# Check out this amusing religion test - What religion are you? Post results. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095 "2005-11-02T16:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/81 "2005-11-03T16:52:53Z")
1. Eastern Orthodox (100%) 2. Roman Catholic (100%) 3. Orthodox Quaker (95%) 4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (94%) 5. Seventh Day Adventist (88%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%) 7. Hinduism (63%) 8. Orthodox Judaism (61%) 9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%) 10. Islam (55%) 11. Bahá’í Faith (55%) 12. Sikhism (55%) 13. Liberal Quakers (51%) 14. Jehovah’s Witness (49%) 15. Unitarian Universalism (43%) 16. Reform Judaism (39%) 17. Jainism (37%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (34%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (33%) 20. Neo-Pagan (30%) 21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%) 22. Scientology (25%) 23. New Age (24%) 24. New Thought (22%) 25. Secular Humanism (17%) 26. Nontheist (16%) 27. Taoism (13%) How do you end up with 16% nontheist if you say that belief in a triune God is central to you? And how come I’m 49% JW?! Otherwise, it’s as expected. Some of the questions don’t have enough options. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/82 "2005-11-03T17:29:10Z")
> [@Figaro](#): > > I admit I’ve never seen the point of Unitarianism… Q: Did you hear about the radical Unitarian who was arrested? A: He burned a question mark on his front lawn. My results: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Neo-Pagan (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (95%) 4. Secular Humanism (92%) 5. New Age (88%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%) 7. Mahayana Buddhism (69%) 8. Taoism (67%) 9. Reform Judaism (62%) 10. Theravada Buddhism (59%) 11. Scientology (59%) 12. New Thought (58%) 13. Nontheist (58%) 14. Orthodox Quaker (51%) 15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%) 16. Bahá’í Faith (43%) 17. Sikhism (40%) 18. Hinduism (35%) 19. Jainism (33%) 20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%) 21. Orthodox Judaism (26%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%) 23. Seventh Day Adventist (24%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (21%) 25. Islam (21%) 26. Roman Catholic (21%) 27. Jehovah’s Witness (13%) Is this the profile of a liberal, or what? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/83 "2005-11-03T18:53:46Z")
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (92%) 3. Neo-Pagan (84%) 4. Liberal Quakers (79%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (76%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%) 7. Nontheist (65%) 8. New Age (64%) 9. Reform Judaism (61%) 10. Mahayana Buddhism (54%) How can I be any percent of any of these? I am an atheist. 😕 I know this is all in good fun, but I’m still baffled. Apparently they know something about me that I don’t! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/84 "2005-11-03T19:08:10Z")
> [@mojave66](#): > > …9. Sikhism (75%) > Which is what I actually CONSIDER myself. Other than the question of the existence of the One God and the enlightenment of the 11 Gurus, there isn’t _any_ other orthodoxy involved. The Jathedar has no more authority than me to make spiritual pronouncements, so I’m guessing they’re figuring Punjabi culture = Sikhism. Wrong. Interesting. We have Sikh witnesses in our court from time to time. I know very little about Sikhism, but would like to know more - and to know your perspective on it. What, in a paragraph or two, is Sikhism, and why are you an adherent? Many thanks. –A curious Episcopalian ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/85 "2005-11-03T19:50:23Z")
My top 20: **1. Reform Judaism (100%)** (Which is exactly what I am) 2. Liberal Quakers (86%) (I blame this on growing up in Pennsylvania) 3. Orthodox Judaism (82%) (Makes sense) 4. Unitarian Universalism (79%) 5. Bahá’í Faith (78%) 6. Islam (78%) 7. Sikhism (74%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%) (I don’t understand this one) 9. Jainism (67%) (I’ve actually never heard of this one) 10. Mahayana Buddhism (66%) 11. Neo-Pagan (58%) 12. New Age (57%) 13. Theravada Buddhism (56%) 14. New Thought (51%) 15. Hinduism (51%) 16. Orthodox Quaker (50%) (Again, the Pennsylvania thing) 17. Secular Humanism (43%) 18. Scientology (42%) (!!!) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%) 20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%) ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/86 "2005-11-03T19:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@Bricker](#): > > > > 1. Eastern Orthodox (100%) > > 2. Roman Catholic (100%) > > Wow, that’s an… unusual… combination! Not really. I got the same thing (and I’m in fact EO), and most Orthodox people I know who’ve taken it have got the same thing. Both Catholics and Orthodox would answer virtually identically to the test’s questions. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/87 "2005-11-03T20:07:38Z")
This is getting redundant: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (94%) 4. Theravada Buddhism (83%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%) 6. Nontheist (70%) 7. Taoism (66%) 8. Neo-Pagan (66%) 9. Bahá’í Faith (64%) 10. Mahayana Buddhism (57%) I’m trying to figure out how I’m 30% theist though. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/88 "2005-11-03T20:20:46Z")
1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (91%) 3. Nontheist (82%) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/89 "2005-11-03T20:44:19Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > 1. Secular Humanism (100%) > 2. Unitarian Universalism (91%) > 3. Nontheist (82%) This proves why assumptions are bad; I would have expected such a dedicated Bush supporter to be more religious. I owe you an apology for my thoughts. I is always a bad idea to try and pigeon hole people. Sorry, Jim ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/90 "2005-11-03T21:00:06Z")
