Belief-o-matic - What's your religion?

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

Something to amuse yourself with for a moment. Post in the results.

Oh!, I did this for a Hinduism class in college last year. I think I turned out about the same, Hindu 1st, Mahayana Buddhist second, maybe unitarian next. Fun.

Neo-Pagan Mama!

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Hinduism (85%)
4. Reform Judaism (84%)
5. Sikhism (84%)
6. New Age (82%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)
8. New Thought (78%)
9. Liberal Quakers (77%)
10. Scientology (74%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (67%)
12. Jainism (64%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
15. Taoism (56%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (52%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
19. Secular Humanism (51%)
20. Islam (50%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
23. Nontheist (25%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (25%)
26. Roman Catholic (25%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Jainism (87%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
4. Sikhism (70%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
8. Jehovah's Witness (51%)
9. Islam (51%)
10. Neo-Pagan (49%)
11. Seventh Day Adventist (49%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
14. Unitarian Universalism (45%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (44%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (40%)
17. Liberal Quakers (40%)
18. Roman Catholic (40%)
19. Reform Judaism (36%)
20. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
21. Scientology (33%)
22. Taoism (32%)
23. New Age (32%)
24. New Thought (31%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
26. Secular Humanism (18%)
27. Nontheist (15%)

I have more in common with Jains than I thought!

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
3. Jainism (78%)
4. Sikhism (71%)
5. Neo-Pagan (71%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (69%)
7. New Age (61%)
8. New Thought (61%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
11. Scientology (59%)
12. Reform Judaism (58%)
13. Liberal Quakers (58%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (58%)
15. Islam (49%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
17. Taoism (45%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (39%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
23. Secular Humanism (19%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Nontheist (11%)

I think that this can definitely change according to mood. I did it a couple of years ago and got a very high Liberal Quaker score (I was feeling that I should do something about human misery, I think). I don't understand how I got such a high Hindu score, because many of the answers could have been Christian. Hindu probably allows for the most variation in choice. But look how far down the scale RC is, and everyone knows by now how RC I am!

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
5. Sikhism (72%)
6. Jainism (71%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
8. New Age (70%)
9. Reform Judaism (70%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (67%)
11. Liberal Quakers (62%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (57%)
14. New Thought (56%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
16. Islam (51%)
17. Scientology (48%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (46%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (35%)
23. Roman Catholic (35%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
25. Secular Humanism (31%)
26. Taoism (27%)
27. Nontheist (15%)

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
3. Sikhism (72%)
4. Jainism (66%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (55%)
7. Neo-Pagan (55%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (48%)
10. Islam (46%)
11. Reform Judaism (44%)
12. New Age (44%)
13. Liberal Quakers (42%)
14. New Thought (41%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
16. Scientology (39%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (37%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
23. Roman Catholic (33%)
24. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (31%)
25. Taoism (31%)
26. Nontheist (9%)
27. Secular Humanism (9%)

I see that Hinduism is further ahead with me (100% to 76% for the runner-up) than with anyone else on the board. More Catholic than the Pope......

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (78%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
4. Sikhism (72%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (70%)
6. Jainism (69%)
7. Jehovah's Witness (67%)
8. Islam (64%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (61%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
12. Neo-Pagan (59%)
13. Unitarian Universalism (56%)
14. Liberal Quakers (54%)
15. Seventh Day Adventist (50%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (49%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (48%)
18. Roman Catholic (48%)
19. New Thought (47%)
20. Reform Judaism (46%)
21. Scientology (46%)
22. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (44%)
23. New Age (43%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
25. Taoism (39%)
26. Secular Humanism (28%)
27. Nontheist (19%)

It is quite interesting to know, thanks for the site MadhavaJi.

