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Old 08-21-2003, 11:56 AM   #31
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Non-theist (74%)
4. Liberal Quakers (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
6. Neo-Pagan (67%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. Taoism (51%)
9. Reform Judaism (51%)
10. New Age (49%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
12. Sikhism (37%)
13. Scientology (36%)
14. New Thought (34%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
16. Bah�'� Faith (29%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
19. Jainism (19%)
20. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (18%)
21. Hinduism (16%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
24. Islam (14%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (2%)
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Old 08-21-2003, 12:28 PM   #32
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There are some obvious flaws in the test.

Various answers are lumped in together that can have significant differences.
I noticed that as welll. The first time I took this test some time ago, I was a bit confounded by those types of questions. I thought the results I got then were a little off. This time around, for those questions, I marked the priority as low. It seems to be a bit more accurate. Here's my top ten:

# 1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
# 2. Theravada Buddhism (95%)
# 3. Neo-Pagan (85%)
# 4. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
# 5. Liberal Quakers (78%)
# 6. New Age (77%)
# 7. Hinduism (74%)
# 8. New Thought (73%)
# 9. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
# 10. Jainism (69%)

I'm a Mahayana Buddhist and I really like the Theravada scriptures, so that was right on the money. I don't much care for neo-paganism, though, in spite of being married to a practicing witch.

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Old 08-22-2003, 07:28 AM   #33
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The test is complete shite, there is no doubt as to that.
The "submit" button at the conclusion of the test was a nice touch though.

For the record (no surprises here):

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Non-theist (88%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. Liberal Quakers (75%)
6. Neo-Pagan (68%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. New Age (54%)
9. Reform Judaism (52%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
11. Taoism (51%)
12. New Thought (48%)
13. Scientology (48%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
16. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (30%)
17. Bah�'� Faith (28%)
18. Islam (28%)
19. Jainism (28%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
21. Sikhism (26%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
24. Hinduism (15%)
25. Roman Catholic (15%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (10%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)
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Old 08-22-2003, 09:03 AM   #34
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
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2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
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3. Non-theist (90%)
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4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
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5. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
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6. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
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7. Neo-Pagan (60%)
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8. Reform Judaism (51%)
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9. Taoism (45%)
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10. New Age (43%)
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11. Sikhism (36%)
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12. Scientology (35%)
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13. New Thought (33%)
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14. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
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15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
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16. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (28%)
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17. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
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18. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
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19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
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20. Bah�'� Faith (22%)
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21. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
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22. Islam (19%)
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23. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
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24. Roman Catholic (19%)
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25. Hinduism (14%)
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26. Jainism (11%)
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27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)
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Old 08-22-2003, 06:05 PM   #35
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
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2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
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3. Non-theist (83%)
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4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
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5. Liberal Quakers (67%)
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6. Neo-Pagan (62%)
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7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)
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8. Taoism (45%)
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9. New Age (43%)
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10. Reform Judaism (33%)
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11. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
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12. Orthodox Quaker (26%)
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13. New Thought (23%)
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14. Scientology (23%)
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15. Bah�'� Faith (20%)
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16. Sikhism (20%)
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17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (16%)
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18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (13%)
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19. Jainism (13%)
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20. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (10%)
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21. Eastern Orthodox (6%)
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22. Hinduism (6%)
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24. Orthodox Judaism (6%)
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25. Roman Catholic (6%)
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26. Seventh Day Adventist (6%)
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27. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
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I do wonder how nontheist is only 83 percent, considering I dont believe in god at all.
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Old 08-22-2003, 06:24 PM   #36
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1. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (91%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (87%)
4. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (77%)
6. Roman Catholic (77%)
7. Bah�'� Faith (68%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
9. Islam (64%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (64%)
11. Jehovah's Witness (63%)
12. Liberal Quakers (56%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
14. Sikhism (44%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (44%)
16. Reform Judaism (41%)
17. Jainism (40%)
18. Hinduism (34%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (32%)
21. Non-theist (30%)
22. Scientology (26%)
23. Neo-Pagan (25%)
24. New Thought (25%)
25. New Age (24%)
26. Secular Humanism (23%)
27. Taoism (22%)
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Old 08-22-2003, 09:59 PM   #37
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It appears the test works in some fashion, because Magus55 got very different results from most of the nontheists here.

Mine:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Non-theist (78%)
4. Liberal Quakers (75%)
5. Neo-Pagan (69%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
8. Reform Judaism (52%)
9. Taoism (51%)
10. New Age (50%)
11. Bah�'� Faith (40%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
13. Sikhism (40%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
15. Scientology (36%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (34%)
17. New Thought (34%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (27%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
21. Islam (25%)
22. Jainism (25%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
24. Roman Catholic (25%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
26. Hinduism (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)

Some of this makes sense. From what I've heard about Quakers, they sound kind of cool. I like some parts of Paganism, but I can do without the new-agey stuff. It's interesting that Roman Catholic is so far down the list, because I was raised as one and nearly everyone in my extended family still belongs to that religion.
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Old 08-23-2003, 11:13 AM   #38
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Here's My Results

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
5. Neo-Pagan (72%)
6. Non-theist (67%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
9. New Age (53%)
10. Reform Judaism (50%)

There are 18 persons (including myself) with Secular Humanism in #1 spot. All of them have Theravada Buddhism within 6th position. Does that imply that Theravada Buddhism is much more secular than other major religions?
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Old 08-23-2003, 02:01 PM   #39
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At first I wondered how they prioritized all the 0% categories, but then I realized they just alphabetized them. The only real shocker is that 26% match for Mainline Liberal Christian Protestants. If I'm 100% non-theist, how am I any percentage xian other than 0%?

-Jerry

1. Non-theist (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (100%)

3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)

4. Theravada Buddhism (65%)

5. Liberal Quakers (49%)

6. Neo-Pagan (29%)

7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (26%)

8. Taoism (16%)

9. New Age (8%)

10. Bah�'� Faith (0%)

11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)

12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)

13. Eastern Orthodox (0%)

14. Hinduism (0%)

15. Islam (0%)

16. Jainism (0%)

17. Jehovah's Witness (0%)

18. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)

19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (0%)

20. New Thought (0%)

21. Orthodox Judaism (0%)

22. Orthodox Quaker (0%)

23. Reform Judaism (0%)

24. Roman Catholic (0%)

25. Scientology (0%)

26. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)

27. Sikhism (0%)
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
3. Non-theist (93%)
4. Secular Humanism (90%)
5. Neo-Pagan (87%)

6. Hinduism (79%)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
9. Reform Judaism (74%)
10. Liberal Quakers (72%)

11. New Age (72%)
12. New Thought (70%)
13. Scientology (70%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
15. Jainism (67%)

16. Eastern Orthodox (61%)
17. Islam (61%)
18. Roman Catholic (61%)
19. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (56%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (54%)

21. Sikhism (54%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (48%)
23. Taoism (37%)
24. Bah�'� Faith (36%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)

26. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
27. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
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