Belief-O-Matic and Your Spiritual Type

[Maugrim]

Belief-O-Matic (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html)

Your Spiritual Type (http://beliefnet.com/section/quiz/index.asp?sectionID=&surveyID=27)

These are very interesting and "serious" tests from Beliefnet.com. In short it matches your personal beliefs to the religions that generally agreed to be the overall closest match to those beliefs. For some the results may be surprising or they may not be either way it is interesting.

My Top 5 Results :
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Neo-Pagan (95%)
4. Reform Judaism (89%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)

My Spiritual Type : 60-69 62 old-fashioned Seeker -- Happy with my religion but searching for the right expression of it

Anyone else?

Cleis

[CatdaBrat]

My top 10 were
1. Unitarian Universalism
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants
3. Secular Humanism
4. Liberal Quakers (huh?)
5. Neo-Pagan
6. Christian Science
7. New Thought
8. Reform Judaism
9. New Age
10. Scientology

Belief-O-Matic: Score of 43, "Active Spiritual Seeker -- Spiritual but turned off by organized religion.

Funny, I thought it would have pegged me as a Rosicrucian type. I dunno, these quizzes can only make "judgements" based on the specific questions offered for selection. If there were more choices given, I am sure the results would be different.

[Maugrim]

Originally posted by CatdaBrat:

Funny, I thought it would have pegged me as a Rosicrucian type. I dunno, these quizzes can only make "judgements" based on the specific questions offered for selection. If there were more choices given, I am sure the results would be different.

Well there are I think only 26 options and that would (my guess) fall under one of the other ones. It's far from perfect but better than any others I've seen out there .

But yeah there are a few questions that I either had to give a No Answer reply to or the closest one while lowering the importance of that question to me.

Cleis

[Patagoniamaniac]

It must be true
it pinpointed myself.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (83%)
4. Bahá'ÃÂ* Faith (75%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (75%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (69%)
7. Islam (69%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (69%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (65%)
10. Roman Catholic (65%)
11. Liberal Quakers (59%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)
13. Reform Judaism (57%)
14. Sikhism (55%)
15. Jehovah's Witness (48%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (46%)
17. Jainism (34%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (33%)
19. Scientology (33%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (33%)
21. New Thought (30%)
22. Nontheist (30%)
23. Neo-Pagan (28%)
24. Hinduism (28%)
25. New Age (24%)
26. Secular Humanism (24%)
27. Taoism (24%)

[jakobscalpel]

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
6. Nontheist (72%)

[Mysteefied]

very interesting!
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (91%)
3. Neo-Pagan (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (89%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
7. New Age (85%)
8. Sikhism (78%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
10. Jainism (75%)
11. Secular Humanism (75%)
12. New Thought (74%)
13. Scientology (64%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
15. Bahá'ÃÂ* Faith (57%)
16. Taoism (55%)
17. Hinduism (54%)
18. Islam (49%)
19. Nontheist (48%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
25. Roman Catholic (20%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (19%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)

[Goddesschyyld]

This is right on the money.

40 - 49 Active Spiritual Seeker – Spiritual but turned off by organized religion.


1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. New Age (91%)
4. Liberal Quakers (86%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
6. New Thought (77%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (73%)
9. Jainism (70%)
10. Reform Judaism (68%)
11. Scientology (67%)
12. Secular Humanism (66%)
13. Taoism (66%)
14. Bahá'ÃÂ* Faith (65%)
15. Sikhism (65%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (53%)
20. Hinduism (51%)
21. Nontheist (46%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (44%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
24. Islam (32%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (5%)
27. Roman Catholic (5%)

[Dodgergirl]

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Reform Judaism (83%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (81%)
6. Eastern Orthodox (81%)
7. Roman Catholic (81%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (79%)
9. Sikhism (76%)
10. Seventh Day Adventist (74%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%)
12. Unitarian Universalism (70%)
13. Islam (68%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (55%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (54%)
16. Neo-Pagan (50%)
17. Hinduism (45%)
18. Secular Humanism (43%)
19. New Age (42%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
21. Taoism (37%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (37%)
23. Jainism (34%)
24. Nontheist (29%)
25. Scientology (21%)
26. New Thought (18%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (13%)



80 - 89
Confident Believer � You have little doubt you�ve found the right path

[Villager]

