October 22, 2004

Belief-O-Matic

Via Michael Marshall

What religious belief are you? Click the "continue reading" link below to see my results.

Personal Belief-O-Matic results for Will Burnham
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (80%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (72%)
6. Reform Judaism (70%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (69%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (67%)
9. Roman Catholic (67%)
10. Neo-Pagan (59%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
12. New Age (55%)
13. Hinduism (52%)
14. Sikhism (52%)
15. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
16. Secular Humanism (47%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (45%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%)
20. Taoism (41%)
21. New Thought (40%)
22. Islam (37%)
23. Jainism (33%)
24. Scientology (33%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (31%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%)
27. Nontheist (27%)


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This doesn't surprise me:

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (95%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (90%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (87%)
5. Roman Catholic (87%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. Hinduism (63%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
9. Islam (56%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (50%)
12. Jainism (46%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
14. Liberal Quakers (45%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
16. Sikhism (41%)
17. Reform Judaism (40%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
20. Neo-Pagan (34%)
21. Scientology (30%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (29%)
23. Nontheist (28%)
24. New Thought (25%)
25. New Age (22%)
26. Taoism (20%)
27. Secular Humanism (18%)

I'm sorry they aren't a bit more granular with the definition of "Protestant". There are a lot more graduations than "liberal" and"conservative". I prefer to call myself an "Evangelical Reformed Protestant" in mixed company and a "Raging Iconoclasic Calvinist" in private. ;-)

Posted by: Jeff on October 22, 2004 04:37 PM

Calvinist?

"The main premise of Calvinism is God’s sovereignty and His complete control over everything. This means nothing happens in the world that is outside of God’s control. Another premise of Calvinism is God, in His sovereignty, has arbitrarily decided who will go to Heaven and Hell. God pre-determined (predestined) the eternal state of each person. Those who were chosen (elected) to go to Heaven are called the elect, and those who were chosen to go to Hell are called reprobates.

According to this theology, Christ did not die for everyone. He only died to pay for the sins of the elect. Since the person has no say in his eternal state, there is nothing he can do to gain or lose his salvation."

Aren't you special? Good thing you are white and American...sheew!

Posted by: mm on October 22, 2004 05:15 PM

Sorry, Jeff

I was pissed that you blew me off last night. Then I read the comments below...sorry...

(I still think the Cavlinist this is a bit strange, but to each his own)

Posted by: mm on October 22, 2004 05:32 PM

I am 100% orthodox Quaker. What do you think, Lynn?

Posted by: jenne on October 22, 2004 06:28 PM

Hey Mike, no harm done. I didn't mean to blow you off! By the time I got back over to Will's corner, you were gone. We'll catch up some other time.

Whoever wrote that definition of Calvinism certainly has it in for us Calvinists! Will probably doesn't want us debating the finer points of Protestant theology on his blog, so I'll refrain, other than to say that the elect come in all colors and nationalities. No reputable Calvinist theologians uses the doctrines of grace as a pretext for racism. (There is no accounting for cranks-and the South African branch of the Dutch Reformed Church- unfortunately.) Check out http://monergism.com for a comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Posted by: Jeff on October 22, 2004 07:12 PM

Apparently, if I weren't mainline Conservative Christian, I'd be an Orthodox Quaker or Eastern Orthodox. At least there's a place for me somewhere!

Posted by: Becky on October 22, 2004 07:54 PM

This sort of surprised me, as I actively identify myself as an atheist, yet it was further down the list than the liberal Christian Protestant one. I don't consider myself Unitarian, but Secular Humanism works perfectly well.


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (88%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Nontheist (69%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
11. New Age (53%)
12. Reform Judaism (50%)
13. Taoism (48%)
14. New Thought (42%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (37%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (36%)
19. Scientology (34%)
20. Sikhism (33%)
21. Jainism (20%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
23. Islam (17%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (17%)
25. Roman Catholic (17%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
27. Hinduism (13%)

Posted by: Jaime on October 22, 2004 09:32 PM

Like Jenne, I also came up in the #1 slot with...
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (82%)
5. Eastern Orthodox (77%)
6. Roman Catholic (77%)
That which I currently practice was #6 on the list.

Posted by: The Girlfriend on October 23, 2004 10:39 PM

Oh mine's wrong, just wrong. God must have co-opted my mouse when I was clicking those buttons...

Posted by: juli on October 24, 2004 12:55 AM

I won't place a long comment with my results so I will just give you the link -

http://www.arach.net.au/~seja/archive/2004/index.php?227

Posted by: Stu on October 24, 2004 09:03 PM