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^yes
I'll agree, it's mostly just fun to mess with. But if someone is totally green and hasn't ever read any comparative religion and such maybe this could be a interesting catalyst to the main event of really seeking one's own Path.
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (78%) 4. Nontheist (73%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (71%) 6. Neo-Pagan (65%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%) 8. New Age (54%) 9. Taoism (45%) 10. Mahayana Buddhism (44%) 11. Reform Judaism (43%) 12. Orthodox Quaker (34%) 13. New Thought (32%) 14. Scientology (32%) 15. Baha'i Faith (28%) 16. Sikhism (25%) 17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%) 18. Jainism (21%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%) 20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (14%) 21. Eastern Orthodox (12%) 22. Hinduism (12%) 23. Islam (12%) 24. Orthodox Judaism (12%) 25. Roman Catholic (12%) 26. Seventh Day Adventist (9%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (6%) Lol fair enough I guess.
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That which I left basically are Atheist in nature or have a super ambiguous idea of what 'god/universal energy' is. And the rest don't posit much about the subject. ....... The liberal christian one surprises me, although, I feel that it bears a close semblance to the Liberal Quakers, who I have also attended UU 'church' with, where there were certainly many 'non theists'. From a structural wording of things these people are almost what I'd call Atheist Believers, as in working with in the expression of mainline religions, however not buying into the 'man in the sky' idea of the way things are. Thanks for taking a whack at it. I don't think there are enough choices unless you click the 'n/a' for a lot of the questions.... A theist obviously wrote this imo.
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All my family and stuff are all godly since time so it's not irrelevant.
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It would be cool to have a test on what kind of non-theist/agnostic you are as well, since there seem to be a million sub labels to talk about that we well. Cheers ST
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3. Theravada Buddhism (83%) 4. Liberal Quakers (81%) 5. Nontheist (76%) 6. Neo-Pagan (65%) 7. Taoism (62%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%) 9. Orthodox Quaker (54%) 10. Mahayana Buddhism (52%) 11. New Age (46%) 12. Jainism (45%) 13. Hinduism (41%) 14. Reform Judaism (35%) 15. Scientology (35%) 16. Baha'i Faith (33%) 17. Seventh Day Adventist (32%) 18. New Thought (32%) 19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%) 20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%) 21. Sikhism (27%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%) 23. Eastern Orthodox (17%) 24. Islam (17%) 25. Orthodox Judaism (17%) 26. Roman Catholic (17%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (12%) I remember taking this quiz a while back and getting similar results. It's funny because I was raised a catholic but I can't buy into that shit anymore. It's really just not good for a person, running around with all that guilt for no reason and feeling like you're some kind of bastion of faith all the time. It's especially no good for the kids who are outsiders to begin with, I remember kids in school just fightin off the gay and hating themselves for hating abortion clinics but wanting to fuck the jocks on the football team. And then there's the whole Jesus complex, it makes me goddamn sick. The only thing I ever really miss about church is the community, but then I think about what kind of wacky ideas of how life works were floating around in that community and I miss it much less. I appreciate now the people who were a part of that clusterfuck when I was a kid who were smart enough to put a little trimming on the shit they sold so that they could say, "these ideas are a little fucking crazy, do you get that?" so I'd be smart enough to say, "hey, these ideas are way fucking crazy, doesn't anyone else get that?" I'm really glad that I made it out of that situation in one piece. Organized religion, I mean. I think as a structural and developmental tool it's probably got slim competition, it teaches alright morals and gives a person some kind of guidance when they're formative, it's just a question of how inclined or how encouraged that person is to ask what the fuck is going on every now and then. I probably ended up with more eastern philosophy towards my end of the scale since I do somewhat subscribe to the wholeness of Nature and the interconnectedness of Being, mind as conduit of Consciousness and that kind of stuff, so that might be new from last time I took this quiz. Well and hey, what the fuck is going on, YaHooka?
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Unitarian Universalism (100%)
Mahayana Buddhism (97%) Neo-Pagan (95%) Liberal Quakers (93%) Theravada Buddhism (89%) New Age (82%) Hinduism (76%) Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%) Secular Humanism (71%) Taoism (68%) Jainism (67%) Sikhism (60%) Reform Judaism (57%) New Thought (55%) Orthodox Quaker (50%) Scientology (46%) Baha'i Faith (43%) Nontheist (42%) Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%) Seventh Day Adventist (32%) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%) Orthodox Judaism (27%) Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%) Eastern Orthodox (20%) Islam (20%) Roman Catholic (20%) Jehovah's Witness (15%)
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I gots hinduisim 100% !
then mahayana buddhism (98) and unitarian universalism (97) got no idea what either of them are but I like the sound of hinduism,wonder if i should start wearing the dot on my forehead now or later... |
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Tried answering a few of these with a more open mind than perhaps the test perimeters are, but heck.... wanted to see what would come up differently
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Jainism was 78%, so not too far of an increase, Sikhism was 57% at it's highest previously, Lowest ever for Theravada Buddhism ever. Some other ups and down, but mainly had only tracked my top 10 the most.
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Thanks sage
Mine says: 1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (98%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
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![]() Was #4 really that bad? What about the other 20 some? Even a top 10 would've been heady! Hope you'll come back w/ more dude.
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I just looked up the wiki entry on Secular Humanism, seen as Bief Net.org gave me a 100% on it.
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Also, in the wiki entry, Secular Humanism is categorised under the heading Irreligion about which wiki says Quote:
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Thanks for the look up and post...
I have a question, In your opinion, can't one live religiously with out having a theistic belief? Like oh... idk.... Buddhists come to mind as a more formal Path, but, to me, is not exclusive from just living religiously/intentionally etc.... Thoughts? I mean I ask because I know 'Humanists' who practice spirituality of theistic and non/atheistic tendencies as well, and both of which exclude 'Secular' from the label of themselves. I'm not asking you to answer for all people, but if you have more to say about other folks, that's cool too. Thanks Giles
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TBH I had never even heard of the term Secular Humanist before I took the Belief Net.org thingy so I'm not really au fait with what it means, I always represent myself as an atheist.
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Thing is, I don't think I could describe myself as secular really, whist describing myself as a christian would be a far stretch, the major issue I have with christianity is I don't believe in god, not that I have any issue with Yesu's teachings apart from the bits about god. But having said that, christian religions suck big time on the whole in my experience. So most of the questions and answers that people pose about this stuff is pretty oxymoronic to me.
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Thanks man, made me think of this,
Perhaps Tillich creates a paradox of sorts in the blued text.... But I feel absolutist labeling is some what of a heinous task, Some things, might best be expressed in a paradox even, as it sort of halts the mind, and with a zen like force, moves onto the more vital parts of the idea. This 'God' seems to do little more than postulate our interconnectedness, imo. (From a larger article on 'non-theistic religions') Quote:
Hands down though the 'gems' in religious texts and practices for me are tangible and practical... things that help others, help us know ourselves, are inclusive and don't entail belief beyond the 'faith' it takes to belief that we can. This is personally why I struggle with saying I'm theist or atheist.... Neither really captures it for me. ![]() That's why I probed you a little on the Humanist label, So thanks for what you shared and said.
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Ill have took look into that Tillich geezer, thanks.
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