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I'm Jewish. Converted in a conservative synagogue and now attend a reform temple. Turns out, perhaps I missed my calling.
Took a fun quiz (is there any other kind?) to see which religion suits me and discovered my answers are more in line with Traditional Quakers. Who knew?
My results break down like this:
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)
5. Neo-Pagan (86%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
7. New Age (78%)
8. Reform Judaism (73%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (71%)
11. Jainism (69%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
13. Nontheist (67%)
14. Taoism (63%)
15. Scientology (52%)
16. Islam (50%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
18. New Thought (47%)
19. Hinduism (43%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (40%)
22. Sikhism (40%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
27. Roman Catholic (25%)
I interpret these (at times disturbing) numbers (Scientology - seriously?) to mean that most religions, and by default most of us, are more alike than different.
Such an interpretation probably bumps me up to at least 83% Buddhist. Or 84. At least. But since Buddhists and Secular Humanists (big fan!) don't serve mandel bread. Ever. I think I'll stay where I'm at.
Thanks though.
h/t Steve
posted by kate @ 5:42 AM
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6 Comments:
Thanks for posting that, I was surprised by mine, too.
Wheeee! While I'm not usually down with the proselytizing tip, part of me can't help chanting, "One of us, one of us!"
However, the fact that Liberal Friends and UU tend to rate similarly on quizzes such as these sort of highlights a current concern in the Friends community: What, exactly, do we believe? In terms of Faith, what's a deal breaker?
Friends are being asked to explicitly define their faith and many find themselves scratching their heads and saying, "Well, we're children of the light and we believe in the importance of personal spiritual journeys and direct listening to God...so you can believe whatever you want, really." Even worse, Friends themselves are sometimes unsure of what separates them from paths like Unitarian Universalism.
While I'm not in any way knocking the openness and plurality of Friends' belief, I do think there's some validity in these questions. If you're going to scrub the Friends faith clean of all traces of Judeo-Christian teaching, then what's the point of wanting to be a Friend, really? Respect of individual belief is important, but there's something to be said for fellowship of belief as well and sometimes it feels that liberal Friends put too much emphasis on the former and not enough on the later in an effort to be inclusive.
Really, take Jesus out of Friends faith, and you've got UU with a Peace Testament which no longer makes sense because of it's fundamental basis on Biblical scripture. It's something we're having to deal with right now, but we are dealing with it and dealing with it honestly, so that's hopeful. Soon we'll get some clarity on the issue and we'll have a direction. However, until then, it's interesting times in the meeting house.
Here is how I turned out:
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (99%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (98%)
4. Roman Catholic (98%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (81%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (81%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
8. Islam (74%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%)
10. Hinduism (70%)
11. Sikhism (61%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (55%)
14. Liberal Quakers (52%)
15. Reform Judaism (48%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (40%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (39%)
19. Jainism (38%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
21. Neo-Pagan (32%)
22. Scientology (31%)
23. New Thought (24%)
24. New Age (23%)
25. Nontheist (16%)
26. Secular Humanism (16%)
27. Taoism (13%)
Im certainly not suprised, since I strongly agree with non-denominational christian views, which is what the 100% one is.
Wow. We are polar opposites.
Shocker.
Well, at least we won't have to deal with each other in the hereafter. Can't both be right, right?
:-)
Katie, thought you would find this humorous from your sister in law:
1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Sikhism (92%)
4. Liberal Quakers (89%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (79%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (77%)
8. Islam (75%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
10. Neo-Pagan (69%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (65%)
12. Scientology (65%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
14. Secular Humanism (64%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (61%)
16. New Age (57%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (56%)
18. New Thought (54%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (54%)
20. Roman Catholic (54%)
21. Jainism (52%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
23. Hinduism (51%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (48%)
25. Nontheist (46%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
27. Taoism (40%)
I'm more like Rich than you. Is that good or bad?
Here are my results:
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (99%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (90%)
5. Roman Catholic (90%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (85%)
7. Mormon (74%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
9. Hinduism (66%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (63%)
11. Islam (63%)
12. Liberal Quakers (59%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (56%)
14. Sikhism (55%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (50%)
16. Reform Judaism (45%)
17. Jainism (41%)
18. Neo-Pagan (36%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (34%)
21. New Age (29%)
22. Christian Science (26%)
23. Secular Humanism (25%)
24. Scientology (25%)
25. New Thought (18%)
26. Taoism (18%)
27. Nontheist (17%)
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