Belief-O-Matic Quiz

[enelya_taralom]

Hey all,

Thought it was time to resurect the "Belief-O-Matic" quiz.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

Generally, I think it is well-done, though I would defintley change one or two questions, and add some others, but anyhoo....

Here's what I got:

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (89%)
3. Roman Catholic (89%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (88%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (86%)

Reading the decriptions, I would have to agree that for the most part I do hold the beliefs of a Mainline to Conservative Christian, howeve I disagree with their decriptions of The Origin of Life and take on a more Orthodox / Catholic viewpoint of Genesis not necessarily being literal and in contrast to science, but fun quiz anyway

 

[D'Ann]

I've done this test so many times... I'm never happy with the result...lol but it is fun...

 

[Buttermilk]

It was kinda accurate in bits, but I didn't like some of the questions

 

[sweetlambofgod]

not happy with my results lol

 

[beehoney]

1. Seventh Day Adventist (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (98%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (96%)
5. Roman Catholic (96%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
7. Hinduism (62%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (59%)
9. Orthodox Judaism (57%)
10. Liberal Quakers (54%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (51%)
12. Islam (48%)
13. Sikhism (48%)
14. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
15. Reform Judaism (39%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (35%)
17. Jainism (30%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (29%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (27%)
20. Neo-Pagan (26%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
22. New Age (21%)
23. Secular Humanism (21%)
24. Scientology (18%)
25. New Thought (17%)
26. Nontheist (17%)
27. Taoism (15%)
I'm not so sure about the results. 20 questions are not enough to assess a persons beliefs, and I only answered 19 because there was no correct answer for accessing eternal life.

 

[superbear02]

1.

Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Orthodox Quaker (96%) 3. Seventh Day Adventist (85%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (81%) 5. Roman Catholic (81%) 6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (78%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%) 8. Jehovah's Witness (63%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (62%) 10. Bahá'í Faith (60%) 11. Islam (55%) 12. Liberal Quakers (50%) 13. Sikhism (49%) 14. Jainism (37%) 15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%) 16. Hinduism (37%) 17. Unitarian Universalism (35%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (34%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (34%) 20. Reform Judaism (29%) 21. Neo-Pagan (28%) 22. Nontheist (23%) 23. New Age (22%) 24. Secular Humanism (20%) 25. Taoism (19%) 26. New Thought (15%) 27. Scientology (15%)

 

[enelya_taralom]

7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)

This is a new one. I don't remember seeing it in anyone else's results. But maybe I just can't read

 

[greenessa]

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (98%) 3. Orthodox Quaker (96%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%) 5. Jehovah's Witness (93%) 6. Bahá'í Faith (84%) 7. Eastern Orthodox (80%) 8. Roman Catholic (80%) 9. Seventh Day Adventist (79%) 10. Orthodox Judaism (78%) 11. Liberal Quakers (70%) 12. Islam (69%) 13. Sikhism (67%) 14. Hinduism (64%) 15. Jainism (64%) 16. Unitarian Universalism (53%) 17. Mahayana Buddhism (51%) 18. Theravada Buddhism (51%) 19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%) 20. Reform Judaism (44%) 21. Neo-Pagan (36%) 22. Taoism (36%) 23. New Age (31%) 24. Secular Humanism (29%) 25. New Thought (26%) 26. Nontheist (23%) 27. Scientology (19%)

Kinda sticky on some questions, interesting though.
Vanessa

 

[Niels]

I've taken this a few times... apparently I have a lot in common with the Quakers.

 

[Oblivious]

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%) 2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (94%) 3. Bahá'í Faith (92%) 4. Islam (89%) 5. Sikhism (89%) 6. Eastern Orthodox (84%) 7. Jehovah's Witness (84%) 8. Roman Catholic (84%) 9. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (82%) 10. Seventh Day Adventist (72%) 11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%) 12. Reform Judaism (67%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (62%) 14. Liberal Quakers (51%) 15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%) 16. Hinduism (44%) 17. Jainism (43%) 18. Unitarian Universalism (39%) 19. New Thought (29%) 20. Scientology (28%) 21. Neo-Pagan (27%) 22. Mahayana Buddhism (25%) 23. Theravada Buddhism (24%) 24. Nontheist (22%) 25. Secular Humanism (20%) 26. New Age (18%) 27. Taoism (18%)

#9 is close to how I believe. The rest are bogus.

 

[beehoney]

#9 is close to how I believe. The rest are bogus.

LOL!

 

[David4223]

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (94%) <--- me 3. Eastern Orthodox (87%) 4. Roman Catholic (87%) 5. Seventh Day Adventist (87%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%) 7. Islam (70%) 8. Orthodox Judaism (70%) 9. Bahá'í Faith (59%) 10. Jehovah's Witness (58%) 11. Hinduism (57%) 12. Liberal Quakers (56%) 13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%) 14. Jainism (52%) 15. Unitarian Universalism (46%) 16. Mahayana Buddhism (45%) 17. Theravada Buddhism (44%) 18. Sikhism (43%) 19. Reform Judaism (40%) 20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%) 21. Scientology (29%) 22. New Age (28%) 23. Neo-Pagan (25%) 24. New Thought (25%) 25. Nontheist (23%) 26. Secular Humanism (23%) 27. Taoism (18%)

 

[nate2705]

