# Take the religion quiz! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415 "2000-10-18T15:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/1 "2000-10-18T15:40:53Z")
Been having fun with this one on another list I am on. One of us is a very observant Jehovah’s Witness, the rest of us are good little occasional church goers of various faiths. Our answers suprised us a bit. What makes it mose interesting, perhaps, is that it pushes you to choose what you believe. Anyway, I would apparently make a damned good neo-paganist. Who new? [http://www.speakout.com/ActivismTools/selectors/religion/](http://www.speakout.com/ActivismTools/selectors/religion/) ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/2 "2000-10-18T15:55:49Z")
Really interesting, Cranky! I think I’d make a great Liberal Quaker or a Mahayana Buddhist. I posted my scores here because it’s funny: Guess which religion I was raised in? And guess which religion is at the bottom of this list? It’s tied with Eastern Orthodox, which is my Dad’s religion. LOL! Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=94) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=89) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=89) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=87) Humanist …click to learn more (score=85) New Age …click to learn more (score=82) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=73) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=62) Hindu …click to learn more (score=62) Jainism …click to learn more (score=58) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=58) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=56) Baháí …click to learn more (score=50) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=39) New Thought …click to learn more (score=34) Scientology …click to learn more (score=34) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=23) Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=23) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=20) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=18) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=17) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=11) Islam …click to learn more (score=11) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=11) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=11) ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/3 "2000-10-18T15:59:13Z")
Neo-Pagan …(score=100) Unitarian Universalist …(score=96) Theravada Buddhist …(score=95) Humanist …(score=90) Mahayana Buddhist …(score=85) New Age …(score=83) Liberal Quaker …(score=75) Scientology …(score=70) New Thought …(score=68) Atheist/Agnostic…(score=67) Hindu …(score=65) Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score=61) Orthodox Quaker (score=60) Sikhism …(score=60) Christian Science …(score=55) Reform Judaism …(score=50) Jainism …(score=45) Baháí …(score=30) Latter Day Saints…(score=30) Seventh Day Adventist …(score=26) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…(score=24) Orthodox Judaism …(score=22) Eastern Orthodox …(score=15) Islam …click to learn more (score=15) Jehovahs Witness …(score=15) Roman Catholic …(score=15) Can you believe I’m more likely to be a Scientologist than a Catholic!! 😉 Organised religion sucks anyway. I have my beliefs, and hopefully they’re enough to get me through my life. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/4 "2000-10-18T16:03:31Z")
[It has been done already.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33049) ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/5 "2000-10-18T16:04:29Z")
TwistofFate, that Scientologist score scared me as well! A friend and I went to see their “free movie” as a joke in D.C., and when it was over we ran out of there afraid for our lives! Looks like you and I line up pretty close in belief systems. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/6 "2000-10-18T16:33:54Z")
My goodness… ``` Sikhism ...click to learn more (score=100) Neo-Pagan ...click to learn more (score=94) Unitarian Universalist ...click to learn more (score=92) Atheist/Agnostic...click to learn more (score=89) Humanist ...click to learn more (score=89) Theravada Buddhist ...click to learn more (score=84) Reform Judaism ...click to learn more (score=78) Liberal Quaker ...click to learn more (score=73) Mainline to Liberal Protestant...click to learn more (score=69) Christian Science ...click to learn more (score=63) Latter Day Saints...click to learn more (score=63) New Thought ...click to learn more (score=63) Scientology ...click to learn more (score=63) Mahayana Buddhist ...click to learn more (score=58) Mainline to Conservative Protestant...click to learn more (score=57) Hindu ...click to learn more (score=52) New Age ...click to learn more (score=51) Baháí ...click to learn more (score=47) Eastern Orthodox ...click to learn more (score=47) Islam ...click to learn more (score=47) Orthodox Judaism ...click to learn more (score=47) Orthodox Quaker ...click to learn more (score=47) Roman Catholic ...click to learn more (score=47) Jainism ...click to learn more (score=36) Seventh Day Adventist ...click to learn more (score=31) Jehovahs Witness ...click to learn more (score=15) ``` Actually, only the top one surprised me. I shall have to learn more… –sublight –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/7 "2000-10-18T17:12:38Z")
Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=88) New Age …click to learn more (score=85) Humanist …click to learn more (score=76) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=76) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=73) Scientology …click to learn more (score=60) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=58) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=57) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=56) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=56) New Thought …click to learn more (score=55) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=52) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=50) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=44) Hindu …click to learn more (score=40) Jainism …click to learn more (score=40) Baháí …click to learn more (score=32) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=29) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=28) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=27) Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=24) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=20) Islam …click to learn more (score=20) **Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=20)** Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=12) To modify your previous choices, ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/8 "2000-10-18T17:26:42Z")
Sorry Coldy. I was on vacation for that thread. However, looks like there are a few people who also missed it, so we’ll cath 'em this round! ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/9 "2000-10-18T17:38:43Z")
Humanist …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=100) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=93) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=91) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=78) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=68) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=67) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=59) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=57) New Age …click to learn more (score=57) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=46) Baháí …click to learn more (score=40) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=40) Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=40) New Thought …click to learn more (score=40) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=40) Scientology …click to learn more (score=40) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=35) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=32) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=27) Hindu …click to learn more (score=27) Islam …click to learn more (score=27) Jainism …click to learn more (score=27) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=27) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=13) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=0) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/10 "2000-10-18T17:40:06Z")