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Sikhism (93%)
3. Jainism (92%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (80%)
6. Reform Judaism (76%)
7. Neo-Pagan (73%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (67%)
10. Liberal Quakers (66%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (63%)
12. Islam (63%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (52%)
15. New Age (51%)
16. New Thought (50%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
20. Scientology (45%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (44%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (41%)
23. Roman Catholic (41%)
24. Taoism (33%)
25. Secular Humanism (31%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
27. Nontheist (18%)

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. New Age (88%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
6. Sikhism (78%)
7. Reform Judaism (77%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
9. Hinduism (70%)
10. Jainism (66%)
11. Secular Humanism (65%)
12. New Thought (63%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
15. Scientology (61%)
16. Taoism (51%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
19. Nontheist (40%)
20. Islam (39%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
26. Roman Catholic (17%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
3. Jainism (96%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (84%)
5. Sikhism (83%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (81%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
8. Islam (75%)
9. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (74%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (74%)
11. Liberal Quakers (74%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
13. Neo-Pagan (67%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (65%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (65%)
16. New Age (65%)
17. Reform Judaism (63%)
18. Taoism (60%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (59%)
20. New Thought (52%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (50%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (47%)
23. Roman Catholic (47%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
25. Nontheist (43%)
26. Scientology (39%)
27. Secular Humanism (37%)

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Sikhism (94%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (90%)
4. Neo-Pagan (87%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
6. Jainism (68%)
7. New Age (68%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (64%)
10. Liberal Quakers (61%)
11. Reform Judaism (61%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
13. New Thought (52%)
14. Scientology (48%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (46%)
16. Islam (45%)
17. Taoism (43%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
21. Secular Humanism (29%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (29%)
23. Roman Catholic (29%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (20%)
27. Nontheist (16%)

And here's my antithesis, with the most unplausible options selected for each question:

Here are my results:


1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (94%)
3. Sikhism (93%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (92%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (85%)
6. Jainism (82%)
7. Liberal Quakers (79%)
8. New Age (79%)
9. Reform Judaism (73%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (71%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
12. Taoism (67%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (62%)
15. New Thought (59%)
16. Secular Humanism (54%)
17. Scientology (52%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
21. Islam (44%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (39%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (37%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (31%)
25. Roman Catholic (31%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
27. Nontheist (27%)



Funny.

I agree with Jagat that the results can be variable according to mood. I took the quiz recently a few times and got different results according to the changes in my answers to questions about which I don't have strong convictions, or which have apparently ambiguious options or more than one applicable option.

Some time before that, I took the quiz three ways, as follow here.

Answering according to my former Methodist beliefs, I got the following result:

Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score=100)
Liberal Quaker (score=97)
Unitarian Universalist (score=92)
Orthodox Quaker (score=86)
Mainline to Conservative Protestant (score=74)
Baháí (score=70)
Latter Day Saints (score=70)
Reform Judaism (score=70)
New Age (score=69)
Neo-Pagan (score=64)
Sikhism (score=62)
Mahayana Buddhist (score=50)
Theravada Buddhist (score=50)
Humanist (score=50)
Eastern Orthodox (score=45)
Orthodox Judaism (score=45)
Roman Catholic (score=45)
Christian Science (score=43)
New Thought (score=43)
Atheist/Agnostic (score=37)
Islam (score=37)
Scientology (score=37)
Jehovahs Witness (score=33)
Seventh Day Adventist (score=33)
Jainism (score=25)
Hindu (score=12)

Answering according to my former ISKCON beliefs, I got the following result:

Hindu (score=100)
Mahayana Buddhist (score=88)
Sikhism (score=85)
Neo-Pagan (score=83)
Orthodox Judaism (score=78)
Jainism (score=74)
Unitarian Universalist (score=67)
Eastern Orthodox (score=66)
Islam (score=66)
Roman Catholic (score=66)
Mainline to Conservative Protestant (score=62)
Theravada Buddhist (score=59)
Latter Day Saints (score=55)
Seventh Day Adventist (score=55)
New Age (score=55)
Reform Judaism (score=54)
Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score=48)
Baháí (score=44)
Jehovahs Witness (score=44)
Liberal Quaker (score=37)
New Thought (score=37)
Scientology (score=37)
Atheist/Agnostic (score=33)
Orthodox Quaker (score=33)
Christian Science (score=22)
Humanist (score=11)

Answering according to my current beliefs, I got the following result:

Neo-Pagan (score=100)
Mahayana Buddhist (score=89)
Unitarian Universalist (score=86)
Sikhism (score=82)
New Age (score=75)
Theravada Buddhist (score=63)
Liberal Quaker (score=60)
Mainline to Liberal Protestant (score=60)
Hindu (score=57)
Orthodox Quaker (score=57)
Reform Judaism (score=55)
Jainism (score=53)
Baháí (score=47)
New Thought (score=41)
Scientology (score=41)
Orthodox Judaism (score=38)
Humanist (score=38)
Latter Day Saints (score=38)
Mainline to Conservative Protestant (score=34)
Atheist/Agnostic (score=28)
Christian Science (score=28)
Eastern Orthodox (score=28)
Islam (score=28)
Roman Catholic (score=28)
Seventh Day Adventist (score=19)
Jehovahs Witness (score=9)

