# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/41 "2000-12-22T08:48:22Z")
100% Neo-Pagan. Nifty, considering I have just recently started aquainting myself with Wicca. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/42 "2000-12-22T14:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hedra \* > \*\*I think some of y’all are confusing Liberal Quaker with Amish or Menenite (how is that spelled?). I get that all the time (I’m married to one - Liberal Quaker, that is). > > Go read the link for more info on LQ, but the quick form of Liberal Quaker is: “there is that of God in each of us” > > God is met on a personal scale, individually, from within the self. Live simply, non-materially, and get your butt out there to help others. No ministers in the non-evangelical side of the Quaker path, so you sit in meeting waiting on Divine Inspiration to speak (anyone can be moved to speak). And let me tell you, I am moved to tears a heck of a lot more in Meeting than I ever was in church (UU churches, though, so there’s more arguing than crying). > > Liberal Quakers are very ‘walk your talk’ folk, and have put their lives on the line for a long time trying to allow the Divine Light in everyone to shine. Very pacifist (no fighting in war, anti-capital-punishment), very much on the front lines of emacipation from slavery way back when, and also smuggled Jews out of Europe before and during WWII. Generally pro-choice, and individual pagan leanings are tolerated by many Meetings without a blink. Very socially liberal, and often politically liberal, though they can have some really seriously high expectations for their kids. Oh, and very pro-women’s equality from WAY back. > > I loved the vows: “I promise with Divine assistance to be unto thee a loving and faithful wife, so long as we both shall live.” PERIOD. The man’s are identical, with the exception of ‘husband’ instead of ‘wife’ (of course). > > Anyway, go read the link… > > (I end up neo-pagan, UU, M. Buddhist, LQ, and New-Age, pretty spot on) \*\* **hedra** , _Excellent_ summary of liberal Quakerism! I’m also married to a LQ. We live in a part of the country where there are very few Quakers of any kind, and when we mention the religion, folks tend get a mental image of the guy on the oatmeal box.🙂 ---
**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 22, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/43 "2000-12-22T16:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Juliana \* > > 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. 😃 > > Thank the Lady! There’s hope for some of them after all! 😉 \*\* Oh, I gotta respond to this one… I grew up Southern Baptist, and am one again (although I don’t agree with many of the ideals of the church: we don’t bow down to Nashville every day), but for about 7-8 years, I was heavily involved in Wicca. I love the religion: it is beautiful, and there is nothing wrong with it, despite what the SB’s try to tell me. But it just wasn’t where I needed to go. I wholeheartedly believe everyone has their own path to follow, and Wicca wasn’t mine. Which means I’m probably the most Liberal Southern Baptist in existence… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/44 "2000-12-22T19:20:15Z")
I have actually known several very liberal SBs and some quite decent moderate ones, Juliana. It’s just the ultra-conservatives that give the group such a reputation for intolerance. Unfortunately, they wield enough political power in the group to steer it, or at appear to. I was, of course, only teasing. If you’re happy with your choice, so am I. \ ---
**Author:** ![Meephead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Meephead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meephead)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/45 "2000-12-22T20:57:44Z")
I am basically what would be classified as “Neo-Pagan”, combining bits and pieces from Lakota, Cherokee, and Wiccan beliefs in that order. It was right on target. I’ll have to study up on the other religions a bit more, though, what I do know of them, I agree with many of their philosophies. #1: Neo-Pagan (100) #2: Mahayana Buddhist (96) #3: Hindu (85) #4: Theravada Buddhist (85) #5: Unitarian Universalist (85) … #21: Eastern Orthodox (0) #22: Islam (0) #23: Jehovahs Witness (0) #24: Latter Day Saints (0) #25: Mainline to Conservative Protestant (0) #26: Roman Catholic (0) ---
**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 22, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/46 "2000-12-22T21:13:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*I have actually known several very liberal SBs and some quite decent moderate ones, Juliana. It’s just the ultra-conservatives that give the group such a reputation for intolerance. Unfortunately, they wield enough political power in the group to steer it, or at appear to. > > I was, of course, only teasing. If you’re happy with your choice, so am I. \ \*\* Please! I agree 100%. I loved it when the SB’s did the boycott of Disney: our music minister came in with a wonderful tie and sock set: Goofy! It was classic! We have a pretty liberal church, actually… Maybe someday, the mainstream will come to their senses. That’s the day I’m hoping for. (running off to write acceptance speech) ---
**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:** [December 22, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/47 "2000-12-22T21:20:12Z")
On paper, I’m Lutheran (Missouri Synod), but I haven’t been to that church in a couple of years. I normally attend a Unitarian Universalist church. Here’s my results … Unitarian Universalist (score=100) Liberal Quaker (score=93) Humanist score=83) Neo-Pagan (score=83) Theravada Buddhist (score=76) Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score=71) Seems about right – I’ve been to Quaker meetings, and I felt more comfortable there than at my conservative Lutheran church. ---
**Author:** ![No\_Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@No\_Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Bones)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/48 "2000-12-22T21:30:02Z")
Liberal Quaker How’d they guess? ---
