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Tarannosaurus
December 11th, 2013, 06:34 PM
I found this and I thought that it was interesting. http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/
It it asks you about your beliefs and you rate how important they are to you on a scale and it shows you what religions/non religions you might be compatible with.
My top results were:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Taoism (93%)
3. Secular Humanism (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (86%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (86%)

Synyster Shadows
December 11th, 2013, 07:00 PM
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (89%)
3. Taoism (84%)
4. Secular Humanism (80%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)

Whoa, Tara, it seems like we think relatively similarly.

Tarannosaurus
December 11th, 2013, 07:06 PM
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (89%)
3. Taoism (84%)
4. Secular Humanism (80%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)

Whoa, Tara, it seems like we think relatively similarly.

Great minds think alike :P

Synyster Shadows
December 11th, 2013, 07:08 PM
Great minds think alike :P

Indeed they do :P

LouBerry
December 11th, 2013, 07:12 PM
1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (81%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (76%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (65%)

Well, I can't say I disagree.

Vlerchan
December 11th, 2013, 07:20 PM
This probably won't come as much of a surprise:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
3. Non-theist (75%)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (74%)
5. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)

Syvelocin
December 11th, 2013, 10:34 PM
1. New Age (100%)
2. Taoism (95%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (90%)
5. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (81%)

Pretty typical.

I especially like how the religion I was raised in (Catholic) comes in at 0%.

Elysium
December 11th, 2013, 10:41 PM
I'm taking it now, but since this seems to be aimed much more at spiritual beliefs than religion overall, I can guess what I'll get.

Secular Humanism (100%)
Unitarian Universalism (85%)
Non-theist (76%)
Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (73%)
Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)

Thought so. In reality, I'm Jewish, very much so, but I don't believe in it spiritually; it's a cultural identity for me and my family.

Edit: After reading further down, Reform Judaism comes in at 7. Interesting.

SweetFab
December 11th, 2013, 10:56 PM
Haha, I like this. Here's my top 5 :)

1. Taoism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (99%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
4. Jainism (80%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (80%)

xo

ShatteredWings
December 11th, 2013, 11:11 PM
Omnipotent monotheist bias much? its not a "none" it's a "your options suck balls"


Neopagan (100) [I am just not surprised here...]
Taoist (90)
Unitarian Universalism (90)
New Age (87)
Mahayana Buddhism (85)
Secular Humanism (72%)
Mainline - Liberal Christian/Protestants (71%)
Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (71%)
Theravada Buddhism (69%)
New Thought (69%)


Methinks the buddhism ones made it because of beliefs in reincarnation.

sqishy
December 12th, 2013, 02:52 PM
I found out I could not define what I believe in with the options given to me in the questions, but I got this:

1. Taoism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (87%)
4. Secular Humanism (85%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
6. New Age (79%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
8. Neo-Pagan (77%)

Interesting, I suppose.

Harley Quinn
December 12th, 2013, 02:57 PM
Well, this is interesting.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (92%)
3. Reform Judaism (86%)
4. Secular Humanism (85%)
5. Taoism (85%)
6. Neo-Pagan (81%)
7. Non-theist (80%)
8. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
10. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (74%)

Emerald Dream
December 12th, 2013, 03:25 PM
1. Sikhism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (96%)
3. Taoism (89%)
4. Orthodox Judaism (87%)
5. Neo-Pagan (80%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
7. Jainism (73%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)
9. Bahai (68%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)


Well, that was certainly an interesting result.

comical
December 12th, 2013, 03:29 PM
Certainly interesting..

1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (94%)
3. Roman Catholic (94%)
4. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (89%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)

Human
December 12th, 2013, 03:48 PM
Secular Humanism I got 100%

Sugaree
December 12th, 2013, 03:59 PM
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. New Age (90%)
4. Hinduism (86%)
5. Jainism (80%)

Not really surprised that at three of the five are Eastern religions.

Canadian Dream
December 12th, 2013, 11:43 PM
Unitarian Universalism: 100%
Liberal Quakers-Religious Society of Friends: 92%
Taoism: 82%
Theravada Buddhism: 80%
Mahayana Buddhism: 75%

Lovelife090994
December 12th, 2013, 11:58 PM
1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (93%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (61%)
5. Roman Catholic (61%)

My family and friends have always thought I was weird for having a more Catholic type of spirituality, I am not entirely shocked by my top 5.

My top 10: While I do not align with these, I guess I can see why. I may not be one who is in to church but I do value my faith.

