Spiritual Belief Quiz

[The Shadow]

Normally I would have posted this sort of thing over at CS. But given the nature of the quiz and the discussion it could generate, I thought it best to post it here instead.

Spiritual Belief Selector Quiz

What is your true spiritual path? Take this quiz to find out.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" you say. How could a simple quiz that includes just over 2 dozen belief systems possibly work for everyone? Well, given that there are thousands of nuanced religions and faith groups and countless individual beliefs, you are right - it is impossible. That said, we took our research for this selector seriously and strived to be as accurate as possible. Most visitors have found it fun, informative and often surprisingly revealing. (Note: When doctrine wasn't available, we looked at the predominant views of the belief system's adherents.)

[The Shadow]

Here were my results:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (98%)
3. Neo-Pagan (97%)
4. New Age (93%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
6. Secular Humanism (81%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
9. Reform Judaism (75%)
10. Scientology (67%)
11. New Thought (67%)
12. Taoism (65%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (61%)
14. Baha'i Faith (59%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%)
16. Nontheist (51%)
17. Jainism (50%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (43%)
19. Sikhism (43%)
20. Hinduism (36%)
21. Islam (36%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
26. Roman Catholic (22%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (18%)

[draggar]

Odd, no Wiccan (or do they consider that "Neo-Pagan"?)

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (84%)
5. New Age (84%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
7. Reform Judaism (83%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
9. Sikhism (73%)
10. New Thought (70%)
11. Taoism (70%)
12. Jainism (64%)
13. Scientology (61%)
14. Hinduism (60%)
15. Secular Humanism (58%)
16. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (55%)
17. Bahai (52%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
19. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (46%)
20. Islam (40%)
21. Non-theist (38%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
23. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (35%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
25. Roman Catholic (24%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
27. Jehovahs Witness (18%)

[The Shadow]

Odd, no Wiccan (or do they consider that "Neo-Pagan"?)

Yup.

Wiccan = Neo-Pagan

[Wingates_Hellsing]

100% non-secular humanism, whatever the fuck that is as well as 90% universalism and other similar sounding stuff. Anything even remotely religious was pretty low, but I don't feel like taking the quiz again to get the exact numbers (damn you firefox!)

Still, it's pretty nifty, if not predictable.

[Cat]

Intersting....for a 'net quiz Was fun

1. Secular Humanism (100%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (90%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
4. Non-theist (82%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
5. Neo-Pagan (78%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
7. Taoism (75%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
8. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
9. New Age (73%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
10. Mahayana Buddhism (60%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
11. Reform Judaism (52%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
12. Hinduism (44%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
13. Jainism (44%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
14. Sikhism (42%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
15. New Thought (41%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
16. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (34%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
17. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (32%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
18. Scientology (30%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
19. Bahai (17%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
21. Seventh Day Adventist (17%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
22. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (14%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
23. Eastern Orthodox (8%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
24. Islam (8%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
25. Jehovahs Witness (8%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
26. Orthodox Judaism (8%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
27. Roman Catholic (8%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link

[Hobbs]

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (83%)
4. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (79%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (78%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
7. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (72%)
8. Sikhism (62%)
9. Seventh Day Adventist (60%)
10. Hinduism (58%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (57%)
12. Reform Judaism (55%)
13. Unitarian Universalism (50%)
14. Jehovahs Witness (49%)
15. Neo-Pagan (48%)
16. Islam (41%)
17. New Age (39%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (36%)
19. Secular Humanism (34%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (34%)
21. Taoism (31%)
22. Scientology (30%)
23. Bahai (29%)
24. New Thought (29%)
25. Jainism (27%)
26. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (23%) 27. Non-theist (14%)

Huh, not really surprised with the result. I think it accurately reflects that there's not much difference between Holy Mother Church and the Eastern Orthodox. I dunno how I'm 48% neo-pagan, though? And what the hell is Jainism?

[fireheart17]

Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. New Age (81%)
4. Secular Humanism (80%)
5. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (78%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
8. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
9. Reform Judaism (60%)
10. Jainism (59%)
11. Hinduism (54%)
12. New Thought (54%)
13. Non-theist (54%)
14. Taoism (51%)
15. Scientology (44%)
16. Bahai (39%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
18. Sikhism (37%)
19. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (35%)
20. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (32%)
21. Islam (25%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (13%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
24. Jehovahs Witness (13%)
25. Roman Catholic (13%)
26. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (13%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)

What made me go was the Scientology one...