**Author:** ![Ammurit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Ammurit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ammurit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/49 "2000-12-31T07:42:15Z")
The top five results were: Neo-Pagan (100) Unitarian Universalist (81) Theravada Buddhist (79) Mahayana Buddhist (68) New Age (67) Oddly enough, what I consider myself to be, Agnostic, placed ninth, scoring 54. When I followed the Neo-Pagan link and took the Pagan Spiritual path test, it informed me that I should be a Wiccan. Odd indeed. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/50 "2000-12-31T17:27:46Z")
Interesting. My scores are different than they were a few months ago, the last time I took it. My top five were: UU – 100% Liberal Quaker – 94% Neo-Pagan – 94% Mahayana Buddhist – 83% New Age – 82% I AM a UU, so I guess this fits. I have been thinking about investingating the Liberal Quakers, and I’ve done a fair bit of reading about various forms of paganism (it’s not for me, but it is interesting). ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/51 "2000-12-31T18:57:53Z")
About where I thought I’d land… Humanist …click to learn more (score=100) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=92) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=83) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=78) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=69) . . . Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=44) (Only included because I was raised Methodist) . . . Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=8) Islam …click to learn more (score=8) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=8) Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=8) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=8) Surprising to see no ‘0’ scores. -mdf ---
**Author:** ![Snark\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snark\_Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/52 "2000-12-31T19:09:58Z")
Oh my! There’s something seriously wrong with this test, or else I misinterpreted the questions. Eastern Orthodox - 100% (!!!) Roman Catholic - 100% (!!!) LDS - 79% I’m a “less active” Latter-day Saint in reality. I would have thought that RCC would have been far from me. Time to read the Book of Mormon again, I guess! Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Snark\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snark\_Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/53 "2000-12-31T19:23:42Z")
Took the test again, paying closer attention to the wording of the questions (which is very ambiguous and incomplete at times). The results: Mainline to Conservative Protestant…click to learn more (score=100) Eastern Orthodox …click to learn more (score=93) Roman Catholic …click to learn more (score=93) Seventh Day Adventist …click to learn more (score=90) **Latter Day Saints…click to learn more (score=89)** Orthodox Judaism …click to learn more (score=89) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=81) Islam …click to learn more (score=78) Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=76) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=71) Hindu …click to learn more (score=70) Christian Science …click to learn more (score=66) Sikhism …click to learn more (score=66) Baháí …click to learn more (score=65) Mahayana Buddhist …click to learn more (score=62) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=61) Jainism …click to learn more (score=59) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=56) Jehovahs Witness …click to learn more (score=55) Theravada Buddhist …click to learn more (score=51) Neo-Pagan …click to learn more (score=46) New Thought …click to learn more (score=44) Scientology …click to learn more (score=44) Atheist/Agnostic…click to learn more (score=33) New Age …click to learn more (score=29) Humanist …click to learn more (score=22) Well, that’s better, but I think a 100% LDS would be ideal. Something is wrong with this test! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Dumbledore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dfb087/32.png) [@Prof.Dumbledore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Dumbledore)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/54 "2000-12-31T19:39:32Z")
I got Atheist/Agnostic 100% for answering not sure to all the questions. I mean how am i supposed to know where the universe came from so i clicked on “not sure” and well kinda had the same answer for all the other questions and the system told me i was atheist/agnostic. By the way whats the difference between atheism and agnosticism? ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/55 "2000-12-31T20:04:15Z")
Well, chalk me up as utterly non surprised. Mainline to Liberal Protestant…(score=100) Liberal Quaker …(score=97) Orthodox Quaker …(score=90) Unitarian Universalist …(score=82) Reform Judaism …(score=74) I’m a Methodist. It fits. ---
**Author:** ![Snark\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snark\_Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/56 "2001-01-01T00:11:19Z")
**Prof. Dumbledore** wrote: > [@](#): > > By the way whats the difference between atheism and agnosticism? An **atheist** is “one who denies the existence of God.” An **agnostic** is “a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and prob. unknowable” or “one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god.” Definitions courtesy of Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683/57 "2001-01-01T00:24:29Z")
I’m a Mainline to Liberal Protestant in reality. Orthodox Quaker …click to learn more (score=100) Liberal Quaker …click to learn more (score=97) Mainline to Liberal Protestant…click to learn more (score=93) Unitarian Universalist …click to learn more (score=85) Reform Judaism …click to learn more (score=70) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-religion-are-you-which-should-you-be/46683.md?page=2)