Has anyone else tried the "Belief-O-Matic" at Belief.net?

Question

Through 20 questions it is supposed to give you an idea of what faith would work best for you. My results follow:

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (96%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (95%)
5. New Age (95%)
6. Hinduism (85%)
7. Liberal Quakers (85%)
8. Taoism (83%)
9. New Thought (74%)
10. Jainism (74%)
11. Scientology (71%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
13. Secular Humanism (66%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (61%)
15. Sikhism (61%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (56%)
17. Reform Judaism (51%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (42%)
19. Nontheist (37%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
25. Islam (19%)
26. Roman Catholic (19%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

http://www.beliefnet.com/

Look for "Belief-O-Matic" under "Top Links" near the centre of the page.

{hugs back}

Actually, I find the results rather unsurprising, as I was pretty aware of my affinities before now (tho' I've not explored all of them).

Get out! Pangel is more a Funamentalist than me :-D

Kallan: you obviously know your Paganism better than I, given the distance between that score and all others (and look at all the zeroes).

Persephone: Now you -have- to try again. Those results should be very interesting :-)

Hinduism seems to be the odd-man out in my results. I've no idea why I scored so high on that religion.

Mr. Obvious: C'mon, there's no shame in admitting your #4 was conservative christianity ;-) We're showing ours, why not show yours :-D

BH: ROFLMAO - The "Lost Tribe" found at last herding caribou above the Arctic Circle :-D

Persephone: Probably why it kicked you out the first time ;-)

Quakers are tres cool, Brother Patrick. They are the original Conscientious Objectors and if required to serve in the military only perform ambulance duty on the front lines.

Belief.net is probably scratching it's head saying "what the ...?" with all the traffic today :-)

Answer 1

The "Belief-O-Matic" has a fundamental misunderstanding of the actual beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses. Few actual Witnesses find themselves able to achieve a 100%.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_03.htm

Answer 2

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (92%)
3. Secular Humanism (88%)
4. Liberal Quakers (87%)
5. Neo-Pagan (84%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
7. New Age (79%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
9. Nontheist (63%)
10. Jainism (60%)
11. Taoism (58%)
12. Reform Judaism (57%)
13. New Thought (49%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
15. Scientology (46%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (40%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (40%)
18. Sikhism (38%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
20. Hinduism (36%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
22. Islam (30%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (28%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)

Answer 3

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (98%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (80%)
5. New Thought (78%)
6. Hinduism (77%)
7. Liberal Quakers (69%)
8. Scientology (68%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)
11. Taoism (60%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
13. Jainism (53%)
14. Reform Judaism (53%)
15. Secular Humanism (50%)
16. Sikhism (45%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
18. Bahį'ķ Faith (36%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
20. Nontheist (24%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
23. Islam (19%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (16%)
26. Roman Catholic (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

I remember taking it on several occasions few years appart, and at that time, I scored high on New Age and Hinduism ... things change. Fundamental Christian beliefs and Islam, as well as non-theist remained at the bottom of the list even then.
(But still I'm a bit doubtful how such results were reached, I mean scientology 68%? Funny!)

Answer 4

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Jainism (70%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)
4. Neo-Pagan (65%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (65%)
6. Sikhism (65%)
7. Islam (57%)
8. Unitarian Universalism (54%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)
11. New Thought (51%)
12. Scientology (50%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
16. Liberal Quakers (41%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (41%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
22. Roman Catholic (34%)
23. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (30%)
25. Taoism (27%)
26. Secular Humanism (24%)
27. Nontheist (21%)

I found the questioning and answer options to be a little biased and mis-informed. While I did have 100% "Hindu", the answers are vague at best, not having informed information of the doctrines or lifestyle. Was interesting though. Your servant; Nitaipada

Answer 5

For what it's worth...


