What Religion Best Suits Me?

Question

Okay, let me explain:

1. I'm currently a Reform Protestant.
2. I tend to believe that Jesus is the son of God, but I am not entirely sure about that.
3. I do not believe in Hell, but I do believe in Heaven or possibly reincarnation.
4. I believe in a religion of deed, not a religion of faith.
5. I am a liberal Democrat.
6. I strongly believe that there is, in fact, a God (or Godess).

Based on those things, what religion do you think I would best fit into (if you need more information, please provide some questions for me to answer and I will). Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Try this site. You just answer their Q's about your basic spiritual beliefs and it will tell you what path/paths to look into.
It's pretty interesting and you may be surprised how right on it is.
Peace

Answer 2

Your bullet points 2, 3, 4, 6 sound like Universalist/Unitarian. Point 5 has nothing to do with your political persuasion.

Questions:
Do you believe that there are many paths to heaven, not just Christianity?
Do you believe that everyone spiritual worships the same God? They just have different names.

Then you may be a Universalist

Do you believe that the Bible was written by humans and must be understood in its historical context?
Do you reject the Historic creeds as a violation of reason, conscience and experience?
Do you affirm the unity of God?
Do you view Jesus as a great teacher and example, not a person of the Trinity?
Do you believe that Salvation is obtained by your character (Matthew 7:16)?

Than you may be a Unitarian

People, please don't jump my case. I do not affirm these core beliefs of the Universalist/Unitarian church.


**Update**
That religious beliefs test is a bit of a generalization. Here are my results:
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (93%)
3. Roman Catholic (93%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (79%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%)
7. Hinduism (60%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
9. Jehovah's Witness (50%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (49%)
11. Islam (47%)
12. Sikhism (34%)
13. Jainism (25%)
14. Liberal Quakers (25%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (23%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (22%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (22%)
18. Nontheist (21%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)
20. Unitarian Universalism (20%)
21. Reform Judaism (18%)
22. New Thought (15%)
23. Scientology (14%)
24. Neo-Pagan (14%)
25. New Age (9%)
26. Taoism (5%)
27. Secular Humanism (3%)

Answer 3

Why do you need a religion , why not go to the God/Godess instead. This "ism" that "ism" what does it matter because the part of you that recognises and associates with God is none of those things. You're free to believe whatever you want so just explore your beliefs. Just because Religion says this is so doesn't make it right.
Make a list of all the qualities God/Goddess has and then do what you can to develope those within yourself
There are the great Teachers Buddha,Jesus, Krishna,etc to show us the way but none of them advocated any religion.
Follow your heart

Answer 4

Faith is so personal that I can't tell you what to believe.

There is a lot of information that one needs to take into consideration when deciding on a belief system. I came from a Christian background, but don't practice that faith, as it makes little sense to me. You must ask yourself a lot of questions, and answer them honestly. After all, you're the only one who is going to know.
Political viewpoints have very little to do with faith. I'm neither a Republican nor a Democrat. To think that all people in either party are of one faith or another is a bit narrow minded.

Do you believe in only one deity or many?

You indicate a belief in the possibility of reincarnation, but you're not standing on either side of that fence.

Salvation by deed, rather than faith.......rigtht there it kinda precludes you from claiming Christianity, as that IS a belief in grace alone redemption.

Many faith systems are appropriate for what you're indicating your belief to be.

I would reccomend doing some reading on all faiths, getting a basic understanding of what they base themselves on. In this respect, it is similar to choosing a political party, as you have to weigh the pro's and con's of all sides.

Remember that the ultimate decision is yours and yours alone, so the research needs to be as well. In time, you'll eventually find the path that best fits yourself where you can rejoice in your beliefs.

Some time ago, I was introduced to a philosophy called the diamond principle. Basically it equates "God" with a large multi-facteted diamond where each facet represents another aspect of the divine. Each one being a name, face, and force of what we collectively call God, Allah, Yaweh, Buddah, Zeus, etc... In essence, it states that they all come from the same creative force, and therefore, all would be correct paths to enlightenment. Only the semantics are different.
I firmly believe that truth is universal, regardless of the source.

Good luck on your quest. It should prove to be very interesting for you.

Answer 5

It sounds like you are well on the way to getting rid of religion altogether. Religion is by nature intolerant, even the more 'liberal' varieties. It always struck me as hilarious that the three ugly monotheisms which are causing so much trouble in the world today never cease from congratulating themselves on worshipping only one god instead of several - yet they won't take the logical next step of worshipping none!

Humans are smart enough to get along just fine without the distractions of imaginary deities to waste their time and their lives over. Morals arise naturally from the experience of living in social groups, and getting rid of religion would remove huge and pointless areas of disagreement between societies today.

Imagine there's no heaven...

Answer 6

That's a tough question. You know what you believe, don't believe, and what you sort of believe. You sound like one who is not looking to become some sort of clone in some mass belief cult. A Christian sect seems logical, but of course it would have to be liberal. Here's a site: faithfuldemocrats.com

Answer 7

hah, you and i both!

i don't believe in hell. and i don't believe Jesus was God.

the cloest religion to both of us is believe it or not the jehovas witnesses. but i, like you, am a HUGE HUGE liberal, and i wouldn't even touch foot in a jehova house of worship.

so i just go to the catholic church of course, and just have my own beliefs aside.

i do also believe in purgatory.. it's mentioned a lot in the OT. and i don't believe in hell.. the word translated into hell that the bible uses is "shelol." Shelol means pit, not hell. when jesus comes, he's going to ressurect the good dead, those who did good in life so they could go to heaven. the bad dead.. they are just going to cease to exist.. no afterlife.

Answer 8

Ryanism, since you are seeking a religion that conforms to what you believe rather than what God has revealed.

Answer 9

Follow the religion of your ancestors. Go to the Church regularly and study books on you faith. You must have strong faith in God. Do not confuse yourself.

Answer 10

Try Vaishnavism.