# Belief-O-Matic™ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012 "2005-07-31T14:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/41 "2005-08-01T09:11:19Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Well, this skeptical-born-into-a-Lutheran family, is now considered a Reformed Jew. Christian here, also scored Reformed Jewish… well, I suppose in a way Christianity IS a sort of reformed Judaism! I suspect it’s because I’m not terribly concerned about the afterlife, figuring that’s the Divine’s business and not something I need to worry about. Corr ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/42 "2005-08-01T09:16:30Z")
I score as 100% UU, 94% Reform Judaism. I’m an unaffiliated, not particularly observant Jew with pretty strong beliefs in the importance of social justice and religious tolerance. So I suppose that my scores fit me pretty well, really. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/43 "2005-08-01T14:32:03Z")
## \*1. Liberal Quakers (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%) 3. Reform Judaism (91%) 4. Orthodox Quaker (85%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (84%) 1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (53%) \* I think I just got kicked out of the Southern Baptists. Finally. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/44 "2005-08-01T15:38:37Z")
Neo-Pagan here … 100% . Not even sure what it is . I am Methodist by upbringing . None-practicing . UU was my second pick , and when I read the summary of it , I actually think it sounds interesting . I scored a 97% on UU . May have to think about checking out their local chapter… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/45 "2005-08-01T15:53:17Z")
1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (99%) 3. Liberal Quakers (84%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%) 5. Nontheist (75%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (74%) Quaker? Christian Protestant? Oh well, the Secular Humanism is spot on, as well as the Buddhism. 1. Roman Catholic (15%) Interesting, since I work for nuns…hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/46 "2005-08-01T16:04:39Z")
100 % Unitarian Universalist (I’ve taken this before, and this is always my result). I have the same problem with this as **Chronos** , no listing for Deism. Are we really so rare? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/47 "2005-08-01T16:12:06Z")
I’m a Neo-Pagan. Which I could have told anybody before taking the test. 🙂 But it was fun, and ten minutes in which I wasn’t working. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/48 "2005-08-01T16:13:08Z")
My top five are - 1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (98%) 3. Nontheist (84%) 4. Liberal Quakers (77%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) In reality I’m an atheist. But I don’t mind the sound of ‘Secular Humanism.’ Sounds like my kinda people. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/49 "2005-08-01T16:27:02Z")
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (98%) Now I know what Orthodox Quaker means. Since I scored 98% Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants, I guess that means I get to keep on being Episcopal. Or, maybe since I didn’t get 100% I need to be hit over the head with the church catechism several times. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/50 "2005-08-01T16:32:00Z")
1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (85%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (82%) Too many of the questions in the quiz were unanswerable. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/51 "2005-08-01T16:34:55Z")
Just for fun, the top five: 1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Jainism (87%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (87%) 4. Liberal Quakers (80%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (80%) and the bottom five. 1. Seventh Day Adventist (23%) 2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%) 3. Eastern Orthodox (17%) 4. Roman Catholic (17%) 5. Jehovah’s Witness (12%) Not a bad fit actually. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/52 "2005-08-01T17:14:39Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Too many of the questions in the quiz were unanswerable. Yes. Or needed more or narrowed down choices to be a more accurate answer. Which is probably why my rankings were so screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/53 "2005-08-01T19:24:37Z")
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (97%) 3. Neo-Pagan (89%) 4. Reform Judaism (85%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%) and 1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%) 2. Seventh Day Adventist (28%) 3. Eastern Orthodox (21%) 4. Roman Catholic (21%) 5. Jehovah’s Witness (18%) ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/54 "2005-08-01T19:32:58Z")
> [@Thalion](#): > > I have the same problem with this as **Chronos** , no listing for Deism. Are we really so rare? It seemed to be aimed at suggesting an organized religious movement (or a lack of one, in the case of “nontheism”) rather then specific beliefs about the nature of God. A deist could probably find a nicely fitting UU congregation or even a liberal protestant congregation. I know someone at my Episcopal church who’s a Deist and he’s accepted just fine. Started and runs a ministry, even. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/55 "2005-08-01T19:48:30Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > 100% Orthodox Quaker??? > compared to 97% Conservative Protestant? > > Must have been because I emphasized social betterment programs, but it had to ignore my high level of opposition to Non-Violence as a spiritual essential (I strongly believe absolute pacifism to be immoral). Another listed as 100% OrthoQuaker although…although I am Catholic (87%). Time to go sow some oats. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/56 "2005-08-02T01:34:29Z")
I’m 100% Neo-Pagan (yup), followed by Unitarian Universalism (88%) and Liberal Quaker (81%). My bottom three were Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic, bothy at 14%, and Jehovah’s Witness at 0%, which I guess means I have absolutely no predisposition whatsoever to knock on people’s doors and assault them with rolled up copies of _The Watchtower_. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012/57 "2005-08-02T02:14:06Z")
I took the Belief-O-Matic quiz a while before this thread was posted. 1005 Reform Judaism, 95% UU. That’s about right, considering how I’ve just started the conversion process. L’chaim! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belief-o-matic/315012.md?page=2)