That Quiz Again

[omorka]

Let's see how I do this time:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

No surprises there.

2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)

Not surprising either.

3. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)

This one always throws me . . . I think of my beliefs as being pretty firmly opposed to Buddhism's.

4. New Age (79%)

Pronounced to rhyme with "sewage." We have a little bit in common, but not too much.

5. Liberal Quakers (72%)

Another surprise, although it would have been less of one back in my total nonviolence phase.

6. Jainism (71%)

Do what? Okay, some good ideas, but any religion that wants its avatars to be celibate . . .

7. Theravada Buddhism (69%)

See #3.

8. Secular Humanism (68%)

Is this a real "faith"? I always thought it was the umbrella term for everything the fundies hated. At any rate, I'm a religious humanist, not a secular one.

9. Reform Judaism (66%)

Okay, I'll buy 2/3 compatible with Reform.

10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)

I don't know whether I buy this or not. I could probably believe I have about three-fifths in common with the most liberal Episcopalians and ELCA Lutherans I ever met.

11. Sikhism (59%)

Okay, now we're getting silly.

12. Hinduism (54%)

I would have thought this would have rated higher.

13. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
14. New Thought (53%)

Don't know enough about these to comment.

15. Taoism (49%)

Again, one I would have thought would score higher.

16. Nontheist (48%)

Feh. The only thing that separates a monotheist from an atheist is a single god. ;)

17. Scientology (47%)

I'm embarrassed that this is even this high on the list . . .

18. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
20. Islam (35%)

Nothing surprising about these, unless it's Orthodox Judaism scoring this high.

21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)

Not surprised this is low, but a little shocked that it's below both Scientology and Islam . . .

22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)

Again, a little suprised this is actually below Islam.

23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
25. Roman Catholic (18%)

And I'm baffled that these are below mainline Protestantism; I know I have more in common with Father R. and Father H. than with any of the WELS pastors I've had.

26. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (5%)

Yeah, no surprises there. I wonder what I have in common at all with the JWs?

Try it yourself!

Comments

Sags are allowed to be into religion.....

[phoenixstarfire.livejournal.com]

Here's what I think:
You idealize the human mind, and assume that deities are a subset of the All that controls people/events. Deities are nice, but unecessary for human life. This does not make them any important to human life, but they don't control everything. Reason trumps divine command, in your mind
And here's why I think this...
About some of your scores:
* Mahayana "Greater Vehicle" Buddhism--read all the texts you can, and learn the truth of Reality. Everyone agrees, if you read the right parts. ((Universal Unitarian's are somewhat the same, they just lack the commitment to a principle and any standard of judging what's realistic))
* New Age--now, come on, that's rude. They mean well. ((And we all study the same stuff... we just know what's useful to study better than most of the New Agers...))
* Theraveda "Lesser Vehicle" Buddhism--meditate, clear your mind, aim for complete submergence of "self." ((Meditation, mindfulness of self put this high))
* Secular Humanism--the belief that people do not NEED a deity to tell them what to do; they are capable of reasoning through it themselves. Ethics can be reasoned, people are the highest beings there are. ((I'm not even explaining why this applies)) (p.s., no it's not a "faith"-just a conceptual framework.)
* Hinduism and Taoism-- all things are manifestations of the All. The only difference between these and Buddhism is that Buddha said the All doesn't really exist in any permanent fashion.
Side Note:
Turns out Buddha is right. He found a loophole in reincarnation.

Re: Sags are allowed to be into religion.....

[omorka.livejournal.com]

The UU's come off remarkably poorly in the quiz; they're really not nearly as spineless as all that.

Other than that - not too far off, actually. Although I don't think the quiz is actually designed to find that particular set of threads. In particular, you nailed what I have in common with Secular Humanism.

You on Spring Break this week? I still need to swap readings with you - and if you can read a quiz result that well, I do want to see what you do with a deck of Tarot cards.

Re: Sags are allowed to be into religion.....

[phoenixstarfire.livejournal.com]

I'll grant you the UUs come off badly.
I'm off this week, but I'll be out of town until Sunday night. We can swap readings then. (I'll see if I can get your ph# from DM and call you tonight though)