1. Hinduism (100%)

2. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
3. New Thought (60%)

4. Unitarian Universalism (57%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (54%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (50%)
7. Scientology (50%)

8. Jainism (49%)
9. Sikhism (49%)
10. Taoism (49%)
11. Liberal Quakers (48%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (43%)
13. Reform Judaism (43%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (40%)

15. Neo-Pagan (36%)
16. New Age (34%)
17. Islam (33%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (31%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (31%)

20. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)

21. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%)
23. Roman Catholic (15%)

24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
26. Nontheist (0%)
27. Secular Humanism (0%)


I got more 0% than the rest here

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
3. Jainism (80%)
4. Neo-Pagan (76%)
5. Sikhism (73%)
6. New Age (63%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
8. Liberal Quakers (56%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (55%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
12. Taoism (49%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
14. New Thought (40%)
15. Reform Judaism (38%)
16. Islam (36%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
18. Scientology (34%)
19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
24. Roman Catholic (22%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (19%)
26. Secular Humanism (19%)
27. Nontheist (11%)

Here's what the quiz worked for me today. I found that many of the answers I gave didn't quite fit, but since they were the closest I went ahead and checked them anyway. I probably should have had more where I didn't select any of the given answers.

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (99%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (89%)
4. Sikhism (89%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
6. Jainism (75%)
7. Liberal Quakers (74%)
8. New Age (73%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (71%)
10. Reform Judaism (68%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (55%)
15. Scientology (53%)
16. New Thought (52%)
17. Islam (50%)
18. Secular Humanism (48%)
19. Taoism (48%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (37%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (31%)
26. Roman Catholic (31%)
27. Nontheist (27%)

Madhava 1. Hinduism (100%) 2. Sikhism (94%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (90%) 4. Neo-Pagan (87%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (77%) 6. Jainism (68%) 7. New Age (68%) 8. Bahá'í Faith (65%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (64%) 10. Liberal Quakers (61%) 11. Reform Judaism (61%) 12. Theravada Buddhism (59%) 13. New Thought (52%) 14. Scientology (48%) 15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (46%) 16. Islam (45%) 17. Taoism (43%) 18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%) 19. Orthodox Quaker (34%) 20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%) 21. Secular Humanism (29%) 22. Eastern Orthodox (29%) 23. Roman Catholic (29%) 24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (21%) 26. Jehovah's Witness (20%) 27. Nontheist (16%)

Rasaraja 1. Hinduism (100%) 2. Sikhism (94%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (90%) 4. Neo-Pagan (87%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (77%) 6. Jainism (68%) 7. New Age (68%) 8. Bahá'í Faith (65%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (64%) 10. Liberal Quakers (61%) 11. Reform Judaism (61%) 12. Theravada Buddhism (59%) 13. New Thought (52%) 14. Scientology (48%) 15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (46%) 16. Islam (45%) 17. Taoism (43%) 18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%) 19. Orthodox Quaker (34%) 20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%) 21. Secular Humanism (29%) 22. Eastern Orthodox (29%) 23. Roman Catholic (29%) 24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (21%) 26. Jehovah's Witness (20%) 27. Nontheist (16%)

I'm suspecting he never did the test, but just copied my results...

Now that's pretty spectacular there.

Perhaps you really found the svajAtiya sat sanga here - 100% compatible devotee friend....

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Jainism (97%)
3. Sikhism (96%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (74%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
8. Jehovah's Witness (70%)
9. Islam (69%)
10. Reform Judaism (65%)
11. Unitarian Universalism (63%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%)
13. Neo-Pagan (59%)
14. Liberal Quakers (57%)
15. New Age (54%)
16. New Thought (48%)
17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (46%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (43%)
20. Roman Catholic (43%)
21. Scientology (43%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (43%)
23. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
24. Taoism (33%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
26. Secular Humanism (24%)
27. Nontheist (15%)

