Beliefnet: Belief-O-Matic, Religion Beliefs, What Religion Am I Quiz -- Beliefnet.com

the post on the coptic church reminded about this quiz...

answer quickly and honestly and you will see what faiths/religions match your actual beliefs by percentage

my results today1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) as the song says "anything goes"2. Neo-Pagan (90%) great for mj growers3. Mahayana Buddhism (87%) 4. New Age (84%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (82%) I thought this would be higher6. Liberal Quakers (79%) 7. Secular Humanism (73%) 8. Scientology (68%) 9. Hinduism (66%) 10. New Thought (64%) 11. Taoism (63%) funny I thought I was a taoist

try it if you have about 1o minutes and remember to not only to indicate each answer but the relative importance of the question....if your not adverse I would be interested everyones top results - say over 50% - as well as if you are suprised or confused by the results....next to music and science and nature, I like theology/philosophy

come on give it a try.....I'll give ya a dollar

Gave it a try, but it seems all the questions have a basis in Christianity in some way, and didn't allow for my beliefs but in rare cases.

It said I was a Baha'-i' Faith. Nope...not even close.

ISO

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anyone else want to give this a try - I think it is an eye opener

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. New Age (90%) 3. Neo-Pagan (89%) 4. Mahayana Buddhism (84%) 5. Liberal Quakers (81%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (75%) 7. Secular Humanism (67%) 8. New Thought (63%) 9. Scientology (62%) 10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%) 11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%) 12. Taoism (58%) 13. Hinduism (55%) 14. Baha'i Faith (48%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (48%) 16. Jainism (46%) 17. Nontheist (45%) 18. Reform Judaism (43%) 19. Sikhism (39%) 20. Orthodox Judaism (33%) 21. Islam (23%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (23%) 23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%) 24. Seventh Day Adventist (19%) 25. Jehovah's Witness (14%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (11%) 27. Roman Catholic (11%)
there i am lol

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we are a religious match

i was surprised by the scientology considering i think scientology is kind of bunk. no offense to tom cruise or anything lol.

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What Scientologists Believe

Central tenets of Scientology, based on the questions in the Belief-O-Matic quiz.

•Belief in Deity
Scientology considers the belief in a God or gods as something personal and therefore offers no specific dogma. The nature of the Supreme Being is revealed personally through each individual as s/he becomes more conscious and spiritually aware. There exists a life energy or force (Theta) beyond and within all.

•Incarnations
There are no particular human incarnations of God, as the universal life force (Theta) is inherent in all. All humans are immortal spiritual beings (thetans) capable of realizing a nearly godlike state through Scientology practices.

•Origin of Universe and Life
All is manifestation of the universal spirit, which is all that actually exists.

•After Death
Rebirths continue until one consciously confronts all pre-birth, current-life, and previous-life traumas and realizes one's true nature as a "thetan," immortal spirit--transcending matter, energy, space, and time. Achieving this state enables the spirit to escape the cycle of birth and death--to operate independently of the physical universe and become one with God.

•Why Evil?
Painful experiences and harmful acts in one's prebirth, current, and past lives become imprinted in the reactive mind and lead to irrational behavior. Departures from rational thought and untrue ideas ("aberrations") can result in wrongdoing.

•Salvation
Salvation is achieved through the practices and techniques of Scientology, the ultimate goal of which is to realize one's true nature as an immortal spirit, a thetan. The path to salvation, or enlightenment, includes achieving states of increasingly greater mental awareness--Pre-Clear, Clear, and ultimately Operating Thetan. An Operating Thetan is a spirit who can control matter, energy, space, time, thought, and life. Practitioners ("Auditors") are regarded as ministers and counselors who assist others to achieve self-enlightenment. Auditors help others to identify their prebirth, current, and past-life disturbances, which are obstacles to happiness and spiritual enlightenment.

•Undeserved Suffering
Suffering occurs as part of the spirit's entrapment here in the physical universe. Only when the individual is aware of his spiritual nature can he identify his barriers within the universe and overcome them, rising out of a lower state and into a higher state of happiness and freedom.

•Contemporary Issues
Based on the belief that you cannot free yourself spiritually without working to free others, Scientology has founded and supports many organizations for social betterment, particularly in the areas of drug abuse, crime, psychiatric abuse, government abuse of law, human rights, religious freedom, education, and morality. Scientology strongly favors the use of their methodology for spiritual/mental healing over the use of conventional treatment.

perhaps this can explain why you scored high on scientology - something I always have seen as bit too cultish for me. I guess the quiz focuses on their beliefs not their administration legal and finacial practices.

that is a completely different version of scientology than i have ever heard.

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well dont really know what to say really, this isnt how i view it, but anyway.. its a machine i am dealing with...

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (99%) 3. Nontheist (97%) 4. Theravada Buddhism (91%) 5. Liberal Quakers (76%) 6. Taoism (60%) 7. Neo-Pagan (59%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%) 9. New Thought (50%) 10. Scientology (50%) 11. Mahayana Buddhism (49%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (44%) 14. New Age (42%) 15. Reform Judaism (40%) 16. Jainism (37%) 17. Baha'i Faith (35%) 18. Hinduism (33%) 19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%) 20. Islam (24%) 21. Orthodox Judaism (24%) 22. Sikhism (22%) 23. Seventh Day Adventist (22%) 24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%) 25. Eastern Orthodox (15%) 26. Roman Catholic (15%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (5%)

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Here's mine and I do walk on the Buddhist/Taoist path. I was raised Roman Catholic lol:

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%) 2. Theravada Buddhism (94%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (94%) 4. Neo-Pagan (92%) 5. Taoism (85%) 6. New Age (84%) 7. Liberal Quakers (84%) 8. Hinduism (79%) 9. Scientology (66%) 10. Jainism (63%) 11. Secular Humanism (63%) 12. New Thought (62%) 13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%) 14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (54%) 16. Sikhism (54%) 17. Reform Judaism (46%) 18. Baha'i Faith (36%) 19. Nontheist (34%) 20. Seventh Day Adventist (28%) 21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%) 23. Orthodox Judaism (19%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (16%) 25. Islam (16%) 26. Roman Catholic (16%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

many people will get results that are surprising or contrary to what they might identify as

that is because the machine is rating the percent of agreement with the central beliefs of each religion about good and evil, life after death, the nature of god etc.

I can get 100% score on say Toaism....but identify myself completely as a Jew....identification rather than actual beliefs are more important to most people...that is what makes the quiz interesting - it shows to what degree you agree with the religion you identify with. If there is a big dis-connect - it may be cause for some introspection.

all that being said - its just a quiz - for fun!