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[JimJam]

I came across this Quiz.
http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/

Just give it the answers you think are best and it tries to tell you from a big list of religions and sects which you are closest to. Of course it may not be entirely accurate and its a bit rigid in it's choices but still the results are interesting.

These are my results (top ten)

1. Islam (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
3. Bahai (89%)
4. Sikhism (94%)
5. Jainism (85%)
6. Reform Judaism (76%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
8. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (65%)
9. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
10. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (63%)

Come on, give it a go!

Edited by JimJam, 21 August 2011 - 08:54 AM.

[iSilurian]

http://en.wikipedia....st_of_humanists

1. Secular Humanism (100 %)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93 %)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (88 %)
4. Taoism (80 %)
5. Non-theist (73 %)
6. Neo-Pagan (72 %)
7. New Age (72 %)
8. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (71 %)
9. Theravada Buddhism (70 %)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (54 %)
11. Hinduism (50 %)
12. Jainism (50 %)
13. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (48 %)
14. New Thought (48 %)
15. Sikhism (48 %)
16. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (45 %)
17. Reform Judaism (45 %)
18. Scientology (36 %)
19. Bahai (27 %)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27 %)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (22 %)
22. Eastern Orthodox (18 %)
23. Islam (18 %)
24. Jehovahs Witness (18 %)
25. Orthodox Judaism (18 %)
26. Roman Catholic (18 %)
27. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (14 %)

Sounds a bit sketchy, There can be unitarian universalist atheists, and yet some hold congregations, doesnt sound reasonable so i think ill throw in with secular humanism

Edited by iSilurian, 21 August 2011 - 09:59 AM.

[-SeeKeR-]

Creepy results... ...*runs to the spiritual room to contemplate on her faith*...   

  
1. Sikhism   (100%)                                                      
2.Orthodox Judaism   (99%)                                                      
3.Bahai   (94%)                                                      
4.Islam   (94%)                                                      
5.Reform Judaism   (88%)                                                      
6.Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends   (74%)                                                      
7.Jainism   (72%)                                                      
8.Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants  (72%)                                                      
9.Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)   (70%)                                                      
10.Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends  (66%)                                                      
11.Eastern Orthodox   (61%)                                                      
12.Roman Catholic   (61%)                                                      
13.Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant  (59%)                                                      
14.Hinduism   (58%)                                                      
15.Mahayana Buddhism   (58%)                                                      
16.Unitarian Universalism   (57%)                                                      
17.Seventh Day Adventist   (55%)                                                      
18.Theravada Buddhism   (51%)                                                      
19. Neo-Pagan   (50%)                                                      
20.Jehovahs Witness   (49%)                                                      
21.Scientology   (37%)                                                      
22.Taoism   (37%)                                                      
23.Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist  (36%)                                                      
24.New Thought   (35%)                                                      
25.New Age   (33%)                                                      
26.Secular Humanism   (26%)                                                      
27. Non-theist   (19%)

Edited by -SeeKeR-, 21 August 2011 - 10:28 AM.

[Pascal]

This in my opinion is a superior quiz - http://www.beliefnet...liefOMatic.aspx (Click the red get started button, took me awhile to see it) Damn...its the same quiz..Actually...hell question seems different perhaps

I don't like how they put "not sure" with the often atheistic belief. It would skew the quiz somewhat...

I could of answered one question with two answers, being agnostic, i answered the atheistic ideas but also if a true religion/god exists, what traits i would want to see in it..(In hindsight...this might of skewed my answers... i might redo the quiz twice, once with my atheistic beliefs and once again with what i would look for in a religion..)

http://SelectSmart.com/RELIGION Rankings:

1. Reform Judaism   (100 %)
2. Unitarian Universalism   (86 %)
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (84 %)
4. Secular Humanism   (78 %)
5. Neo-Pagan (75 %)
6. Bahai   (73 %)
7. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (73 %)
8. Orthodox Judaism   (70 %)
9. Sikhism   (69 %)
10. Islam   (68 %)
11. Jainism   (68 %)
12. Theravada Buddhism   (68 %)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (64 %)
14. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist   (62 %)
15. Scientology   (61 %)
16. Non-theist   (60 %)
17. New Age (58 %)
18. New Thought   (57 %)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)   (56 %)
20. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends   (51 %)
21. Taoism   (46 %)
22. Hinduism   (42 %)
23. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant   (41 %)
24. Jehovahs Witness   (32 %)
25. Eastern Orthodox   (31 %)
26. Roman Catholic   (31 %)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (30 %)

Retake
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My beliefs(Atheistic)

• Unitarian Universalism (100%)
  
• Secular Humanism (96%)
  
• Nontheist (81%)
  
• Liberal Quakers (77%)
  
• Neo-Pagan (72%)
  
• Theravada Buddhism (72%)
  
• Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%)
  
• Reform Judaism (67%)
  
• Sikhism (52%)
  
• New Age (50%)
  
• Taoism (46%)
  
• New Thought (46%)
  
• Scientology (42%)
  
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
  
• Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
  
• Baha'i Faith (34%)
  
• Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
  
• Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
  
• Orthodox Judaism (34%)
  
• Orthodox Quaker (34%)
  
• Eastern Orthodox (31%)
  
• Islam (31%)
  
• Roman Catholic (31%)
  
• Hinduism (27%)
  
• Jainism (25%)
  
• Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
  
• Jehovah's Witness (12%)

What I'd look for in a 'religion'(Follows logic, what i think, ect)
http://SelectSmart.com/RELIGION Rankings:

1. Reform Judaism   (100 %)
2. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (87 %)
3. Unitarian Universalism   (84 %)
4. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (79 %)
5. Secular Humanism   (72 %)
6. Bahai   (70 %)
7. Islam   (68 %)
8. Orthodox Judaism   (68 %)
9. Neo-Pagan (65 %)
10. Sikhism   (60 %)
11. New Thought   (58 %)
12. Non-theist   (56 %)
13. Jainism   (54 %)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)   (54 %)
15. Scientology   (53 %)
16. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist   (51 %)
17. New Age (51 %)
18. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends   (48 %)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (45 %)
20. Theravada Buddhism   (44 %)
21. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant   (39 %)
22. Eastern Orthodox   (34 %)
23. Roman Catholic   (34 %)
24. Taoism   (34 %)
25. Hinduism   (29 %)
26. Jehovahs Witness   (24 %)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (23 %)


Some of the questions i wasn't sure of what i would believe in a religion, specifically the conception of God in #1. Most of my answers didnt have any other logical option for me though.

Also:
4:What happens after death...
I chose the first option, i think it implied that you can be judged/punished but enter heaven eventually. If it didn't imply you could enter heaven eventually, i would choose the last option, which actually significantly altered some results. Made islam drop 8%, secular humanism rose 3%, ect.

Edited by kingpomba, 21 August 2011 - 11:10 AM.

[wayfarer.]

I had taken this quiz long ago and alhumdolillah i've achieved the same results


1.   Islam   (100%)    

2.   Orthodox Judaism   (100%)    

3.   Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends   (86%)    

4.   Bahai   (79%)    

5.   Reform Judaism   (77%)    

6.   Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)   (73%)    

7.   Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant   (73%)    

8.   Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants   (69%)    

9.   Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends   (68%)    

10.   Eastern Orthodox   (66%)

[iSilurian]

I like how people are getting results of judaism hahaha.

[Pascal]

Haha, i don't think its weighted correctly. One change made islam go down 8% but another one only changed by 3%, thats a huge gap statistically, almost triple the change.

That said, if i did believe in God, i could go for reform Judaism, i guess. Well, the kind as described in the link anyway.

I've always admired Judaism because it was the originator of the whole tradition. Seem to be slightly less big on divinely inspired prophets (yeah i know moses...) in their stories as well and focus more regular humans a little more. I used to have some decent reasons but they're slipping my mind right now haha...how convenient... it is 3am though. One thing i don't like about it though is the jews are a chosen people and the ancient tribes specifically are chosen people which would put me in an akward position if i were to convert...plus doesnt seem fair to exclude others...

I like how the link said God suffers alongside you when you suffer. Although, it still begs the question why does he allow tsunamis and things like that to exist. Surely he could design a world without them if he wanted to, so, why didnt he? Either not all powerful or not all loving.. I dont go for the idea that inflicting natural disasters upon people (often the poorest countries) is a way of testing them. These people are tested enough already...

Im suprised Scientology is on there though...i would comment but i dont want to get sued

Edited by kingpomba, 21 August 2011 - 11:34 AM.

[satyaban]

iSilurian, on 21 August 2011 - 11:09 AM, said:

I like how people are getting results of judaism hahaha.

They are both children of Father Abraham.

[-Enlightened]

I don't need to take a quiz to make SURE that I believe in one eternal lord .. the same lord as all those religion with the same prophets : Adam,Noah, Moises, Abraham, Jesus ..and so on .

[JimJam]

Well the first time I gave this quiz I selected impersonal God as the answer to the first question and I came out a Jain. Then i realized what had happened, went back and selected personal God and lo-n-behold the quiz says now Im a Muslim-Jew. Although God I believe is ultimately impersonal since it is beyond comprehension.


Like this hadith of the Imam says;
“In the debate with the atheist who asked abu ‘Abd Allah,
‘Does Allah become pleased and displeased?’ Abu ‘Abd Allah,
recipient of divine supreme covenant, replied, ‘Yes, but not like
that which is found in His creatures. In His creatures the
pleasure is a state (hal), which enters into him and changes him
from one state to another. The creatures are hollow, active and
of compound materials with entrance to them. Nothing can enter
into our Creator. He is One, a single self and a single meaning.
His pleasure is His reward and His anger is His punishment
without anything entering in Him to motivate and change Him
from one state to another; these are attributes of His creatures
who are weak and needy.’”
Al-Kafi-The Book on the Oneness of Allah H 299, Ch. 14, h6

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I like how people are getting results of judaism hahaha.