No surprises here: Humanist …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=94) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=89) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=83) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=63) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=60) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=41) New Age …click to learn more (score=35) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=31) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=31) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=31) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=24) Baháí …click to learn more (score=20) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=20) Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=20) New Thought …click to learn more (score=20) Scientology …click to learn more (score=20) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=16) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=10) Hindu …click to learn more (score=10) Islam …click to learn more (score=10) Jainism …click to learn more (score=10) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=10) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=10) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=10) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=0) ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/11 "2000-10-18T17:44:16Z")
Quicksilver… we almost identical… iampunha thinks we should get together 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/12 "2000-10-18T17:55:57Z")
You know, when I took this quiz a few months back, I was 100 percent a RC. Now it seems I’m an Orthodox Quaker (100), with only 64 scored for roman catholicism. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/13 "2000-10-18T18:13:38Z")
Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=100) Baháí …click to learn more (score=86) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=81) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=80) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=79) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=71) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=67) Islam …click to learn more (score=64) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=56) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=54) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=51) Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=48) New Age …click to learn more (score=47) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=45) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=45) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=44) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=44) New Thought …click to learn more (score=38) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=35) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=28) Humanist …click to learn more (score=28) Jainism …click to learn more (score=28) Scientology …click to learn more (score=28) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=24) Hindu …click to learn more (score=19) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=19) Well, considering the fact there was no “Conservative Judaism” option, I suppose that’s close enough. But Bahai? I guess growing up in one of their holy cities made something rub off. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/14 "2000-10-18T18:45:00Z")
HERE ARE YOUR RESULTS: #1: Orthodox Judaism (100) #2: Reform Judaism (100) #3: Islam (90) #4: Baháí (80) #5: Mainline to Liberal Protestant (78) #6: Liberal Quaker (77) #7: Latter Day Saints (76) #8: Mainline to Conservative Protestant (72) #9: Eastern Orthodox (66) #10: Roman Catholic (66) #11: Seventh Day Adventist (66) #12: Unitarian Universalist (62) #13: Jehovahs Witness (56) #14: Orthodox Quaker (56) #15: Sikhism (56) #16: Mahayana Buddhist (40) #17: Theravada Buddhist (40) #18: Jainism (36) #19: Hindu (30) #20: Neo-Pagan (30) #21: New Thought (27) #22: New Age (26) #23: Atheist/Agnostic (25) #24: Christian Science (20) #25: Humanist (20) #26: Scientology (20) ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/15 "2000-10-18T20:26:41Z")
No suprises here…guess who was raised catholic? Humanist …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=91) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=90) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=83) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=67) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=66) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=48) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=40) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=40) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=40) New Age …click to learn more (score=38) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=33) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=30) Hindu …click to learn more (score=30) Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=30) New Thought …click to learn more (score=30) Scientology …click to learn more (score=30) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=27) Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=26) Baháí …click to learn more (score=20) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=20) Islam …click to learn more (score=20) Jainism …click to learn more (score=20) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=20) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=20) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=20) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/16 "2000-10-18T20:43:31Z")
My scores were silly. OTOH, I noticed that I found a lot of “do not apply” answers (even when the survey did not provide for that response). I get the feeling that it was put together using “textbook” definitions of the various religions or belief systems and it missed the mark on a number of questions. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/17 "2000-10-18T20:45:06Z")
First- Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=100) Last- Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=0) I think this is what I got the last time. Yet another who was raised RC. Go figure… ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/18 "2000-10-18T21:08:06Z")
tomndebb, I got the same feeling as you about the “do not apply” answers. There wasn’t a lot of room for religious complexity. There’s no way that I’m a Neo-Pagan, but it’s still sort of telling about how far away I am from the religion of my birth, and it was interesting reading about the various religions that came up in my top ten. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/19 "2000-10-18T21:11:37Z")
woohoo - Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=100) - Humanist …click to learn more (score=100) - Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=100) - Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=100) - Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=80) - Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=44) - New Age …click to learn more (score=42) - Hindu …click to learn more (score=23) - Jainism …click to learn more (score=23) - Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=23) - Sikhism …click to learn more (score=23) - Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=17) - Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=8) - Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=8) - Baháí …click to learn more (score=0) - Christian Science …click to learn more (score=0) - Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=0) - Islam …click to learn more (score=0) - Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=0) - Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=0) - Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=0) - New Thought …click to learn more (score=0) - Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=0) - Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=0) - Scientology …click to learn more (score=0) - Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=0) although the fact that I would make a good UU did surprise me. I’m just glad I got a **ZERO** in Scientology. Better than all you clams out there. ---
**Author:** ![Zantac\_Overlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@Zantac\_Overlord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zantac_Overlord)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415/20 "2000-10-18T21:15:01Z")
I don’t need to take a test. It’s all fairy tales and wishful thinking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-religion-quiz/37415.md?page=2)