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (90%)
3. Jainism (86%)
4. Neo-Pagan (80%)
5. New Age (73%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (72%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
9. New Thought (62%)
10. Sikhism (62%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
12. Liberal Quakers (61%)
13. Scientology (57%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
15. Reform Judaism (54%)
16. Islam (53%)
17. Taoism (52%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (48%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (45%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (39%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
24. Secular Humanism (32%)
25. Nontheist (30%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
27. Roman Catholic (23%)

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

My results:

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)
3. Jainism (79%)
4. Sikhism (71%)
5. Neo-Pagan (64%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
8. Bahб'н Faith (54%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (53%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
11. Islam (48%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
13. Liberal Quakers (47%)
14. New Age (46%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
17. Scientology (42%)
18. Taoism (42%)
19. Reform Judaism (42%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (40%)
21. New Thought (38%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
23. Roman Catholic (36%)
24. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (34%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
26. Secular Humanism (27%)
27. Nontheist (19%)

Couple of thoughts:

1) Many people so forth have relatively high scores for Orthodox Judaism. I had a strong conviction that Orthodox Judaism has more similarities with Hinduism, than any Christian confession... This test is one more proof for it. Nevertheless from my observations, most Jews have very negative attitude toward Hinduism. Don't know, why is this...
2) As a person with Eastern Orthodox background, I awaited much higher score for it. Probably, the influense was not so strong, as I thought before...

I hope that's no problem that I revive this old thread. I just saw the link in Jagat's link in the Mundane psychology thread, and thought to try it.



Hmmm. I also prove the tendency.
Although interesting, that I chose to strongly disagree with non-violence being essential, and still got 99% to Jainism.

That was interesting, and fun.

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Jainism (80%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
5. Sikhism (63%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
7. Islam (50%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
9. New Thought (44%)
10. Neo-Pagan (44%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (43%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
13. Unitarian Universalism (39%)
14. Taoism (38%)
15. Reform Judaism (36%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
17. Scientology (36%)
18. Liberal Quakers (35%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
20. New Age (34%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
22. Roman Catholic (33%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (26%)
25. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (24%)
26. Nontheist (17%)
27. Secular Humanism (4%)

Here are my results. Clearly I do not fit the description of a typical visitor to this site

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Hinduism (99%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
4. Sikhism (89%)
5. Jainism (81%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (78%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
8. New Age (75%)
9. Liberal Quakers (68%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
11. Reform Judaism (59%)
12. Taoism (55%)
13. Bahแ'ํ Faith (55%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
17. Scientology (45%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (44%)
19. New Thought (44%)
20. Islam (42%)
21. Secular Humanism (42%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (41%)
24. Roman Catholic (41%)
25. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (39%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
27. Nontheist (23%)

I was wondering why I scored lower in Buddhism...I think it may have been #18. " Nonviolence (e.g., pacifism, conscientious objector) should be fundamental"....I disagreed with that... I was thinking that there are wars fought for good reasons, like in the Mahabharat, and therefore shouldn't discourage this? I don't know if that makes any sense?

I did this a long time ago and don't have my list of results, but Unitarian Universalism was in my top 3 (with paganism) and that's what made me check them out and go to their local church. I really like them and have considered joining. I just posted the link to another thread for their faq.

Yeah, I did this a long time ago also, and according to them I am a (liberal) Quaker.

I could only imagine a Muslim scoring 7% Hindu... However Islam is 12% as well. A puzzling fellow you are!

Hmm... I did it again just now and it seems I'm not a Quaker at all... hehe

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (93%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Hinduism (89%)
5. Jainism (86%)
6. Reform Judaism (84%)
7. Sikhism (83%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
9. New Age (78%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (77%)
11. Liberal Quakers (77%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
13. New Thought (71%)
14. Taoism (64%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
16. Scientology (62%)
17. Islam (52%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
20. Secular Humanism (47%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
23. Nontheist (30%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
25. Roman Catholic (25%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (18%)

Here was my wife's :

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
3. Jainism (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (91%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (70%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
7. New Age (64%)
8. Sikhism (59%)
9. Liberal Quakers (57%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
11. Reform Judaism (47%)
12. Taoism (44%)
13. Orthodox Judaism (44%)
14. New Thought (37%)
15. Islam (36%)
16. Scientology (34%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (28%)
19. Secular Humanism (27%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (13%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (11%)
24. Nontheist (11%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
26. Roman Catholic (10%)
27. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (8%)

compared to mine:

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Jainism (80%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
5. Sikhism (63%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
7. Islam (50%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
9. New Thought (44%)
10. Neo-Pagan (44%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (43%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
13. Unitarian Universalism (39%)
14. Taoism (38%)
15. Reform Judaism (36%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
17. Scientology (36%)
18. Liberal Quakers (35%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
20. New Age (34%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
22. Roman Catholic (33%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (26%)
25. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (24%)
26. Nontheist (17%)
27. Secular Humanism (4%)

I find it so funny that I scored so high in mainline to conservative christian protestant, compared to my wife. We would have guessed just the opposite.