I have no issue with it. Islam is a successor to to Judaism, with similar beliefs except for the global brotherhood part

Edited by JimJam, 21 August 2011 - 12:45 PM.

[iSilurian]

satyaban, on 21 August 2011 - 12:19 PM, said:

They are both children of Father Abraham.

Imo, it gives Judaism some credibility

[Fanaa]

cool.

1. Islam   (100%)    
2. Orthodox Judaism   (100%)    
3. Bahai   (84%)    
4. Jainism   (77%)    
5. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends   (76%)    
6. Seventh Day Adventist   (72%)    
7. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant   (70%)    
8. Reform Judaism   (67%)    
9. Hinduism   (64%)    
10. Sikhism   (63%)

[Ruq]

1. Orthodox Judaism   (100%)
2. Reform Judaism   (99%)
3. Islam   (93%)
4. Bahai   (87%)
5. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants   (68%)


What a way to break it to me.

-SeeKeR-, on 21 August 2011 - 10:25 AM, said:

Creepy results... ...*runs to the spiritual room to contemplate on her faith*...   

      
1. Sikhism   (100%)                                                      

Haha, you'll have to change your name to 'Sikher'

[-SeeKeR-]

^ Lol no sis you saw wrong actually they meant Sikhiaism....

[14infallibles]

Im not exactly sure on how to paste my results (lol) but i got Islam 100% and Orthodox Judaism

[titumir]

Does this mean that Islam is basically the same as Orthodox Judaism, just except that the prophets are different?

[JimJam]

^And the other big difference is that Islam invites all but you cant convert to Judaism unless you a born into it.

[Murteza]

http://SelectSmart.com/RELIGION Rankings:


1. Jainism   (100 %)  

2. Hinduism   (87 %)  

3. Orthodox Judaism   (86 %)  

4. Mahayana Buddhism    (84 %)  

5. Sikhism   (83 %)  
6. Islam   (79 %)  
7. Reform Judaism   (79 %
8. Theravada Buddhism   (75 %)
9. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends    (73 %)

10. Bahai   (71 %)


Now i know im heathen....

[Blissful]

Interesting.

1. Sikhism 100%
2. Jainism 99 %
3. Hinduism 91 %
4. Bahai 86%
5. Reform Judaism 85%
6. Orthodox Judaism 84%
7. Islam 77%
8. Mahayana Buddhism 76%
9. Quakers 73 %
10. Unitarian Universalism 73%


Sigh. Where's my turban?

Edited by Blissful, 23 August 2011 - 02:20 PM.

[Psychopath]

JimJam, on 23 August 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

^And the other big difference is that Islam invites all but you cant convert to Judaism unless you a born into it.

This is absolutely untrue. Anybody can convert to Judaism - there is a process to follow just as there is in Islam.

[iere]

1. Seventh Day Adventist    (100%) - Right on point!
2. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant    (92%)
3. Eastern Orthodox    (88%)
4. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends    (87%)
5. Jehovahs Witness    (85%)
6. Roman Catholic    (82%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)    (79%)
8. Orthodox Judaism    (72%)
9. Hinduism    (69%)
10. Islam (58%)

Edited by iere, 24 August 2011 - 04:22 PM.

[Ruq]

JimJam, on 23 August 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

^And the other big difference is that Islam invites all but you cant convert to Judaism unless you a born into it.

JimJam, on 23 August 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

^And the other big difference is that Islam invites all but you cant convert to Judaism unless you a born into it.

I think the reformist movement is open to it, just the orthodix more strict.

[AhlulbaitSalamSeeker]

1. Islam    (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism    (100%)
3. Sikhism    (95%)
4. Bahai    (89%)
5. Jainism    (88%)
6. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends    (82%)
7. Reform Judaism    (79%)
8. Hinduism    (78%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)    (76%)
10. Eastern Orthodox    (69%)

[AlAbd AlThaleel]

1. Orthodox Judaism   (100%)                                                                            

2. Islam   (91%)
3. Sikhism   (84%)                                                                      
4. Bahai   (80%)                                                                          
5. Hinduism   (75%)                                                                  
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)   (73%)
7. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends  (69%)  
8. Jainism   (67%)                                                                        
9. Eastern Orthodox   (63%)                                                    
10. Roman Catholic   (63%)                                                      
11. Seventh Day Adventist   (63%)                                            
12. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant  (63%)      
13. Jehovahs Witness   (58%)                                                    
14. Reform Judaism   (57%)                                                      
15. Mahayana Buddhism   (45%)                                              
16. Theravada Buddhism   (40%)                                                
17. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants   (39%)            
18. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends  (37%)  
19. Scientology   (35%)                                                              
20. Neo-Pagan   (33%)                                                                
21. Unitarian Universalism   (31%)                                          
22. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist  (24%)        
23. New Thought   (22%)                                                            
24. Taoism   (22%)                                                                    
25.  New Age   (13%)                                                                  
26. Non-theist   (10%)                                                                
27. Secular Humanism   (8%)                  

Interesting.

[ateef]

Judist Website  LOL