Religious Doctrine versus the true beliefs of its faithful

[redcatherine]

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

On this link
A curious quiz called
Belief -o-Matic
a crystal ball to
determine what religion your beliefs really are in line with most closely
from atheist nontheists to the orthodox

"Even if YOU don't know what faith you are, Belief-O-Matic™ knows. Answer 20 questions about your concept of God, the afterlife, human nature, and more, and Belief-O-Matic™ will tell you what religion (if any) you practice...or ought to consider practicing.  "



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very interesting
I believe myself to be a Catholic Spiritualist Mystic
but I had 100% of Hindu and only 41% of Catholic doctrine

1.  Hinduism (100%)  
2.  Mahayana Buddhism (81%)  
6.  Orthodox Judaism (70%)  
12.  New Age (53%)  
20.  Roman Catholic (41%)  

I was not surprised however to see the ones furthest away from my beliefs are :
23.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)  
24.  Scientology (37%)  
25.  Secular Humanism (34%)  
26.  Nontheist (27%)  
27.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)  

Spiritualists were not entered as a religion sadly at all

[Leannain]

1.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)  
2.  Theravada Buddhism (91%)  
3.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (90%)  
4.  Eastern Orthodox (86%)  
5.  Islam (86%)  
6.  Orthodox Judaism (86%)  
7.  Roman Catholic (86%)  
8.  Nontheist (84%)  
9.  Mahayana Buddhism (81%)  
10.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)  
11.  Jehovah's Witness (74%)  
12.  Hinduism (70%)  
13.  Bahá'í Faith (68%)  
14.  New Thought (68%)  
15.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%)  
16.  Jainism (64%)  
17.  Liberal Quakers (60%)  
18.  Unitarian Universalism (58%)  
19.  Secular Humanism (57%)  
20.  Neo-Pagan (56%)  
21.  Reform Judaism (54%)  
22.  Scientology (54%)  
23.  Seventh Day Adventist (54%)  
24.  Sikhism (54%)  
25.  Taoism (42%)  
26.  New Age (34%)  
27.  Orthodox Quaker (32%)  



i'm not into religions though

[no_leaf_clover]

lol. Catholicism just got burned. Last place!

1. Mahayana Buddhism  (100%)
2. Hinduism (88%)
3. Neo-Pagan (88%)
4. New Age (88%)
5. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (84%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (84%)
8. New Thought (83%)
9. Liberal Quakers (77%)
10. Taoism (75%)
11. Scientology (73%)
12. Jainism (69%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
14. Sikhism (54%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
18. Secular Humanism (38%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
20. Reform Judaism (34%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
24. Nontheist (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
26. Islam (10%)
27. Roman Catholic (10%)

[CaCoDeMoN]

Thanks for posting this test, Red Catherine.
My results were:

1.    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2.    Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3.    Liberal Quakers (91%)
4.    Secular Humanism (83%)
5.    Bahá'í Faith (79%)
6.    Neo-Pagan (78%)
7.    Reform Judaism (73%)
8.    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%)
9.    Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
10.    New Age (65%)

It's not really accurate at all, as you can see

[kenshin]

never even heard of the top 2 before

1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%)  
2.  Liberal Quakers (87%)  
3.  Neo-Pagan (86%)  
4.  New Age (84%)  
5.  Hinduism (78%)  
6.  Bahá'í Faith (77%)  
7.  Sikhism (72%)  
8.  Secular Humanism (71%)  
9.  Jainism (67%)  
10.  Theravada Buddhism (67%)  
11.  Mahayana Buddhism (65%)  
12.  Reform Judaism (64%)  
13.  New Thought (58%)  
14.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)  
15.  Orthodox Quaker (56%)  
16.  Orthodox Judaism (54%)  
17.  Scientology (53%)  
18.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)  
19.  Nontheist (52%)  
20.  Taoism (49%)  
21.  Islam (47%)  
22.  Seventh Day Adventist (33%)  
23.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)  
24.  Jehovah's Witness (29%)  
25.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)  
26.  Eastern Orthodox (19%)  
27.  Roman Catholic (19%)

[jason]

My top  (90% or more) choices:

1-Hinduism (100%)

2-Mahayana Buddhism (98%)

3-Neo-Pagan (97%)

4-New Age (93%)

Fascinating

[redcatherine]

Thanks for posting this test, Red Catherine.
My results were:

1.    Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2.    Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3.    Liberal Quakers (91%)
4.    Secular Humanism (83%)
5.    Bahá'í Faith (79%)
6.    Neo-Pagan (78%)
7.    Reform Judaism (73%)
8.    Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%)
9.    Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
10.    New Age (65%)

It's not really accurate at all, as you can see

It makes you think though doesn't it ?
You see the questions ask about
your beliefs in isolation

and not in the names or absence of your Godhead and avatars
and not  in your rituals or the lack thereof

So it reveals something doesn't it ?
I am not Hindu or Jewish either but those ranked high for me .
Shy ? this little quiz lead me to the self reflection
that I do have ideas and beliefs
about the afterlife and responsibility
that are more closely attuned to those religions

a curious self examination it is
and nothing more
you are right of course cacodemon
it is not accurate
just though provoking

[NeoSaturn]

1.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)  
2.  Liberal Quakers (89%)  
3.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (86%)  
4.  New Thought (86%)  
5.  Unitarian Universalism (84%)  
6.  Reform Judaism (73%)  
7.  Neo-Pagan (70%)  
8.  New Age (69%)  
9.  Bahá'í Faith (68%)  
10.  Scientology (65%)  
11.  Taoism (64%)  
12.  Secular Humanism (55%)  
13.  Mahayana Buddhism (54%)  
14.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (50%)  
15.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)  
16.  Theravada Buddhism (47%)  
17.  Nontheist (44%)  
18.  Sikhism (42%)  
19.  Orthodox Quaker (36%)  
20.  Jehovah's Witness (34%)  
21.  Orthodox Judaism (30%)  
22.  Jainism (27%)  
23.  Hinduism (25%)  
24.  Seventh Day Adventist (24%)  
25.  Islam (23%)  
26.  Eastern Orthodox (11%)  
27   Roman Catholic (11%)


you see this is funny, because i was born into a religion i hate, and it was on the very bottom of my list

[Dagalvyi]

Hahahaaaaa! I'm 100% with an Orthodox Quaker. WOW! Whatever that is. Cool test!

[Nostic]

This test was hard for me. I don't think God and creation can be so easily defined and categorized. My beliefs are very open, so I was often at a loss as to how I should answer.
Having said that, I got 100% for Unitarian Universalism... interesting, never heard of that one before.
Roman Catholic was at the bottom with 25%.