What's your faith?

In My Humble Opinion
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Try this quiz at Beliefnet. It’s supposed to figure out what religion thee agree with (as distinct from the one thee actually belong to).

I had tried it a couple times last year and both times it informed me I should be a Liberal Quaker. Huh? I had never even heard of Liberal Quakers before. I just tried it again (I think they revised the questions some) and LQ had dropped to 6th place. Now the top 5 I got are:

  1. Sikhism (100%)
  2. Reform Judaism (96%)
  3. Islam (96%)
  4. Orthodox Judaism (96%)
  5. Bahá’í (92%)

Sikhism??? Well, hmm, I already have a beard. Now I’d better learn to tie one of those turbans. :slight_smile:

I got atheism/agnosticism in last place.

Sat Sri Akal, everybody!

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Oh yeah, here’s the link.

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Here are my results, FWIW:

  1. Secular Humanism (100%)
  2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
  3. Liberal Quaker (83%)
  4. Liberal Protestant (77%)
  5. Atheism and Agnisticism (74%)
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Interesting Site. Here are my top 5…

  1. Neo-Paganism (100%)
  2. New Age (97%)
  3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
  4. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)
  5. Liberal Quaker (92%)
  • JC
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Do I detect a pattern emerging?

Liberal Quakers rule! Whoever they are. Maybe this Beliefnet quiz is going to be the way most folks hear about LQ in the first place.

Do you suppose it was a Liberal Quaker who set up the test scoring?

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  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
  2. New Age (98%)
  3. Neo-Paganism (97%)
  4. New Thought (92%)
  5. Mahayana Buddhism (92%)
  6. Theravada Buddhism (90%)

It is actually pretty much right on, well kinda, I’m number 3.

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Wow…really interesting. That was worth taking.

  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
  2. Liberal Quaker (99%)
  3. Reform Judaism (93%)
  4. Neo-Paganism (92%)
  5. New Age (91%)
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  1. Reform Judaism (100%)
  2. Sikhism (99%)
  3. Orthodox Judaism (91%)
  4. Islam (88%)
  5. Bahá’í (87%)

Apparently, I should have been a Jew. My actual “faith”, insomuch as how I was raised (Roman Catholic) scored a mighty 47% and ranked #20.

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Jophiel, wow, that’s a close match, you & I. Even down to both having our original Catholicism in 20th place.

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1. Zoroastarian (100%)
Ok, it listed me as a Unitarian Universalism, which really doesn’t fit…

2. Liberal Protestant (88%)
Aka, errant Presbyterian…

3. Neo-Paganism (85%)
No offense, but WTF??? I’d look like Joe Friday if I went to a Pagan service!!!

4. Liberal Quaker (83%)
I’m flattered, but thinking about my Quaker Friends, I don’t think I have the guts to be SoF.

5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (82%)
Considering I once had dreams of being a surgeon, I doubt this one as well…

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My results:

  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
  2. Secular Humanism (95%)
  3. Liberal Protestant (90%)
  4. Liberal Quaker (82%)
  5. Atheism and Agnisticism (77%)

I suppose I get the UU–which, as I understand it, can believe just about anything–and the SH. But since I indicated my lack of a belief in any sort of Christian-like deity or devil, I don’t get the Liberal Protestant or Quaker at all. Since I’m actually an agnostic, it’s nice to see it made the top five…though I see they’ve lumped us in with the atheists again.

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Awesome site…

  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
  2. Neo-Paganism (96%)
  3. New Age (93%)
  4. Liberal Quaker (92%)
  5. Liberal Protestant (86%)

I like the sound of Unitarian Universalism…

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My top five…

  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
  2. Liberal Protestant (95%)
  3. Liberal Quaker (95%)
  4. Neo-Paganism (85%)
  5. Secular Humanism (81%)

I’m reasonably sure the list would freak out a few members of my family, especially one of my cousin, who is the very definition of fundamentalist.

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  1. Neo-Paganism (100%)
  2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
  3. New Age (90%)
  4. Mahayana Buddhism (89%)
  5. Liberal Quaker (86%)

Works for me (I’ve been mistaken for Pagan, and have actually considered UU and Buddhism…)

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Oh, and just for grins and comparison, here’s the bottom five of my list:

  1. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
  2. Islam (24%)
  3. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
  4. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
  5. Roman Catholic (15%)
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  1. Liberal Protestant (100%)
  2. Liberal Quaker (85%)
  3. Orthodox Quaker (84%)
  4. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
  5. Reform Judaism (70%)

The liberal Protestant thing is pretty accurate, I guess. My original Catholicism is in 10th place, with 61%, wheras conservative Protestantism is in 7th with 67%. Funny, while I don’t identify Catholic, I certainly don’t identify conservative Protestant! I guess that’s what I get for going to a fundie church occasionally.

Anyway, I’m another who’s been recently introduced to the Liberal Quaker faith! So, erm, does anyone know what it is yet?

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  1. Liberal Quaker(100%)
  2. Unitarian Universalism(99%)
  3. Mahayana Bhuddism(93%)
  4. Neo-Paganism(87%)
  5. Reform Judaism(83%)

From now on, whenever somebody asks me what religion I proclaim, I am saying Quaker. They’ll say “Like the fat guy on the box?” and I will reply “Exactly!”, “Just like the jolly old fat guy on the box.”

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What exactly is "SoF"

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No surprises:

  1. Secular Humanism (100%)
  2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
  3. Liberal Quaker (85%)
  4. Liberal Protestant (82%)
  5. Atheism and Agnosticism (77%)

Although I identify as UU.

Esprix

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They nailed this UU Pagan Pantheist!

  1. Neo-Paganism (100%)
  2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
  3. New Age (93%)
  4. Liberal Quaker (90%)
  5. Liberal Protestant (80%)
  6. Secular Humanism (79%)
  7. New Thought (67%)
  8. Taoism (63%)
  9. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
  10. Scientology (63%)