Religion Quiz: Share Your Results

The Watercooler
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I sort of agree with you, though I wouldn’t use the same terms.

42

I didn’t get beyond the first question.

The wording of the question and the actual design of the page made it impossible to proceed for me.

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43

It reminds me of an old geocities webpage. It’s also a bad quiz, in general, and has been around a long time. I remember taking a version of it back in 2000 or so.

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At the same time, though, it was interesting to see the sorts of preconceptions and framings of “religion” and the “religious” itself, as well as the framings of overt references of perceived ‘doctrinal’ points, be them questions about God, reincarnation, etc., since many of the questions seemed designed to obviously refer to a particular religion or religious group, if one only takes into account a very basic surface-level exposure to it.

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46

I’ll play…

  1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
  2. Jainism (99%)
  3. Orthodox Quaker (90%)
  4. Hinduism (89%)
  5. Sikhism (85%)
  6. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
  7. Unitarian Universalism (65%)
  8. Seventh Day Adventist (60%)
  9. Taoism (58%)
  10. Mahayana Buddhism (57%)
  11. Liberal Quaker (52%)
  12. Mormon (52%)
  13. Eastern Orthodox (50%)
  14. Roman Catholic (50%)
  15. Jehovahs Witness (47%)
  16. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (44%)
  17. Islam (43%)
  18. Scientology (43%)
  19. Bahai (42%)
  20. Secular Humanism (41%)
  21. Neo-Pagan (37%)
  22. New Age (36%)
  23. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (34%)
  24. Reform Judaism (33%)
  25. Non-theist (27%)
  26. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (22%)
  27. New Thought (22%)
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47

Yes, I used to know the late Bhante Suhita Dharma, the first African American bhikṣu. He received his bhikṣu ordination the same week he resigned from the Trappist order in which he’d been ordained for over twenty years.

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1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%)			
2.	Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (93%)				
3.	Taoism (91%)				
4.	Secular Humanism (89%)				
5.	Theravada Buddhism (85%)				
6.	Mahayana Buddhism (76%)			
7.	Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)				
8.	New Age (64%)				
9.	Non-theist (63%)				
10.	Neo-Pagan (61%)				
11.	Jainism (61%)				
12.	Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (59%)				
13.	Sikhism (50%)				
14.	Reform Judaism (49%)				
15.	Scientology (47%)				
16.	New Thought (44%)				
17.	Hinduism (43%)				
18.	Bahai (33%)				
19.	Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (32%)				
20.	Seventh Day Adventist (25%)				
21.	Islam (13%)				
22.	Jehovahs Witness (12%)				
23.	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (11%)				
24.	Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (10%)				
25.	Orthodox Judaism (3%)				
26.	Eastern Orthodox (0%)				
27.	Roman Catholic (0%)

Huh. Rebirth is still a bit of a sticking point for me, so I answered somewhat noncommittally to those questions. :sweat_smile:

I was raised with no religion.

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49

Interesting to note how focused the quiz is on beliefs and belief systems, rather than practices and goals.

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50

That depends on which questions you are looking at. Also, religions tend to emphasize practices like charity and not committing adultery, while having very different doctrinal beliefs.

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52

I wish to understand the meaning of secular Buddhist.
Pretend that you are a secular Buddhist and answer the quiz and provide the result.
The way I understand a secular Buddhist is an atheist with the wholsome mental state.

53

I’m not a secular Buddhist myself, but this site might be of interest: http://secularbuddhism.org/2012/07/09/what-is-a-secular-buddhist-and-what-do-they-believe/

54

Don’t use this quiz for that.

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55

This is my quiz results, as of today:

1.Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2.Taoism (99%)
3.Unitarian Universalism (98%)
4.Hinduism (90%)
5.New Age (88%)
6.Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (87%)
7.Sikhism (86%)
8.New Thought (83%)
9.Theravada Buddhism (81%)
10.Jainism (77%)

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56

I agree.

57

Well done sukha.

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Taoism (100%) More Info
2. Mahayana Buddhism (95%) More Info
3. Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (94%) More Info
4. Sikhism (94%) More Info
5. Theravada Buddhism (92%) More Info
6. Unitarian Universalism (90%) More Info
7. Jainism (83%) More Info
8. Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (82%) More Info
9. Hinduism (76%) More Info
10. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (64%) More Info
11. Neo-Pagan (63%) More Info
12. Reform Judaism (56%) More Info
13. Secular Humanism (53%) More Info
14. New Age (52%) More Info
15. Scientology (52%) More Info
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (48%) More Info
17. Seventh Day Adventist (46%) More Info
18. Orthodox Judaism (42%) More Info
19. Bahai (40%) More Info
20. New Thought (39%) More Info
21. Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (32%) More Info
22. Eastern Orthodox (27%) More Info
23. Islam (27%) More Info
24. Jehovahs Witness (27%) More Info
25. Roman Catholic (27%) More Info
26. Non-theist (21%) More Info
27. Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (21%)

Really weird, I think I’m 100% Buddhist but the test diagrees.

59

The results depend on how you answer the questions. Certain questions may not have a clear meaning.

60

Yes, of course, but my teachers background is Theravada, even though all the smart monks don’t call themselves Theravada, they just say they are ‘Buddhist monks’. So I was sort of hoping for 100% Theravada.

61

In terms of their basic teachings, Mahayana and Theravada have more similarities than differences:

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