For those who took the Belief-O-Matic test, did the results influence you to try out something new or different?

My top three results were secular humanist, quaker, and a unitarian universalist.

I consider myself an apatheist. I’m not agnostic or an atheist, I just don’t really care that much about my own religious beliefs, though I do have occasional instances of spiritual fervor. I’ve been this way for a while.

I can sortof see why they would call me a secular humanist, Quaker is a bit of a stretch, and I’ve always thought the UU was really silly, so that one came out of left field for me.

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.

1. Jainism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Hinduism (86%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (83%)
8. Orthodox Quaker (79%)
9. Secular Humanism (79%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
11. New Age (70%)
12. Sikhism (68%)
13. Taoism (66%)
14. Seventh Day Adventist (65%)
15. Baha’i Faith (57%)
16. Reform Judaism (56%)
17. Nontheist (51%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
20. Islam (45%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
22. Jehovah’s Witness (36%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
24. Roman Catholic (36%)
25. New Thought (29%)
26. Scientology (28%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (22%)

I don’t know how acurate this test is… I squish bugs but I’m nice to cats…and I belive in being nice to peolpe and being helpful…but not commited or stressed out by them…. I don’t even know what I belive in other than that I don’t know what I belive in….Does considering oneself a god count as faith… I play Dungeons and Dragons

Well I thought this would be intresting as I dont really clame any religion, maybe gnostic(not agnostic) I came up 100% neo pegan.

Hm. The pop up ads kept getting in the way of my answers and then it froze my browser. But I found it interesting that God-related answers got about 7 or 8 different choices, and “no God” answers only got one. But whatever, it is belief.net after all.

But I don’t need a quiz to tell me what I am. I’m an atheist who doesn’t believe in heaven, hell, afterlife, God, or anything like that.

@Rarebear yeah those ads were a nussence.

@oreo45 I came up with 89% neo-pagan…care to compare notes?

That pop-up really was a pain, but I schlogged through the damn thing [now I’ll have to dump all those belief-net cookies]. I found one moderate surprise. Following secular humanist, sandwiched between UUs and liberal Quakers, was a form of Buddhism. I may have answered 1 Q with a Daoist slant but ..? More interesting than I thought it would be.

The Belief-o-Matic was not satisfactory in presenting me with options, and probably could stand some more data.

That said, they were spot-on in their diagnosis -insofar as their meager catalogue can diagnose anybody.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Seventh Day Adventist (93%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (85%)
4. Roman Catholic (85%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (81%)
6. Islam (75%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (75%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (55%)
9. Jehovah’s Witness (55%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
11. Baha’i Faith (51%)
12. Sikhism (44%)
13. Jainism (41%)
14. Reform Judaism (41%)
15. Hinduism (40%)
16. Liberal Quakers (38%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (32%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%)
20. Nontheist (31%)
21. Unitarian Universalism (27%)
22. New Thought (25%)
23. Scientology (24%)
24. New Age (17%)
25. Neo-Pagan (17%)
26. Taoism (12%)
27. Secular Humanism (11%)

What is Jainism?

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

1. New Age (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (76%)
5. New Thought (76%)
6. Reform Judaism (75%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
8. Scientology (73%)
9. Baha’i Faith (67%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (67%)
11. Hinduism (64%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
13. Sikhism (61%)
14. Taoism (57%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (55%)
16. Secular Humanism (54%)
17. Jainism (50%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (44%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
20. Islam (36%)
21. Nontheist (27%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
26. Roman Catholic (12%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (6%)

As far as the #1 choice presented by this test, I must admit it’s accurate. I consider myself to be a New Age practioner. I like the idea of being neo-pagan since I’m a tree hugger. The rest of the list is up for grabs. Thanks for the link to the site.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Nontheist (80%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (62%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. Taoism (48%)
9. Reform Judaism (47%)
10. New Age (46%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
12. Sikhism (31%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (30%)
14. Scientology (30%)
15. New Thought (27%)
16. Baha’i Faith (23%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (19%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
22. Islam (12%)
23. Jainism (12%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
25. Roman Catholic (12%)
26. Hinduism (7%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (0%)

@oreo45 I have no Idea what Jamism is

@talljasperman s ok, thats what google is for

@Nullo What do you think your results should have been?

I just took the test because of this question.
My top 3-
Unitarian Universalist- 100%
Secular Humanism- 90%
Theravada Buddhism – 86%

I’m currently in a not-so-dramatic crisis of faith and consider myself an agnostic Jew (I was rated at 59% reform Jew). The quiz was kind of interesting and is inspiring me to look into attending a Unitarian service just to see what it’s about.