[Kimmik]

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (96%)
3. Bahai (95%)
4. Islam (93%)
5. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (83%)
6. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (82%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
8. Sikhism (74%)
9. Jainism (74%)
10. Unitarian Universalism (68%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
12. Seventh Day Adventist (66%)
13. Neo-Pagan (62%)
14. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (60%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (57%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (55%)
17. Jehovahs Witness (55%)
18. New Age (55%)
19. Roman Catholic (55%)
20. Secular Humanism (55%)
21. Scientology (54%)
22. New Thought (50%)
23. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
24. Hinduism (48%)
25. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (46%)
26. Taoism (38%)
27. Non-theist (36%)

Ok I may edit this after I stop giggling.. but those were the ones that I got... which is quite thought provoking

[Rebel]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
3. Non-theist (77%)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (58%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (55%)
7. Neo-Pagan (50%)
8. Taoism (43%)
9. New Age (42%)
10. Reform Judaism (38%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (33%)
12. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (32%)
13. Sikhism (27%)
14. New Thought (22%)
15. Jainism (20%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
17. Scientology (17%)
18. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (16%)
19. Hinduism (14%)
20. Bahai (12%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (12%)
22. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (10%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (6%)
24. Islam (6%)
25. Jehovahs Witness (6%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (6%)
27. Roman Catholic (6%)

Kinda what I expected.
Though I do feel kinda dirty that Scientology is in there.

[smileyeagle1021]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (96%)
3. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
4. Secular Humanism (79%)
5. New Age (79%)
6. Neo-Pagan (78%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
9. Reform Judaism (65%) S
10. Taoism (65%)
11. New Thought (64%)
12. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (54%)
13. Jainism (51%)
14. Non-theist (50%)
15. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (48%)
16. Scientology (48%)
17. Hinduism (42%)
18. Sikhism (41%)
19. Bahai (38%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
22. Islam (28%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
25. Jehovahs Witness (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (18%)


Damn you SelectSmart for confirming my future step-father's assumptions.

[muses_nightmare]

Nothing Terribly surprising here, though I don't entirely consider myself neo-pagan, partially maybe, but they don't have a listing for my Faith so it's the closest anyhow.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (90%)
4. Secular Humanism (88%)
5. New Age (82%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
8. Jainism (65%)
9. Reform Judaism (65%)
10. Non-theist (59%)
11. Hinduism (57%)
12. New Thought (57%)
13. Taoism (55%)
14. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (53%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
16. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (50%)
17. Scientology (37%)
18. Bahai (32%)
19. Sikhism (30%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
21. Islam (25%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
23. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (20%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)

[Adoyle90815]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (99%)
3. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
4. Neo-Pagan (82%)
5. Secular Humanism (78%)
6. New Age (71%)
7. Reform Judaism (68%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
9. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (65%)
10. Hinduism (62%)
11. Sikhism (60%)
12. Taoism (59%)
13. New Thought (58%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (52%)
15. Scientology (47%)
16. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (45%)
17. Jainism (45%)
18. Non-theist (41%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
21. Bahai (34%) Selected books, bargains, etc. Information link
22. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
23. Roman Catholic (34%)
24. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (33%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
26. Islam (19%)
27. Jehovahs Witness (17%)

[HYHYBT]

This is a tough test to take, in some respects. The very first question, for example: it matters to me very little whether God has a physical body or not, but that he exists and that there's only one of him is essential; yet it requires you to include the importance of all that into a single "high-medium-low" scale. Similarly, I suspect there is no real difference between the first two positions of #4: unless eternity is merely an infinite extension of time (and I see no reason to think so), the difference between being judged immediately after death, or being unconscious until the end and then being raised and judged, is meaningless... and there's not that much different between the ideas of a new, paradisiacal earth and heaven. And so on, and so on....

Anyway, results:
1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants 100%
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant 98%
3. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends 98% (a bit surprising)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends 95%
5. Reform Judaism 91%
6. Seventh Day Adventist 86%
7. Eastern Orthodox - 85%
8. Roman Catholic 85%
9. Bahai 73% (never heard of this one)
10. Orthodox Judaism 73%
11. Islam 70%
12. Unitarian Universalism 70%
13. Mormons 60%
14. Secular Humanism 58%
15. Sikhism 52%
16. Scientology 50% (them's fightin' words! Though, on second thought, by whatever scale they're using anything this far down or lower isn't a close enough match to worry over)
17. New Thought 47%
18. New Age 46%
19. Neo-Pagan 44%
20. Jehovah's Witness 43%
21. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist 42% (an interesting, if redundantly repetitive, name)
22. Non-theist 42%
23. Mahayana Buddhism 40%
24. Theravada Buddhism 40%
25. Taoism 35%
26. Jainism 29%
27 Hinduism 18%

[Amanita]

No surprise that I came out 100% neo-pagan! And I find it hilarious that I'm more likely to be an atheist than a Jehovah's Witness!

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (81%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (74%)
5. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (73%)
6. Reform Judaism (71%)
7. Sikhism (69%)
8. Jainism (62%)
9. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
10. New Thought (57%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
12. Hinduism (54%)
13. Bahai (54%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
15. Scientology (48%)
16. Secular Humanism (47%)
17. Islam (46%)
18. Taoism (43%)
19. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (38%)
20. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (31%)
21. Non-theist (31%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (28%)
24. Roman Catholic (28%)
25. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (24%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
27. Jehovahs Witness (10%)