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Answer Belief-O-Matic's 20 questions and find the belief system that best suits you!

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

My top matches were:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (93%)

Post only matches that are 90% or better!
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Nontheist (95%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)

I identify as an atheist, so this doesn't seem too far off.
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1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Reform Judaism (87%)
4. New Age (87%)
5. Liberal Quakers (81%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (68%)
10. Jainism (67%)

That's some fancy religions there.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Nontheist (85%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (46%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (30%)


Hahaha. No fucking way. I am atheist and that is that.
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Nontheist (85%)


Not really surprised.
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)


No suprises here.

3. Nontheist (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers (76%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
7. Neo-Pagan (56%)
8. Taoism (44%)
9. New Age (40%)
10. Reform Judaism (37%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (29%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
14. New Thought (27%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (27%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
17. Scientology (25%)
18. Sikhism (24%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
20. Jainism (12%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (12%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (12%)
23. Hinduism (10%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
25. Islam (9%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (9%)

27. Roman Catholic (9%)

This last one is kinda interesting considering I was raised Catholic.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)

used to be more of a quaker. hm.
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unitarian isnt me at all -shock-

secular is better.
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My least matching religion was JW :D

I was 100% Protestant, about 75% Roman Catholic (which is actually what I am).
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It's strange

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (88%)
3. Secular Humanism (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
6. Nontheist (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (55%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
11. Taoism (47%)
12. Sikhism (45%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
14. New Thought (40%)
15. Hinduism (39%)
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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (85%)

Interestingly, I've been a practicing Neo-Pagan, and I think they're flakes (yes, that's a generalization, they're not ALL flakes).

I've considered visiting some Unitarian services, but haven't actually done it yet. The only Unitarian church in the Nashville area is an hour away from me.

I was raised in a fairly liberal Presbyterian church family.

I have no clue what "Liberal Quakers" think.

Given my generally dismissive attitude toward what I thought were core "Christian" beliefs when answering the questions, I'm surprised to find "Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants" at the top of my list. I'm even more surprised to find that "Secular Humanism" only rated 68%.
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Temjin wrote:1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Nontheist (85%)


Not really surprised.
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I got a 100% on Neopagan. I have to retake the test, though, so I'll repost it later.
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Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (94%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (93%)
4. Liberal Quakers (86%)
5. Nontheist (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
10. Reform Judaism (62%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (60%)
12. Sikhism (55%)
13. New Thought (53%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (52%)
15. Taoism (51%)
16. Scientology (47%)
17. New Age (46%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (32%)
22. Islam (32%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (32%)
24. Roman Catholic (32%)
25. Hinduism (27%)
26. Jainism (25%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
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Keep in mind... Raised a devout Roman Catholic.



1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
4. Secular Humanism (90%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
6. Neo-Pagan (79%)
7. New Age (74%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
10. Taoism (64%)
11. Reform Judaism (64%)
12. Nontheist (61%)
13. New Thought (61%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)
15. Jainism (57%)
16. Sikhism (55%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
18. Scientology (50%)
19. Hinduism (49%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (48%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (36%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (34%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
25. Islam (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)
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paladin wrote:Answer Belief-O-Matic's 20 questions and find the belief system that best suits you!

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

My top matches were:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (93%)

Post only matches that are 90% or better!
Unitarian Universalism -- 100%
Secular Humanism -- 95%

Though this test seems to be cleverly set up to try to minimize the number of people who'd score as nontheists or secular humanists. For example, an atheist casually taking the quiz might put down:

"No incarnations as there is no God. Or not sure. Or not important" as an answer. This is deceptive, as this should really be three seperate choices: A) No God, B) Not Sure, or C) Not Important. Not all lumped together as one choice.

And, what's real weird is if you pick "None of the above" for all the deceptive questions, and "Not Applicable" for all the social issues/sin questions, then you get

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) :shock:

What the fuck?
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Nontheist (78%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (63%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (52%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
11. Taoism (48%)
12. Reform Judaism (46%)
13. New Age (45%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (39%)
15. New Thought (37%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
17. Sikhism (31%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
19. Scientology (30%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
23. Islam (12%)
24. Jainism (12%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
26. Roman Catholic (12%)
27. Hinduism (7%)
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GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) :shock:

What the fuck?
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)

Either works for me.
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paladin wrote:
GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) :shock:

What the fuck?
I grew up Roman Catholic. Some things just stick with you.
Nonono, I'm saying one gets that if one answers "None of the above" or "not applicable" to all, or almost all of, the questions.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
4. Nontheist (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (83%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
7. Neo-Pagan (62%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
11. Reform Judaism (49%)
12. Taoism (47%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
14. New Age (40%)
15. New Thought (40%)
16. Sikhism (34%)
17. Scientology (33%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (27%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (26%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
22. Islam (19%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
24. Roman Catholic (19%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
26. Jainism (12%)
27. Hinduism (7%)

Yay, go secularism.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
6. Nontheist (73%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Taoism (52%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (50%)
10. New Age (46%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
12. Reform Judaism (44%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
15. Sikhism (39%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
17. New Thought (33%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (33%)
19. Jainism (29%)
20. Scientology (29%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (24%)
22. Hinduism (21%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
24. Islam (18%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
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1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
5. Liberal Quakers (66%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (41%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (41%)
11. Neo-Pagan (37%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
13. Taoism (20%)
14. New Thought (13%)
15. New Age (10%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
17. Hinduism (0%)
18. Islam (0%)
19. Jainism (0%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
23. Reform Judaism (0%)
24. Roman Catholic (0%)
25. Scientology (0%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
27. Sikhism (0%)


Done this test many times before. The only way to get Nontheist or Secular Humanism at 100% I've found is to answer all questions from #8 onwards with "Not Applicable", and place medium preference on it. Put it on high preference, and it'll take you down to 97%.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
5. Nontheist (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
7. Neo-Pagan (67%)
8. Taoism (51%)
9. New Age (51%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
12. Reform Judaism (43%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
15. New Thought (38%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
17. Scientology (31%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
19. Sikhism (27%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (20%)
21. Jainism (16%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
23. Islam (10%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
25. Roman Catholic (10%)
26. Hinduism (8%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (8%)
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