Well, ni surprises there. Looks like I am just not cut out to be a Jehova’s Witness.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
4. Liberal Quakers (78%)
5. Nontheist (75%)
6. Neo-Pagan (75%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
8. Taoism (60%)
9. Reform Judaism (57%)
10. New Age (56%)
11. Sikhism (53%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
13. Scientology (40%)
14. Baha’i Faith (38%)
15. New Thought (37%)
16. Jainism (36%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
22. Hinduism (25%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
24. Islam (24%)
25. Roman Catholic (24%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (5%)

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (79%)
5. Nontheist (77%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
7. Neo-Pagan (60%)
8. Taoism (58%)
9. New Age (50%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (49%)
11. Reform Judaism (48%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
13. Scientology (39%)
14. New Thought (38%)
15. Jainism (35%)
16. Baha’i Faith (34%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
18. Sikhism (28%)
19. Hinduism (22%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
22. Islam (18%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (18%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (16%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
26. Roman Catholic (9%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (5%)

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Sikhism (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (87%)
5. Baha’i Faith (82%)
6. Neo-Pagan (80%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
8. New Age (77%)
9. Jainism (77%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (77%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
12. Islam (69%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
14. Hinduism (64%)
15. New Thought (60%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
17. Scientology (49%)
18. Taoism (48%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
20. Secular Humanism (44%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (38%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
24. Jehovah’s Witness (34%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (32%)
26. Roman Catholic (32%)
27. Nontheist (24%)

Fun link, Prolificus. Why I got 100% on Reform Judaism is beyond me. I fit perfectly with Sikhism, not RJ. UU is nowhere near what I believe, so it ought not be the third religion listed.

Secular Humanism:

Secular humanism is a humanist philosophy that espouses reason, ethics, and justice, and specifically rejects supernatural and religious dogma as the basis of morality and decision-making. Like other types of humanism, secular humanism is a life stance that focuses on the way human beings can lead good, happy and functional lives.

I can live with that.

So far I have the highest Nontheist percentage (80%).

\m/ rock on \m/

@FutureMemory

We’ll see about that. :-p

My results:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Nontheist (71%)- Meh, I’m in 4th place so far. :-|
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (69%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
8. New Age (54%)
9. Taoism (53%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
12. Baha’i Faith (38%)
13. Sikhism (38%)
14. Scientology (37%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
16. New Thought (35%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
18. Jainism (27%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
21. Hinduism (17%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
23. Islam (16%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (16%)
25. Roman Catholic (16%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (4%)

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (87%)
3. New Thought (72%)
4. Scientology (70%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (70%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
7. Liberal Quakers (58%)
8. Hinduism (57%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
10. Secular Humanism (56%)
11. Jainism (51%)
12. Taoism (50%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (44%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
16. Reform Judaism (42%)
17. Sikhism (42%)
18. Baha’i Faith (28%)
19. Nontheist (28%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
22. Jehovah’s Witness (21%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
26. Islam (11%)
27. Roman Catholic (11%)
funny thing is,,I was raised catholic

Crap. I thought I was closer to taoism. This list sounds about right, though.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. New Age (93%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
5. Secular Humanism (76%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
7. New Thought (73%)
8. Scientology (69%)
9. Liberal Quakers (68%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
11. Hinduism (59%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
13. Taoism (51%)
14. Nontheist (48%)
15. Sikhism (47%)
16. Reform Judaism (44%)
17. Jainism (43%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
19. Baha’i Faith (28%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
22. Jehovah’s Witness (19%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
26. Islam (11%)
27. Roman Catholic (11%)

@oreo45

As I recall, Jainism is the belief that almost all or all life is sacred, including that of insects.

I don’t know if that belief includes any life below insects on the taxonomic scale.

I think the results I got were rather close to my views. I dont have a religion that i have commited to, but when read what the ones I got higher scores to, were, I agree with most of it!! i think it works well, for what it is. of course, someone’s belief mostly cannot fit into one single religion
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (91%)
3. Neo-Pagan (86%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (85%)
6. New Age (84%)
7. Secular Humanism (75%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
9. New Thought (68%)
10. Taoism (67%)
11. Scientology (62%)
12. Reform Judaism (58%)
13. Jainism (53%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
15. Hinduism (53%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
17. Nontheist (46%)
18. Sikhism (46%)
19. Baha’i Faith (42%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
24. Jehovah’s Witness (16%)
25. Islam (15%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
27. Roman Catholic (10%)

Here I am, not surprised and not planning to change a thing.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (76%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
5. Nontheist (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. New Age (57%)
9. Taoism (48%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (42%)
12. Reform Judaism (42%)
13. Baha’i Faith (30%)
14. Sikhism (30%)
15. Scientology (29%)
16. Jainism (28%)
17. New Thought (27%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
21. Hinduism (18%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
24. Islam (15%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (12%)

Whoops, I forgot to answer the question. :-p

The only different thing the test influenced me to do was click on the “Skip this ad” link before the Miley Cyrus ad got a chance to load. ;-)

@Brian1946 Amen to that!

