Religion Quiz: Share Your Results

I have my doubts about the system used to assign affinities. Even though I love Thomas Aquinas’s philosophy, it scored me - and lots of other people it seems - very low in affinity to Catholicism. I suspect that’s because of the weight it assigns to hot button RC moral issues like abortion and divorce, rather than Catholic theology.

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I also think people’s results on the quiz will differ based on how well they understand the questions and the concepts behind them. Some of the terms used are unfamiliar to the average person.

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Your Complete Results:
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
4. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (78%)
5. Taoism (74%)
6. Jainism (72%)
7. Sikhism (71%)
8. Secular Humanism (69%)
9. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
10. New Age (58%)
11. Neo-Pagan (57%)
12. Hinduism (54%)
13. Non-theist (53%)
14. Reform Judaism (52%)
15. Scientology (50%)
16. New Thought (48%)
17. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (47%)
18. Bahai (41%)
19. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (39%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
21. Islam (26%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
24. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
26. Jehovahs Witness (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)

I was raised a Catholic. It’s fascinating to me that it is the very last one on this list.

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We are similar Nadine! I also expected to rate higher for Protestantism! There you go, you can escape your past! :laughing:

1.  Theravada Buddhism (100%)				More Info
2.	Unitarian Universalism (96%)				More Info
3.	Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (92%)				More Info
4.	Mahayana Buddhism (92%)				More Info
5.	Taoism (88%)				More Info
6.	Jainism (82%)				More Info
7.	Hinduism (73%)				More Info
8.	Sikhism (73%)				More Info
9.	New Age (70%)				More Info
10.	Secular Humanism (65%)				More Info
11.	Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (63%)				More Info
12.	Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)				More Info
13.	Neo-Pagan (58%)				More Info
14.	Scientology (57%)				More Info
15.	New Thought (52%)				More Info
16.	Reform Judaism (48%)				More Info
17.	Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (41%)				More Info
18.	Non-theist (40%)				More Info
19.	Seventh Day Adventist (32%)				More Info
20.	Bahai (30%)				More Info
21.	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)				More Info
22.	Orthodox Judaism (23%)				More Info
23.	Islam (22%)				More Info
24.	Jehovahs Witness (21%)				More Info
25.	Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (17%)				More Info
26.	Eastern Orthodox (16%)				More Info
27.	Roman Catholic (16%)
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(Background: I was raised Catholic, then was an atheist for many years.)
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (98%)
3. Taoism (96%)
4. Sikhism (87%)
5. Hinduism (84%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (84%)
7. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (83%)
8. New Age (83%)
9. Jainism (82%)
10. Neo-Pagan (77%)

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  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) More Info
  2. Jainism (98%) More Info
  3. Theravada Buddhism (91%) More Info
  4. Hinduism (81%) More Info
  5. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (81%) More Info
  6. Secular Humanism (72%) More Info
  7. Mahayana Buddhism (72%) More Info
  8. Sikhism (71%) More Info
  9. Taoism (69%) More Info
  10. New Age (64%) More Info
  11. Non-theist (57%) More Info
  12. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (57%) More Info
  13. Scientology (54%) More Info
  14. Neo-Pagan (50%) More Info
  15. Seventh Day Adventist (50%) More Info
  16. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (47%) More Info
  17. Reform Judaism (47%) More Info
  18. New Thought (40%) More Info
  19. Orthodox Judaism (38%) More Info
  20. Bahai (37%) More Info
  21. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (27%) More Info
  22. Eastern Orthodox (27%) More Info
  23. Islam (27%) More Info
  24. Jehovahs Witness (27%) More Info
  25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%) More Info
  26. Roman Catholic (27%) More Info
  27. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (10%)
    :rofl:
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In terms of my background, I was raised Catholic, became Eastern Orthodox in high school because my father’s side of the family was Orthodox and its similarity to Catholicism, became Salvation Army after college because I was idealistic and inspired by their charitable work, then I became Unity/new age after being turned off by fundamentalist Christians in the Salvation Army.