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Eastern Orthodox (92%) 3. Roman Catholic (92%) 4. Seventh Day Adventist (84%) 5. Orthodox Quaker (78%) 6. Jehovah's Witness (75%) 7. Hinduism (64%) 8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (64%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (63%) 10. Islam (54%) 11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (45%) 12. Jainism (38%) 13. Mahayana Buddhism (32%) 14. Theravada Buddhism (31%) 15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%) 16. Sikhism (30%) 17. Bahá'í Faith (25%) 18. Scientology (25%) 19. Liberal Quakers (24%) 20. New Thought (21%) 21. Unitarian Universalism (18%) 22. Neo-Pagan (17%) 23. Nontheist (14%) 24. New Age (13%) 25. Reform Judaism (13%) 26. Secular Humanism (5%) 27. Taoism (2%)

I think that it was somewhat accurate of my beliefs. Especially the top one. I don't like that my scores for morman and jehovahs witness were so high though. Not that this really reflects my beliefs all the way though.

I'm not surprised that my atheism scores are so low. I find the idea that "no God created us" idiotic. The world's way too complicated for that.

 

[nate2705]

I also want to add that it didn't get specific enough.
Bah, it's just a human made quiz. Why am I complaining?

 

[mini_mim]

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (97%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (96%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (96%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (63%)
8. Islam (59%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
10. Hinduism (55%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (54%)
12. Sikhism (52%)
13. Liberal Quakers (51%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (50%)
15. Reform Judaism (39%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (38%)
17. Jainism (33%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (23%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (22%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
21. Neo-Pagan (20%)
22. Nontheist (19%)
23. New Age (18%)
24. Secular Humanism (17%)
25. New Thought (16%)
26. Scientology (14%)
27. Taoism (12%)

Interesting, not much difference between my top 5, no.4 is where I am at lol!

 

[Wroth]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (96%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (92%)
4. Bah&#65533;'&#65533; Faith (89%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (82%)
6. Liberal Quakers (74%)
7. Seventh Day Adventist (71%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (70%)
9. Roman Catholic (70%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (68%)
11. Unitarian Universalism (68%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)
13. Islam (65%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (65%)
15. Reform Judaism (62%)
16. Sikhism (55%)
17. Neo-Pagan (55%)
18. Jainism (54%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)
20. Secular Humanism (43%)
21. New Age (41%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (41%)
23. New Thought (37%)
24. Taoism (37%)
25. Scientology (36%)
26. Hinduism (35%)
27. Nontheist (32%)

Some of those were a bit insulting - Mormonism is #5? What? Mormons' faith is radically different from mine - the top 3 kinda give a fairly good mix of what I beleive for the most part. Bahá'í is not really close to what I beleive either... little bit disappointed in the quiz and a bit annoyed too - too many questions seemed oddly worded and had wierd answers.

EDIT: Actually, 7th Day Adventists seem to have all the same answers/tenets as I do for the most part - the contemporary issues is a bit fuzzy, but I think everything else is about the same.

 

[enelya_taralom]

Fish and Bread posted this in another thread in regard to the Mormon thing:

It's probably that nature of God question. A mainline Christian could easily answer that God has a physical body, thinking it was referring to Jesus, but, actually, it seems to me as though they actually mean the question to refer to God the Father. So, the quiz says "Oh, he thinks God the Father has a physical body, must be Mormon". I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

 

[Saucy]

Interesting

 

[DiscoFrank]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Eastern Orthodox (95%) 3. Roman Catholic (95%) 4. Orthodox Quaker (95%) 5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (93%) 6. Seventh Day Adventist (87%) 7. Liberal Quakers (75%) 8. Unitarian Universalism (67%) 9. Reform Judaism (62%) 10. Orthodox Judaism (60%) 11. Bah&#65533;'&#65533; Faith (58%) 12. Islam (56%) 13. Sikhism (51%) 14. Hinduism (50%) 15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%) 16. Neo-Pagan (45%) 17. New Age (37%) 18. Jehovah's Witness (37%) 19. Scientology (34%) 20. Secular Humanism (31%) 21. New Thought (30%) 22. Mahayana Buddhism (29%) 23. Jainism (28%) 24. Theravada Buddhism (28%) 25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%) 26. Taoism (22%) 27. Nontheist (18%)

Yep number 1 pretty much sums me up

 

[Balugon]

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Orthodox Quaker (84%) 3. Seventh Day Adventist (84%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (74%) 5. Roman Catholic (74%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%) 7. Orthodox Judaism (58%) 8. Islam (57%) 9. Bahá'í Faith (54%) 10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%) 11. Hinduism (50%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%) 13. Sikhism (50%) 14. Jainism (44%) 15. Jehovah's Witness (44%) 16. Reform Judaism (43%) 17. Mahayana Buddhism (42%) 18. Theravada Buddhism (42%) 19. Liberal Quakers (42%) 20. Scientology (41%) 21. New Thought (37%) 22. Unitarian Universalism (37%) 23. Nontheist (33%) 24. Neo-Pagan (30%) 25. New Age (30%) 26. Taoism (26%) 27. Secular Humanism (24%)

..............

Yea, i think thats about right. I dont know what all Quakers or Seventh day adventists' believe, so i wouldnt know how to respond. But they still got 16% lower than what i would follow as my main beliefs.

yea, some of those questions were a little weird, the answers too. Oh well.