I looked up what the website says about Scientology. I know a bit. But what is it besides that Xenu story. Can anyone give me a quick explanation?

@py_sue

Scientology

@FutureMemory Oh, duh! sorry :)

@py_sue

Make sure you don’t skip over the lengthy parts about it being a cult that aims to control every aspect of your life and will drain your bank account of every single cent.

@FutureMemory duly noted

Unfortunately, they don’t list my belief system: Try to be a decent person.

I took the quiz again because I was curious if I would consistently make the same choices. There were only minor changes.
The Nontheist horse moved into 4th place, moving up on Theraveda Buddhism in 3rd. From what I can figure out, Buddhist precepts, not necessarily Theravedic, are sort of like the movie Ground Hog Day. Have to keep trying until you get it right.

Only effect, results made me look up Theravedic Buddhism on Beliefnet.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (84%)
4. Nontheist (78%)
5. Liberal Quakers (76%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
8. New Age (63%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
10. Reform Judaism (54%)
11. Taoism (51%)
12. New Thought (43%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
14. Scientology (43%)
15. Sikhism (41%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
17. Baha’i Faith (34%)
18. Jainism (32%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
21. Islam (26%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
23. Hinduism (22%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
25. Roman Catholic (17%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (8%)

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. New Age (93%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (92%)
5. Liberal Quakers (90%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. Reform Judaism (78%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
9. Jainism (71%)
10. Sikhism (71%)
11. Baha’i Faith (70%)
12. New Thought (68%)
13. Hinduism (65%)
14. Secular Humanism (63%)
15. Scientology (60%)
16. Taoism (60%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
19. Islam (47%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
21. Nontheist (39%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
25. Roman Catholic (26%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (17%)

The 60% Scientology scares me a bit. I was raised Catholic, so it’s funny to see it in the bottom 3.

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (92%)
4. Hinduism (82%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (73%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (72%)
8. Jainism (70%)
9. Reform Judaism (68%)
10. Neo-Pagan (66%)
11. New Age (63%)
12. Sikhism (62%)
13. Secular Humanism (62%)
14. New Thought (59%)
15. Taoism (56%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (52%)
17. Baha’i Faith (51%)
18. Scientology (50%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (49%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (42%)
22. Roman Catholic (42%)
23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
24. Nontheist (39%)
25. Islam (36%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (25%)

It’s what I already knew from studying religion and my own interpretation of it. The Hinduism amount interests me, yet I’m not looking to change religions anytime soon. To me, it’s all almost moot as there are many paths to God/Higher Power/Aware living.

It was frustrating to only be able to choose one answer. I feel that there are many answers and none exclude the other depending on the person. I know it’s supposed to be about my religion but part of how I practice my faith is respecting all of the others. It was frustrating and that did present me with some insight into how I feel about religion and how deep-rooted my beliefs are that we are all children of God, not just those of us who think like I do.

A very interesting quiz. I didn’t have popups but I’m running ABP so, there is that.

This look like something from Match.com . Male looking for…

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (75%)
4. Nontheist (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (50%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. Reform Judaism (42%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
13. Scientology (29%)
14. Sikhism (29%)
15. New Thought (28%)
16. Baha’i Faith (27%)
17. Jainism (23%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
22. Hinduism (15%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
24. Islam (14%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (9%)

I think that I might have broken it.

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (96%)

I am surprised that the rest weren’t zero – I got few points for several.

My scores have changed.

Thank you for taking Beliefnet’s Belief-O-Matic quiz! The top score below represents the religious personality and beliefs that Belief-O-Matic thinks most closely matches your faith.

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New Age(94%)
New Thought(93%)
Mahayana Buddhism(87%)
Unitarian Universalism(85%)
Neo-Paganism(83%)
Scientology(83%)
Taoism(74%)
Church of Christ, Scientist(73%)
Secular Humanism(64%)
Hinduism(62%)
Sikhism(60%)
Conservative Christian Protestant(57%)
Liberal Quakerism(56%)

Atheism(54%)
Islam(45%)
Orthodox Quakerism(45%)
Jainism(43%)
Reformed Judaism(43%)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints(39%)
Orthodox Judaism(39%)
Bahá’í Faith(35%)
Liberal Christian Protestantism(34%)
Roman Catholicism(29%)
Jehovah’s Witnesses(29%)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity(19%)
Seventh-day Adventists(18%)