Hello Elpis,

Looks like we are twin flames :-). Here's my result:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Nontheist (79%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. New Age (54%)
9. Taoism (54%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (48%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
13. Sikhism (40%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
15. New Thought (36%)
16. Scientology (36%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
19. Jainism (30%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
22. Islam (19%)
23. Hinduism (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
25. Roman Catholic (15%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (9%)

And here's yours:



I may well be the most nontheistic person in this forum! But how did I end up more Hindu than you?

Dear Dhyanakunda,


I am not surprised that among all the members of Gaudiya Discussions, it is your results that are closest to mine. Of all the devotees, ex and current, that I have met, I always felt that you were the most insightful one.


Do you think that I am more of a Hindu than yourself? I do not think that there is much in my present life that would recommend me as a Hindu.

Sincerely,
Elpis

Which points to the subjective nature of insight. (I have read somewhere of an experiment where people were shown a number of photos of other people's faces and were asked to rate them for beauty. The result was consistently that we find beautiful those who are similar to us... )

But thank you for the compliment, Elpis. I could say the same about you and your thoughtful postings. So please don't leave the building yet!


No, certainly not -- all your immersion in the old palm leaf manuscripts notwithstanding. But somehow or other, I scored 15% on Hinduism, while you scored only 7%! So I wondered what it is I do/believe that you do not. Hmmm... But it may be simply a matter how how high we rated the relevance of some particular question.

Sending Christmas greetings down the continent
-- Dhyana

I must agree with Elpis, mainly because I was going to say the exact same thing, but you beat me to it. How insightful you are!!

Yeah right: if I thought like you, I must be insightful indeed! Hey, why don't we create a Narcissists' Club...

The subjective nature of insight--an interesting topic indeed! It is only natural that we find more insight in those we identify with (I, for one, have never claimed to be beyond this), but in your case, an objective case for insightfulness can surely be made


Thank you for your kind words. I have pretty much left the building, though. Moving on has been long overdue in my case.


It is true that what I do at present is directly linked to my previous beliefs. I embarked on that path with a view to make a contribution to the gauDIya tradition, but ended up with the opposite conclusion of what I sought to arrive at. I may work with manuscripts on a daily basis, but my interest is only academic.

I am not sure why you scored higher than me on Hinduism... Perhaps, as you say, it is a question about how we rated the relevance of each question.

Sincerely,
Elpis

I'm sure I could make a fine neo-pagan out of you! Radha-Krsna lila will fit in just fine. And I read the Buddhists, too, so that's no conflict. Lots of pagans appreciate them.

Strange as it may seem, if I were to convert to a non-indo religion it would be Roman Catholicism.

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (91%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (91%)
4. Sikhism (86%)
5. Jainism (76%)
6. New Age (74%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (66%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (63%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
11. Liberal Quakers (59%)
12. Reform Judaism (50%)
13. New Thought (49%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
15. Islam (47%)
16. Taoism (45%)
17. Scientology (42%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)
19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (30%)
22. Roman Catholic (30%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
25. Secular Humanism (28%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (24%)
27. Nontheist (20%)

Actually I am more inclined to read Theravada Buddhism over Mahayana..
so there you belief-net pudding basin doo doos..



namaskar,

bangli

Elpis,

Naturally, the ideas and answers found by others appeal to only as far as we have been asking the same questions and sensing similar patterns.


I know the feeling But I, unlike gopidust, meant by "the building" not the institution but the community. Unitarian Universalists and Secular Humanists (not to mention Nontheists) are not the only ones who can benefit from your thoughtful texts. If there is such a thing as objective insightfulness, then there must also exist an objective value in exchange, even among the unlike-minded. Kim punaH if they, at one time, boarded the same boat.