1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (93%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (61%)
5. Roman Catholic (61%)
6. Jehovahs Witness (56%)
7. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (53%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
9. Hinduism (50%)
10. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)

All

1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (93%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (61%)
5. Roman Catholic (61%)
6. Jehovahs Witness (56%)
7. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (53%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
9. Hinduism (50%)
10. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)
11. Islam (41%)
12. Unitarian Universalism (41%)
13. Neo-Pagan (37%)
14. Scientology (35%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (34%)
16. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (34%)
17. New Age (32%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (31%)
20. New Thought (31%)
21. Jainism (27%)
22. Bahai (26%)
23. Sikhism (26%)
24. Reform Judaism (26%)
25. Taoism (25%)
26. Secular Humanism (24%)
27. Non-theist (12%)

By this I am shocked by the latter of the list...

Quick_Sylver
December 13th, 2013, 12:11 AM
Unitarian Universalism 100%
Secular Humanism 96%
Neo - Pagan 95%
New age 90%
Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of friends 79%
Taoism 77%
Non - Theist 74%

Hah, interesting but too generalized. xD

darthearth
December 13th, 2013, 12:12 AM
1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (82%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (80%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (79%)
6. Roman Catholic (79%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
8. Hinduism (74%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (70%)
10. Jainism (67%)

Was most surprised at the Seventh Day Adventists. I am also an evolutionary creationist, beliefnet said most orthodox Quakers are 6 day creationists, but maybe beliefnet is wrong (I answered that question explicitly as an evolutionary creationist).

SosbanFach
December 13th, 2013, 05:22 PM
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (84%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
5. Non-theist (78%)

I don't fully understand why, when my top result was a sub-group of non-theism, that itself came to only 78%, but really not very surprising results. That said, they are interesting. In terms of religion, were I to be religious or heavily 'spiritual', I would go for Buddhism, and I quite like the liberalism and progressive-seeming nature of Quaker laws and ideology, so I can understand that. Catholicism came out bottom, fairly unsurprisingly, with other 'archaic', typically traditionalist or orthodox religions not far up.

The Trendy Wolf
December 14th, 2013, 05:08 AM
Although this might not adhere to my true beliefs, these were my results:

Secular Humanism: (100%)

Unitarian Universal-ism: (89%)

Non-Theist: (83%)

Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends: (74%)

Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants: (63%)

Theravada Buddhism: (59%)
_____________________________________________________________

This survey was quite difficult for me to give accurate answers, mainly because I consider myself to be Atheist, and the answers that would have been geared towards Non-theistic "beliefs" were far too broad to represent my true opinions. I understand that surveys can never be perfect, but I don't believe that this represents me in the best of ways.

Loca
December 18th, 2013, 03:17 AM
Great minds think alike :P

But fools never differ

AgentHomo
December 18th, 2013, 03:49 PM
1. Secular Humanism (100%) and proud
2. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (79%)
4. Non-Theist (63%)
5. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestant (63%)

ImCoolBeans
December 18th, 2013, 07:26 PM
1. New Age (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Neo-Pagan (90%)
4. Taoism (88%)
5. New Thought (73%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (71%)
7. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (69%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
9. Jainism (61%)
10. Hinduism (61%)

Interesting

Luminous
December 18th, 2013, 08:17 PM
My 1. (00%)is Secular Humanism, which I think is the most accurate. I don't consider myself as believing in anything, therefore I wouldn't have a religion. Interestingly but not surprisingly, Orthodox Judaism (which is what I grew up as and my family continues to be) is number 23 and only 6%.
Honestly, I don't know what half of the list is. I've googled a few of my top answers but I don't think I'm quite understanding right. That's okay. All of the more orthodox, religious answers, are at the bottom, which is no surprise. Here's my full list:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
3. Non-theist (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (71%)
5. Taoism (68%)
6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
7. Neo-Pagan (61%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
9. New Age (57%)
10. Reform Judaism (55%)
11. New Thought (46%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
13. Scientology (35%)
14. Sikhism (34%)
15. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (33%)
16. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (30%)
17. Bahai (24%)
18. Jainism (20%)
19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (11%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (10%)
21. Islam (9%)
22. Hinduism (9%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (6%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (5%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (3%)
26. Roman Catholic (3%)
27. Jehovahs Witness (0%)

Silicate Wielder
December 21st, 2013, 12:20 AM
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (92%)
4. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
5. Non-theist (77%)

Morg
December 21st, 2013, 05:27 AM
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (81%)
4. Non-theist (77%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (75%)


I'm happy with these results :)

Dark Hatred
December 22nd, 2013, 05:36 PM
1. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (100%)
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (81%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (76%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (65%)

Well, I can't say I disagree.

About the same

Miserabilia
December 25th, 2013, 06:38 AM
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
3. Non-theist (81%)

hm.... Not sure what to make of this, lol.
Interesting