# Belief-O-Matic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842 "2003-01-15T22:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/21 "2003-01-16T02:19:00Z")
My Top three: 1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (94%) And the lower three: 25. Seventh Day Adventist (23%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 27. Roman Catholic (15%) I was raised a Roman Catholic as well. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/22 "2003-01-16T02:42:57Z")
100% Match for Unitarian Universalism I don’t know how much credence I put in this assessment, though, since, although I hold the _Tao Teh Ching_ in very high esteem, and consider it to be very influential in my personal philosophy, my “score” for Taoism (which I’ll admit I haven’t researched in any formal way,) is a mere 70% – _2% less than I got for SCIENTOLOGY!_ :eek: WTF? My lowest match is for Roman Catholicism, (14%) which is too bad, since I really like the aesthetic, what with all the candles, incense, and ritual. I guess I’ll have to stick to neo-paganism (88%) for all that. 😃 Hermeticism doesn’t even seem to be on the list – I guess it’s too arcane. Too bad, since I actually managed to produce the Philosopher’s Stone in 1999, after only twelve years of toil. I think that’s some sort of a record. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/23 "2003-01-16T03:00:39Z")
Hum… 9 of the 27 possible “faiths” just happen to be Christian. And I’m more likely to be a “Liberal Quaker” than either a “neo-pagan” or “nontheist”. WTH is a “neo” pagan? But, on the whole, I’d say the test is well worth the price paid. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/24 "2003-01-16T03:20:24Z")
Interesting. I really didn’t “get” the whole bit about placing a priority on a selection. I mean, it seems to me that if it’s an article of faith, then all of them should be equal, ya know? Anyways my top three were: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (90%) 3. Neo-Pagan (90%) Which is pretty accurate, I suppose, but on a bunch of the questions I had to pick the answer which was _least_ inaccurate in describing my beliefs. I was raised Lutheren so I find this response amusing: 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%) My bottom three were: 25. Roman Catholic (21%) 26. Seventh Day Adventist (9%) 27. Jehovah’s Witness (7%) Which isn’t surprising, since I find many of their beliefs enigmatic to say the least. Oh, **HH** , info about [neo-pagans](http://www.religioustolerance.org/neo_paga.htm), more [here](http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8058_1.html). ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/25 "2003-01-16T03:46:19Z")
1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (89%) 3. New Age (81%) 4. Liberal Quakers (66%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (66%) * * * 1. Seventh Day Adventist (13%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (13%) 3. Jehovah’s Witness (9%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (7%) 5. Roman Catholic (7%) I’m Pagan, so the results make a lot of sense to me… I don’t get the fact that Roman Catholic is the last on the list. IMO, they’re very into ceremony and ritual in the same way that a lot of Pagans are, but that’s a whole 'nother kettle of fish I’m not going to stir up right now. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/26 "2003-01-16T03:53:15Z")
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (98%) 3. Liberal Quakers (84%) Hunh, I’m surprised about 1 over 2… 4. Orthodox Judaism (18%) 5. Roman Catholic (18%) 6. Hinduism (17%) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/27 "2003-01-16T04:04:47Z")
\ **Tuckerfan** - Thanks, but I was aware of the term and its usage - I was just commenting on the illogic of the term - “pagan” meant not “not sharing the Jewish/Muslim/Christian history” - how does one become a “neo-pagan”? I am not a “slightly-revised Hindu” or a “modified Buddhist”. Methinks we need a new word meaning 😉 \ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/28 "2003-01-16T04:06:48Z")
\ Strike “meaning”. Thank you. \ ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/29 "2003-01-16T04:09:58Z")
As an athiest, I thought it silly to take the test, but I figured I’d do it for kicks, and at least answer the ethics questions even though I gave the pat no-god answers on the first part (metaphysics/theology.) 1. Nontheist (100%) 2. Theravada Buddhism (90%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (89%) 4. Secular Humanism (87%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (36%) 6. Jainism (33%) 7. Seventh Day Adventist (33%) 8. New Age (31%) 9. Orthodox Quaker (25%) How they can tell all that just from my answers to the ethics questions I don’t know, but they couldn’t have been matching on the metaphysics questions because those questions all included a no-god option. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/30 "2003-01-16T04:18:09Z")
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%) 2. Reform Judaism (92%) 3. Sikhism (88%) . . . 4. Secular Humanism (22%) 5. Taoism (20%) 6. Nontheist (20%) ---
**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/31 "2003-01-16T16:24:12Z")
top 3: 1. Liberal Quakers (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (96%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (93%) bottom 3: 25. Eastern Orthodox (24%) 26. Roman Catholic (24%) 27. Jehovah’s Witness (20%) Well, I’m Wiccan (neo-pagan), but for a lot of the questions I answered “none of the above” since I believe other things or combinations of the answers. But Liberal Quaker? Hmm… sounds fishy. My ancestor, Mary Dire, was hung for being a Quaker. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/32 "2003-01-16T16:41:33Z")
1. Neo Pagan (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (90%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (89%) 4. Eastern Orthodox 5. Roman Catholic 6. Jehovah’s Witness ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/33 "2003-01-16T16:47:46Z")
Hrrm Nonthiest – 100% Secular Humanism 82% Liberal Quaker 61% #4 is around 30% So I think we can safely sum up my religious beliefs as, “When your god comes back, bring pie.” Mmmm pie. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/34 "2003-01-16T17:15:27Z")
Eonwe said, “All the non-theistic options are really anti-religious, IMO.” What other definition could you have for people who don’t believe in a god? That doesn’t mean they don’t want anyone else to worship as they choose. It’s just not something everyone buys into. Oh, and keep it out of government, too. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/35 "2003-01-16T17:16:58Z")
I _am_ **Eonwe** , according to that. :eek: Exactly the same top results. Also agree with your post, too. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/36 "2003-01-16T17:20:11Z")
…although I would describe myself as a secular humanist, not a Unitarian Universalist (mainly coz I don’t know what one is). ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/37 "2003-01-16T17:26:11Z")
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (96%) . . . 4. Eastern Orthodox (14%) 5. Roman Catholic (14%) 6. Seventh Day Adventist (13%) I think I’ll be checkin out Mahayana Buddhism a little… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/38 "2003-01-16T17:33:00Z")
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (98%) 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%) 4. Liberal Quakers (85%) 5. Nontheist (76%) I’m an atheist. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/39 "2003-01-16T17:38:57Z")
Actually is this the same site that was knocking around here a few years ago. Wasn’t it backed by the Unitarian Universalists or something like that. A lot of people are getting that belief system (or lack of one as the case may be)? ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842/40 "2003-01-16T18:41:23Z")
Top Three: 1. Neo-Pagan 100% 2. Unitarian-Universalist 99% 3. Liberal Quakers 93% Bottom Three: 27. Roman Catholic 21% 28. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant 20% 29. Jehovah’s Witnesses 14% My upbringing was United Methodist, which most likely fits in the Mainline to Liberal C/P, and my score there was 75% [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/148842.md?page=3)