1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Sikhism (97%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (96%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (91%)
5. Islam (90%)
6. Reform Judaism (85%)
7. Seventh Day Adventist (85%)
8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (76%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (76%)
10. Roman Catholic (76%)
11. Liberal Quakers (74%)
12. Hinduism (71%)
13. Jainism (70%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (67%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (57%)
17. Neo-Pagan (54%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (53%)
20. Theravada Buddhism (41%)
21. New Age (37%)
22. Scientology (35%)
23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
24. Taoism (30%)
25. New Thought (28%)
26. Secular Humanism (28%)
27. Nontheist (18%)

Answer 6

Hello Orion

Here are my results:

1. Sikhism (100%)
2. Jainism (96%)
3. Orthodox Quaker (95%)
4. Liberal Quakers (87%)
5. Hinduism (87%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (86%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (81%)
9. Islam (79%)
10. Reform Judaism (78%)
11. Unitarian Universalism (76%)
12. Neo-Pagan (74%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
14. Seventh Day Adventist (67%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (63%)
17. Eastern Orthodox (62%)
18. Roman Catholic (62%)
19. Taoism (59%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
21. New Age (58%)
22. Secular Humanism (45%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
24. Scientology (39%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
26. New Thought (29%)
27. Nontheist (25%)

lol I find them quite interesting...and scientology at 39% 0_0 thats so not right.

Id take everything upto 50% pretty seriously. I do have a bunch of mixed thoughts about things and I dont specifically feel like Im a typical muslim, so I guess Im affected by other religions alot ^^ hehe

Answer 7

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (85%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
5. Reform Judaism (72%)
6. Liberal Quakers (70%)
7. Hinduism (67%)
8. New Thought (65%)
9. Sikhism (65%)
10. Scientology (63%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (61%)
12. Jainism (59%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (54%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (51%)
16. Taoism (47%)
17. Secular Humanism (46%)
18. Islam (41%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
21. Nontheist (34%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
26. Roman Catholic (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (4%)

You know, the funny thing is that I was born into a Catholic family, baptized and raised as Catholic, went to Catholic school, and was pretty Catholic for a very long time, and belief-o-matic says its my second to last most-compatable religion. Weird.
Good thing i'm pagan now.

Answer 8

i have no idea what most of these are but this is me:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Nontheist (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (72%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Reform Judaism (55%)
9. Taoism (46%)
10. New Age (45%)
11. Sikhism (41%)
12. Scientology (41%)
13. New Thought (38%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (34%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (31%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (30%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
21. Islam (25%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
23. Roman Catholic (25%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Hinduism (16%)
26. Jainism (16%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (9%)

Answer 9

Interesting ...though not sure how Scientology got in there.

Although Hubbard did do a lot of co-opting from eastern, new age and ancient religions though..lol

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (97%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
5. New Thought (78%)
6. Scientology (77%)
7. Liberal Quakers (73%)
8. Taoism (71%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
10. Hinduism (61%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
13. Secular Humanism (54%)
14. Reform Judaism (48%)
15. Sikhism (44%)
16. Jainism (42%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
18. Nontheist (30%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (27%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
25. Islam (11%)
26. Roman Catholic (11%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (6%)

Edit: Natural Born, Secular Humanisum is basically Atheisim...LOL

Answer 10

Hi Orion - Here's mine :)

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Jainism (84%)
4. Hinduism (83%)
5. New Age (83%)
6. Reform Judaism (82%)
7. Sikhism (80%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
9. Liberal Quakers (71%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
11. New Thought (62%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
13. Secular Humanism (59%)
14. Scientology (58%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (56%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (53%)
17. Islam (48%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
19. Taoism (39%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
21. Nontheist (35%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (30%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

Answer 11

No surprises for me:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (75%)
4. Nontheist (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
8. New Age (48%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. Reform Judaism (40%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
13. Scientology (28%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (26%)
15. New Thought (26%)
16. Sikhism (26%)
17. Jainism (25%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
21. Hinduism (16%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (16%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
24. Islam (14%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (10%)