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Belief-O-Matic

I just took Beliefnet’s Belief-O-Matic questionnaire.  Here are my results.  Discuss.

  1. Secular Humanism (100%)
  2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
  3. Nontheist (86%)
  4. Liberal Quakers (69%)
  5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
  6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
  7. Neo-Pagan (55%)
  8. Taoism (45%)
  9. New Age (42%)
  10. Reform Judaism (41%)
  11. Orthodox Quaker (30%)
  12. Mahayana Buddhism (29%)
  13. Scientology (29%)
  14. New Thought (27%)
  15. Baha’i Faith (24%)
  16. Sikhism (23%)
  17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)
  18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
  19. Islam (17%)
  20. Jainism (17%)
  21. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
  22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
  23. Seventh Day Adventist (12%)
  24. Eastern Orthodox (8%)
  25. Roman Catholic (8%)
  26. Hinduism (5%)
  27. Jehovah’s Witness (0%)
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    Nice here are my results:

    1. Nontheist (100%)
    2. Secular Humanism (90%)
    3. Unitarian Universalism (83%)
    4. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
    5. Liberal Quakers (63%)
    6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (60%)
    7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
    8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
    9. Neo-Pagan (56%)
    10. Reform Judaism (49%)
    11. Seventh Day Adventist (49%)
    12. Sikhism (49%)
    13. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
    14. Taoism (43%)
    15. Eastern Orthodox (42%)
    16. Islam (42%)
    17. Orthodox Judaism (42%)
    18. Roman Catholic (42%)
    19. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
    20. Baha'i Faith (37%)
    21. Jainism (34%)
    22. New Age (34%)
    23. Hinduism (30%)
    24. Scientology (27%)
    25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
    26. New Thought (24%)
    27. Jehovah's Witness (18%)

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    1. Secular Humanism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
    3. Nontheist (86%)
    4. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
    5. Liberal Quakers (70%)
    6. Neo-Pagan (61%)
    7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
    8. Reform Judaism (46%)
    9. Taoism (45%)
    10. New Age (43%)
    11. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
    12. Scientology (31%)
    13. New Thought (30%)
    14. Sikhism (29%)
    15. Orthodox Quaker (27%)
    16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
    17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
    18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
    19. Baha'i Faith (17%)
    20. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
    21. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
    22. Islam (13%)
    23. Orthodox Judaism (13%)
    24. Roman Catholic (13%)
    25. Hinduism (11%)
    26. Jainism (10%)
    27. Jehovah's Witness (2%)

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    1. Secular Humanism (100%)
    2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
    3. Nontheist (82%)
    4. Liberal Quakers (72%)
    5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
    6. Neo-Pagan (63%)
    7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
    8. Taoism (50%)
    9. Reform Judaism (46%)
    10. New Age (43%)
    11. Sikhism (35%)
    12. Baha'i Faith (32%)
    13. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
    14. Scientology (31%)
    15. New Thought (29%)
    16. Orthodox Quaker (27%)
    17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
    18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
    19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
    20. Jainism (19%)
    21. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
    22. Islam (16%)
    23. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
    24. Roman Catholic (16%)
    25. Hinduism (13%)
    26. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)
    27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)

    Not bad, but I call myself an anti-theist first, secular humanist second.

  • Daniel

    Depending on how I took the test (because sometimes I could answer it multiple ways) I get different results. However, the ones that are consistently at the top are Unitarian Universalism, Liberal Quakers, Secular Humanism, and Mahayana Buddhism

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