And then, over two years ago, I became Buddhist after realizing how much of the new age movement was just a cheap imitation of Buddhism and Hinduism. I don’t regret going from Catholic to Protestant to new age, because that was my transition into Buddhism. Catholic to Buddhist would have been too big a leap.

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I agree. I don’t think I could’ve transitioned from Catholic to Buddhist without having atheism in between. Does anyone here on D&D know someone who became a Buddhist straight from Catholicism?

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1.	Taoism (100%)				
2.	Jainism (99%)				
3.	Mahayana Buddhism (96%)		
4.	New Age (93%)			
5.	Unitarian Universalism (88%)	
6.	Theravada Buddhism (83%)		
7.	Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (82%)		
8.	New Thought (78%)		
9.	Sikhism (77%)		
10.	Hinduism (77%)

I should have known that I’m a Taoist-Jain deep down :slight_smile:

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1.	Jainism (100%)
2.	Mahayana Buddhism (98%)
3.	Taoism (96%)
4.	Theravada Buddhism (94%)
5.	Hinduism (92%)
6.	Sikhism (87%)
7.	Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (63%)
8.	Unitarian Universalism (57%)
9.	Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (51%)
10.	Neo-Pagan (45%)

I like that all the major spiritual lineages from India are in the top 10 in my results. Fun quiz. :slight_smile:

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  1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
  2. Taoism (88%)
  3. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
  4. Unitarian Universalism (85%)
  5. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (81%)
  6. Secular Humanism (68%)
  7. Jainism (66%)
  8. New Age (63%)
  9. New Thought (60%)
  10. Scientology (60%)
  11. Hinduism (58%)
  12. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
  13. Neo-Pagan (58%)
  14. Sikhism (58%)
  15. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (53%)
  16. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (51%)
  17. Reform Judaism (49%)
  18. Non-theist (44%)
  19. Bahai (36%)
  20. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
  21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
  22. Islam (20%)
  23. Jehovahs Witness (17%)
  24. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (16%)
  25. Orthodox Judaism (13%)
  26. Eastern Orthodox (5%)
  27. Roman Catholic (5%)
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:coffee:

Anyone who says there’s no god needs to have 0% for theisms like Xianity, but that doesn’t happen. Very odd. I guess you can have an affinity for a given religion’s political stance, and not their core doctrines? Is that even assessing religion at all?

It seems more like a percent chance to enjoy having lunch with one or another sort of person.

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This from 2011

Unitarian Universalism (100%)
Theravada Buddhism (99%)
Secular Humanism (92%)
Liberal Quakers (91%)
Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
Taoism (80%)
Neo-Pagan (79%)
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
Jainism (66%)
New Age (63%)
Nontheist (60%)
Orthodox Quaker (59%)
Sikhism (57%)
Hinduism (56%)
Reform Judaism (49%)
Scientology (39%)
Baha'i Faith (38%)
New Thought (37%)
Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)
Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
Orthodox Judaism (18%)
Eastern Orthodox (16%)
Islam (16%)
Roman Catholic (16%)
Jehovah's Witness (14%) 

And from 2017

Secular Humanism (100%)
Unitarian Universalism (100%)
Liberal Quakerism (88%)
Taoism (68%)
Liberal Christian Protestantism (59%)
Theravada Buddhism (58%)
Neo-Paganism (55%)
Atheism (55%)
New Age (53%)
Mahayana Buddhism (46%)
Reformed Judaism (46%)
Sikhism (45%)
Jainism (43%)
Orthodox Quakerism (35%)
Hinduism (32%)
Scientology (32%)
Church of Christ, Scientist (27%)
New Thought (27%)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (21%)
Seventh-day Adventists (11%)
Bahá’í Faith (11%)
Jehovah’s Witnesses (11%)
Conservative Christian Protestant (7%)
Roman Catholicism (0%)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity (0%)
Islam (0%)
Orthodox Judaism (0%)

“That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough”… :smiley:

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1.    Hinduism (100%)
2.    Sikhism (93%)    
3.    Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (88%)
4.    Eastern Orthodox (84%)
5.    Roman Catholic (84%)
6.    Seventh Day Adventist (80%)    
7.    Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (77%)
8.    Jainism (76%)    
9.    Unitarian Universalism (75%)    
10.    Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (73%)
11.    Jehovahs Witness (72%)
12.    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (72%)
13.    Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
14.    Orthodox Judaism (64%)
15.    Neo-Pagan (61%)
16.    Reform Judaism (57%)
17.    Mahayana Buddhism (56%)
18.    Theravada Buddhism (56%)
19.    New Age (52%)
20.    Taoism (44%)
21.    New Thought (42%)
22.    Islam (38%)
23.    Bahai (27%)
24.    Secular Humanism (26%)
25.    Scientology (21%)
26.    Non-theist (15%)
27.    Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (15%)

I consider myself both (Roman) Catholic and Buddhist

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Do you feel like you have had a significant change in perspective, or is the difference because of a more thorough understanding of the ideas touched on in the quiz?

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I just realized, the understanding in the second half of the question could precipitate the change in the first half. :smile:

I’ll leave this here anyway. :pray:

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Unitarian universalism is a catch all religion and cannot be differentiated out from the rest, in the way the questionnaire is structured. I personally don’t know what to make of these test scores apart from a little bit of fun, more like palm reading (sorry, palm-reader believers).

  1. Unitarian Universalism (100%).

  2. Theravada Buddhism (97%)

  3. Mahayana Buddhism (96%)

  4. Sikhism (82%)

  5. Taoism (80%)

  6. Hinduism (77%)

  7. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (76%)

  8. New Age (71%)

  9. Jainism (69%)

  10. Neo-Pagan (64%)

  11. Secular Humanism (62%)

  12. Scientology (61%)

  13. New Thought (54%)

  14. Non-theist (45%)

  15. Mainline - Liberal Christian protestants (44%)

  16. Reform Judaism (39%)

  17. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (35%)

  18. Orthodox Judaism (32%)

  19. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (31%)

  20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (30%)

  21. Islam (21%)

  22. Bahai (20%)

  23. Eastern Orthodox (17%)

  24. Roman Catholic (17%)

  25. Jehovahs Witness (15%)

  26. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (14%)

  27. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)

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I was born and raised LDS, but I left the church mentally around 11 yrs old as it just didn’t make sense to me.
I had to retake the test due to some misclicking, and found I did change some answers. The results the first time about were Taoist 100%, a path I’m not super familiar with, and then Theravada.

These are the results after I reconsidered the priorities of some things.
Interesting quiz.

Theravada Buddhism (100%)
Unitarian Universalism (97%)
Taoism (93%)
Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (90%)
Mahayana Buddhism (90%)
Secular Humanism (83%)
New Age (79%)
Neo-Pagan (74%)
Sikhism (71%)
Jainism (63%)
Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
New Thought (59%)
Non-theist (51%)
Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (51%)
Hinduism (50%)
Reform Judaism (49%)
Scientology (48%)
Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (34%)
Bahai (25%)
Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%)
Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (12%)
Islam (9%)
Jehovahs Witness (8%)
Orthodox Judaism (8%)
Eastern Orthodox (0%)
Roman Catholic (0%)

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There are more religious questions on the quiz (rather than simply political questions), than those which have to do with belief in a god.

Another thing is you don’t need to believe in a theistic god to be Liberal Quaker or Unitarian.

I know. But having no belief in god means one is not a theist. So, the other questions don’t matter because it’s a disqualifying response, and only one such response is needed.

Not needing a theistic belief means theism isn’t even a variable in defining the religion, and so it’s neither qualifying nor disqualifying to assert.

Hi Nadine

Maybe.I don’t know :slight_smile: Stuff falls away, and less gets taken up to replace it.
This practice, whatever it is, is not a spiritual scavenger hunt, is it?

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