The repetition of some variation of the above statement is getting my undies in a bunch. It’s a logical fallacy - they’re not saying you are x% **anything**. They’re saying your stated beliefs/attitudes are x% \*\*in agreement with \*\* the stated beliefs/attitudes of the groups in question. Example: suppose I answered “disagree” to the question about believing that divorce should be restricted and/or punished. Well, I’d show at least **some** degree of agreement with atheists, Buddhists, neo-pagans, whatever - even though **I’m** not any of those things. Sheesh. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/91 "2005-11-03T21:03:55Z")
Secular huminism 100% all the way down to Jehova’s Witness 11% Some of the questions ought to allow more specific distinctions. For instane, I did click on > [@](#): > > Suffering is a state of mind, (or illusion); only our spiritual nature is real. _Some_ suffering is a state of mind rather than related to events taking place in the physical world. But I don’t believe that “only our spiritual nature is real.” ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/92 "2005-11-03T21:17:18Z")
100% Catholic, which isn’t surprising, since that’s what I am. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/93 "2005-11-03T21:25:48Z")
> [@William V.](#): > > Interesting. We have Sikh witnesses in our court from time to time. I know very little about Sikhism, but would like to know more - and to know your perspective on it. What, in a paragraph or two, is Sikhism, and why are you an adherent? Um, how about me going overboard and doing a whole thread on it? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6757907#post6757907](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6757907#post6757907) ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/94 "2005-11-03T21:34:46Z")
I _am_ a Reform Jew so these results don’t surprise me: 1. Reform Judaism (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (92%) 4. Bahá’í Faith (87%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (84%) 6. Orthodox Judaism (81%) 7. Orthodox Quaker (79%) 8. Sikhism (78%) 9. Islam (72%) 10. ``` Neo-Pagan (69%) ``` 11. ``` New Age (61%) ``` 12. ``` Secular Humanism (58%) ``` 13. ``` Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (56%) ``` 14. ``` Eastern Orthodox (56%) ``` 15. ``` Roman Catholic (56%) ``` 16. ``` Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%) ``` 17. ``` Mahayana Buddhism (52%) ``` 18. ``` New Thought (47%) ``` 19. ``` Jainism (46%) ``` 20. ``` Theravada Buddhism (44%) ``` 21. ``` Scientology (43%) ``` 22. ``` Seventh Day Adventist (43%) ``` 23. ``` Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%) ``` 24. ``` Taoism (39%) ``` 25. ``` Nontheist (37%) ``` 26. ``` Jehovah's Witness (33%) ``` 27. ``` Hinduism (32%) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/95 "2005-11-03T21:41:24Z")
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (89%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (89%) 4. Bahá’í Faith (78%) 5. Reform Judaism (77%) Reform Judiasm?? eh? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/96 "2005-11-03T21:54:48Z")
1. New Thought (100%) 2. Scientology (98%) (Wasn’t expecting _that_ !) 3. \*\*Christian Science \*\* (Church of Christ, Scientist) (95%) (The religion I practice. What 5% am I missing?) 4. Bahá’í Faith (93%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (93%) 6. New Age (92%) 7. Reform Judaism (91%) 8. Liberal Quakers (89%) 9. Neo-Pagan (85%) 10. Hinduism (84%) . . . ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/97 "2005-11-03T23:25:27Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > It’s a logical fallacy - they’re not saying you are x% **anything**. They’re saying your stated beliefs/attitudes are x% \*\*in agreement with \*\* the stated beliefs/attitudes of the groups in question. > > Example: suppose I answered “disagree” to the question about believing that divorce should be restricted and/or punished. Well, I’d show at least **some** degree of agreement with atheists, Buddhists, neo-pagans, whatever - even though **I’m** not any of those things. > > Sheesh. :rolleyes: Before you go rolling your eyes at me, please explain how the “stated beliefs” of atheists are anything more than lack of belief in a god. Divorce questions or any other issues shouldn’t affect anything. I endorsed no statement that posited the existence in a god or gods, and endorsed all that stated one didn’t exist. Nevertheless I am only 70% nontheist. Which means they’re adding more than they should to the definition of a nontheist. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/98 "2005-11-03T23:35:06Z")
1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (91%) 3. Nontheist (90%) 4. Theravada Buddhism (70%) 5. Liberal Quakers (68%) I was pleased to see that there was a 0% chance of my being a Jehova’s Witness. ---
**Author:** ![wonder9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@wonder9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder9)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/99 "2005-11-03T23:58:05Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > I’ve taken it before; I’m not a fan of the design, because the atheist answer is typically conflated with the agnostic answer. (For instance, for me the best answer to the first question about the conception of god was something like “God doesn’t exist. Or not sure. Or not important.” Well (IMO of course) he doesn’t, but I am sure, and it is important. > > –Cliffy Here, here. I agree completely. “doesn’t exist, I AM sure, it IS important”. This is not a test I can really take. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095/100 "2005-11-04T00:03:13Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > Before you go rolling your eyes at me, please explain how the “stated beliefs” of atheists are anything more than lack of belief in a god. Divorce questions or any other issues shouldn’t affect anything. I endorsed no statement that posited the existence in a god or gods, and endorsed all that stated one didn’t exist. Nevertheless I am only 70% nontheist. Which means they’re adding more than they should to the definition of a nontheist. It’s an automated test. Your answers to the questions are matched up to answers in the database that line up with the general stated beliefs of each “religion”, and scored thusly. What’s so damn hard to understand about it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-amusing-religion-test-what-religion-are-you-post-results/329095.md?page=6)