and the hostile reactions to criticism or indeed any other worldview that are the cause of many of the current violent and deadly incidents around the world.

For the majority of people in the various religious communities, I think it probably likely that most are "just plain folks" and are pretty tolerant of differences, and I don't have any issue with these people - except that for myself i think that all religions act as regressive vectors on human cultural and societal development.

We can hope that they atrophy and over time become a kind of quaint tribal custom, to be wheeled out at births, deaths and weddings as a way of reaffirming your roots :)

[albaqwerty]

Apparently I'm 100% neo-pagan

The questions seemed to focus on presuming a beilief in either Christiantiy, Hindusim and other major reliogions.

[craft1948]

Apparently I'm a Quaker..............

[Answerprancer]

I've kept my results to the top ten:
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Hinduism (94%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (81%)
5. Jainism (78%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
7. Taoism (72%)
8. New Age (67%)
9. Liberal Quakers (66%)
10. Sikhism (65%)

[mccfluff]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
5. Neo-Pagan (73%)
6. Nontheist (70%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
8. Taoism (59%)
9. New Age (58%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
12. Reform Judaism (46%)
13. Jainism (42%)
14. Baha'i Faith (38%)
15. Sikhism (33%)
16. Scientology (32%)
17. New Thought (29%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
19. Hinduism (28%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
24. Islam (17%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

[Safiya]

Hi Lazygun, yeah I pointed that out as I saw other people say 'i answered as a ....'


I actually don't understand hostile reactions to criticism, if you believe in your religion and take flak for it, so what? But then I guess theres bound to be people from all walks of life that can be hostile for any manner of reasons. So sad.

Your last comment made me smile. It wasn't that many years ago I thought exactly the same way myself.

[Davethedog]

No 5 for me please


1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (81%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
5. Neo-Pagan (71%)
6. Nontheist (68%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
8. New Age (58%)
9. Reform Judaism (57%)
10. Taoism (50%)

[Safiya]

Hi headwreck :-)

Quakers seems to be popular.

[McMouse]

Secular Humanism (100%)

[Maydup]

I haven't time to do the poll right know, but will do it later. In the meantime i'll go with the flow and join you Secular Humanists!

[steg]

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Baha'i Faith (94%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (87%)
5. Liberal Quakers (84%)
6. Islam (82%)
7. Sikhism (79%)
8. Neo-Pagan (76%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
10. Jainism (69%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
12. New Age (65%)
13. New Thought (65%)
14. Scientology (59%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
16. Nontheist (57%)
17. Secular Humanism (57%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (55%)
19. Hinduism (53%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
21. Taoism (52%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (50%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (29%)
27. Roman Catholic (29%)

[Maydup]

I did the poll after all and just as I thought, it came out very similar to others here.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
5. Nontheist (74%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
8. Taoism (58%)
9. New Age (51%)
10. Reform Judaism (48%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
13. Sikhism (42%)
14. Scientology (34%)
15. Baha'i Faith (34%)
16. New Thought (32%)
17. Jainism (29%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
21. Hinduism (19%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
23. Islam (17%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
25. Roman Catholic (17%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (5%)

[keyplus90]

1. Islam (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
3. Sikhism (87%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (85%)
5. Reform Judaism (81%)
6. Baha'i Faith (73%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (71%)
8. Jainism (70%)
9. Jehovah's Witness (64%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (59%)
12. Hinduism (58%)
13. Eastern Orthodox (55%)
14. Roman Catholic (55%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
16. Liberal Quakers (52%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (47%)
18. Unitarian Universalism (46%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
20. Neo-Pagan (42%)
21. Scientology (40%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
23. New Thought (34%)
24. New Age (31%)
25. Nontheist (30%)
26. Taoism (29%)
27. Secular Humanism (28%)

[The-HouseHusband]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Neo-Pagan (86%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
6. Nontheist (80%)
7. New Age (76%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
9. New Thought (67%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
11. Scientology (64%)
12. Taoism (62%)
13. Reform Judaism (61%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
15. Baha'i Faith (49%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (40%)
18. Sikhism (35%)
19. Islam (33%)
20. Jainism (33%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
22. Hinduism (27%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
25. Roman Catholic (24%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (12%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)

[jomifl]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (75%)
4. Nontheist (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (48%)
9. Taoism (44%)
10. Reform Judaism (42%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
13. Sikhism (32%)
14. Baha'i Faith (29%)
15. Scientology (29%)
16. New Thought (26%)
17. Jainism (25%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
22. Hinduism (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
24. Islam (16%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)

[jomifl]

I answered for my wife and she came out exactly the same as me, I guess that's my 16% Islam showing.

[Mamyalynne]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (91%)
4. Baha'i Faith (73%)
5. Reform Judaism (69%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
7. Neo-Pagan (67%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (67%)
10. Sikhism (66%)
11. New Thought (63%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (62%)
13. Hinduism (59%)
14. New Age (57%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (56%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (55%)
18. Scientology (55%)
19. Secular Humanism (54%)
20. Jainism (49%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (46%)
22. Taoism (45%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (44%)
24. Islam (43%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (38%)
26. Roman Catholic (38%)
27. Nontheist (31%)

[DTCwordfan]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)