# What Religion are you? Which should you be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683 "2000-12-21T14:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/1 "2000-12-21T14:02:53Z")
Wasn’t sure if this should be here, or MPSIMS, but I’ll post it here, since I’d like to see y’all’s results. [The Spiritual Path Selector](http://www.speakout.com/ActivismTools/selectors/religion) FTR, it thinks I should be a Neo-Pagan, although Unitarian Universalist is close behind. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/2 "2000-12-21T14:09:57Z")
I took the test the last 2 times somone posted it. I am a protestant. Liberal to mainstream protestant was my highest score, liberal quaker was also pretty high. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/3 "2000-12-21T14:22:50Z")
**Neo-pagan** with a tie between **Theravada Buddhist** and **Mahayana Buddhist** for second. Most interesting. Lowerst score - **Jehovahs Witness** = 0 My **Athiest/Agnostic** (self-proclaimed) score was 32 My original religion **Roman Catholic** score was 16. ::goes off to meditate on this for awhile:: ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/4 "2000-12-21T14:26:08Z")
My test results said “Mainline to Conservative Protestant,” which just happens to be _exactly_ what I am. Tied for second were Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic :eek:! Nothing against either of those faiths, but I never thought I would find either of them as close second to my beliefs. Hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/5 "2000-12-21T14:51:49Z")
That’s a hard test. They should have an “All of the above” option for those questions. My top 5, with score: Mahayan Buddhist (100), Theravada Buddhist (91), Neo-Pagan (87), Liberal Quaker (75), and Unitarian Universalist (75). ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/6 "2000-12-21T15:12:09Z")
I was a religion major for quite awhile, and I am very comfortable in my beliefs… When I took that test from the link you provided (thanks **tengu** ) I got results I expected… Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=100) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=96) New Age …click to learn more (score=90) Hindu …click to learn more (score=75) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=75) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=75) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=75) _except_ Liberal Quaker… WTF? oh yeah, my Jehovah’s Witless was **ZERO** as well. punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/7 "2000-12-21T15:16:31Z")
I would consider myself a secular humanist. My top 3 are: Theravada Buddhism 100 Uniterian/Universalism 96 Secular Humanism 91 I’m going to read about Buddhism…there was a lot in the description they gave that I didn’t know and that’s interesting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/8 "2000-12-21T15:19:49Z")
Neo-Pagan = 100% Unitarian Universalist = 98% New Age = 96% ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/9 "2000-12-21T15:26:59Z")
I’ve taken this before, when it was posted on an e-mail list that I’m on. Neo-Pagan was at the top of my results list, closely followed by Liberal Quaker, I think. Also, I’m apparently more Jewish than I am Catholic, even though I was raised Catholic. It’s interesting that a lot of people, going by results I’ve seen posted here at various times and on that other list, come up with high Neo-Pagan scores… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/10 "2000-12-21T15:42:08Z")
Apparently, I’m: ``` Reform Judaism ...click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist ...click to learn more (score=100) Liberal Quaker ...click to learn more (score=92) Atheist/Agnostic...click to learn more (score=85) Humanist ...click to learn more (score=85) Sikhism ...click to learn more (score=85) ``` My lowest score is Jehovah’s Witness, with 28 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/11 "2000-12-21T15:56:25Z")
Boy, will my Catholic mother be disappointed in her son: Roman Catholic …(score=23) My Top Five: Liberal Quaker …(score=100) Unitarian Universalist …(score=98) Neo-Pagan …(score=83) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…(score=80) Mahayana Buddhist …(score=76) In reality, I lean more towards Buddhism than anything else. _Liberal Quaker???_ I figured that’d be an oxymoron! ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/12 "2000-12-21T16:42:16Z")
Unitarian Universalist - 100 Liberal Quaker - 90 Humanist - 85 Neo-Pagan - 85 New Age - 74 and at the bottom Eastern Orthodox - 9 Islam - 9 Jehovah’s Witness - 9 Orthodox Judaism - 9 Roman Catholic - 9 I was brought up Humanist, by parents who were brought up Methodist and Protestant. I consider myself Unitarian Univeralist. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/13 "2000-12-21T16:45:47Z")
Hmm, very interesting. Unitarian Universalist (score=100) Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score=96) Liberal Quaker (score=95) Mainline to Conservative Protestant (score=95) Baháí (score=91) My low score is Scientology (score=0) ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/14 "2000-12-21T17:05:44Z")
Mahayana Buddhist at 100. Dead-on test! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/15 "2000-12-21T17:37:07Z")
The test seems pretty accurate–I’m an eclectic Wiccan. Are Liberal Quakers a catch-all for liberal beliefs? Neo-Pagan (score=100) Unitarian Universalist (score=97) Liberal Quaker (score=89) New Age (score=88) Humanist (score=82) Tied at the bottom with scores of 10 are: Mainline to Conservative Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Islam, Jehovah’s Witness, and Roman Catholic. Hey, did I just find a clue as to why I was unpopular with the (almost exclusively Southern Baptist) religious population of my home town? Rosebud, I suspect the high incidence of Neopagan and UU results reflect the liberal tendencies of the people on these boards. We’re a rather unruly bunch and are less likely than the average RL group to choose authoritarian answers. Also, I think that Neopagans are disproportionately represented on the Net as a whole. You’d likely get very different results (and possibly some outright lies 🙂 ) if you tried this thread over on the LBMB. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/16 "2000-12-21T19:58:10Z")
What, no [Church of the Invisible Pink Unicorn](http://www.infidels.org/misc/ipu/ipu.html)? (Blessed be her hooves!) ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/17 "2000-12-21T21:37:10Z")
Every time I take this test, I am predominantly Neo-Pagan. IRL, I either go to a Unitarian Universalist church, or a Quaker meeting. This Christmas, I’ll be in Chicago, and I hope I’ll have a chance to get to the Evanston Friends meeting.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/18 "2000-12-21T21:47:44Z")
Test results: Unitarian Universalist - 100% I am: Greek Orthodox ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/19 "2000-12-21T22:03:20Z")
Humanist …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=90) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=80) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=63) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=61) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/20 "2000-12-21T22:16:26Z")
You guys will LOVE this one… My top two were Unitarian Universalist and Neo-Pagan. I don’t remember the order, but they were #1 and #2. I’m a Southern Baptist. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683.md?page=2)