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (88%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
4. Neo-Pagan (75%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (71%)
6. New Age (70%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
9. Reform Judaism (65%)
10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (58%)
11. Secular Humanism (54%)
12. Hinduism (52%)
13. Baha'i Faith (51%)
14. New Thought (51%)
15. Jainism (50%)
16. Taoism (49%)
17. Seventh Day Adventist (48%)
18. Scientology (46%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (45%)
20. Roman Catholic (45%)
21. Sikhism (43%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)
25. Islam (28%)
26. Nontheist (28%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (21%)

[asimi7]

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (82%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (75%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (73%)
5. Islam (73%)
6. Roman Catholic (73%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (70%)
9. Seventh Day Adventist (69%)
10. Baha'i Faith (68%)

[jeepcj]

Score - 79

70 - 79
Questioning Believer- You have doubts about the particulars but not the Big Stuff

One off from this one. I thought I was more the lower vs the upper but I DO like to ask questions. :p

80 - 89
Confident Believer- You have little doubt you've found the right path

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (92%)

This was interesting. Some of the questions I had to re-read in order to think about what it was trying to say.

[MtnBear]

This was an interesting exercise & I found some of the questions hard. But, now I'm even more confused! I don't have a clue what Baha'i beliefs are. Some of the New Agey stuff works for me, but only resonates up to a point. Now I understand completely why I've never felt like I fit in a Christian church, or anywhere for that matter. . . I'm just glad they're burning people at the stake any more!

1. Baha'i Faith (100%)
2. New Thought (97%)
3. New Age (91%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (90%)
5. Liberal Quakers (88%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
7. Neo-Pagan (87%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (85%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
11. Sikhism (85%)

Spiritual Type: 70 - Questioning Believer - at least this part makes sense!

My spiritual beliefs have evolved over the years based on personal experience which has been radical at times, but mostly healing & beautiful. I am forever thankful for occasional strong doses of GRACE & have become increasingly aware that we are really up-to-our-necks in it all the time!

My path hasn't been a traditional one, sort of an "off-roader", I guess. But I also have great respect for those of more traditional beliefs. I'm of the opinion that "All Roads Lead to Heaven" anyway, though some paths may be more difficult/longer than others. In hindsight, maybe taking the highway would have been a good idea!

[MadScot]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (93%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
5. Liberal Quakers (80%)
6. Hinduism (79%)
7. Taoism (70%)
8. Jainism (66%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
10. New Thought (55%)
11. Scientology (53%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
14. Secular Humanism (50%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (49%)

[Red Mule]

Interesting. I hadn't seen this before.


My top 3.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
3. Secular Humanism (99%)

I'll have to go research these there. Maybe there is a place for me. :)

[Red Mule]

MtnBear,

RE:Baha'i

I always liked their idea of more than one path to God. But, when I attended a local meeting (yes, there are some local Baha'is) I found actual practice seemed much more closely related to more Muslin thought.

[MtnBear]

MtnBear,

RE:Baha'i

I always liked their idea of more than one path to God. But, when I attended a local meeting (yes, there are some local Baha'is) I found actual practice seemed much more closely related to more Muslin thought.

Thanks for the comment Red Mule. I did look up the Bahaii page online & have a real big problem with their philosophy of a "New World Order". They say for example stuff like:

"The administration of the Bahá'í Faith on the national and local levels is presently carried out by national and local "Spiritual Assemblies." These elected institutions function in accordance with the same consultative principles as the Universal House of Justice and will eventually be called "Houses of Justice." Bahá'ís believe that, while local and national Houses of Justice will be the instruments for ensuring human well-being, the decisions of the Universal House of Justice are uniquely inspired and authoritative. Bahá'u'lláh stated that God Himself has made this possible and will preserve the enactments of the Universal House of Justice from error."

NO, Thank YOU! To me, this sounds an awful lot like what the Catholics had planned. A theocracy basically governing the whole world, no less.

This is exactly where my spiritual beliefs intersect with my political philosophy. To me, the idea of "New World Order" is not "new" at all, but a resurrection of the very old, frequently nasty, paradigm of King/Serf, Master/Slave, etc. It tends toward centralized top-down power with those that set themselves up as enlightened at the top & then everyone else is supposed to live their lives according to their rules. Kings, like the Pope, often claimed "divine" rights to rule. Communism is similar, but different in that they claim all power rests with the leadership & no deference to God at all.

This is precisely what a great many immigrants came here to escape & what our Founders tried very hard to prevent from this from taking hold in this country. I believe strongly that our Founders were the REAL visionaries: Power flows from God to every person & may be lent by individuals to govt. representatives. Therefore, power flows from God, to the people, and then to their rulers & NOT the other way around.