Belief-o-matic Do You Believe What You Think You Believe? Find Out!

[Zephie]

I think Belief-O-Matic is pretty accurate.

 

I heartily concur!

[Voice]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (94%)

 

Said unitarian also, but that definition does not come close.

 

Actually, now that I look at all of these, none are quite right. I'm am not 100% neo-pagan.

[TrailBlazer]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (94%)

Said unitarian also, but that definition does not come close.

Actually, now that I look at all of these, none are quite right. I'm am not 100% neo-pagan.

You don't have to let any test define you Voice- way to think critically about this! I like the Unitarian label because it's open-ended and doesn't really set boundaries on dogma. Maybe an atheist label could define you better??

[59strat]

That was fun and accurately pinpointed my secular humanist leanings.

 

 

Secular Humanism (100%)

Unitarian Universalism (90%)

Theravada Buddhism (77%)

[MrsRoper]

100% secular humanism

[LivingLife]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Liberal Quakers (93%)

 

Worked out for me pretty accurate but the questions were a bit vague in some areas.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)

3. Liberal Quakers (78%)

 

Oh the times they are a changin'

 

Next time Devil's Spawn

[freeasabird]

Secular Humanism (100%)

Unitarian Universalism (89%)

Liberal Quakers (79%)

Theravada Buddhism (78%)

Neo-Pagan (75%)

Nontheist (65%)

Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)

Taoism (60%)

New Age (59%)

Reform Judaism (51%)

Mahayana Buddhism (50%)

Orthodox Quaker (46%)

Sikhism (41%)

Baha'i Faith (39%)

Scientology (38%)

Jainism (37%)

New Thought (35%)

Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)

Hinduism (26%)

Seventh Day Adventist (22%)

Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)

Eastern Orthodox (16%)

Islam (16%)

Orthodox Judaism (16%)

Roman Catholic (16%)

Jehovah's Witness (12%)

 

I wish I could have seen a listing at the bottom be 0%, just for shits and giggles.

[Noggy]

• Theravada Buddhism (100%)
  
• Mahayana Buddhism (91%)
  
• Unitarian Universalism (91%)
  
• Hinduism (87%)
  
• Taoism (67%)
  
• Neo-Pagan (66%)
  
• Liberal Quakers (62%)
  
• Jainism (60%)
  
• New Age (55%)
  
• Nontheist (55%)
  
• Secular Humanism (55%)
  
• Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
  
• New Thought (45%)
  
• Scientology (45%)
  
• Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (38%)
  
• Orthodox Quaker (35%)
  
• Sikhism (34%)
  
• Baha'i Faith (32%)
  
• Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
  
• Orthodox Judaism (23%)
  
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (19%)
  
• Eastern Orthodox (19%)
  
• Islam (19%)
  
• Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
  
• Roman Catholic (19%)
  
• Reform Judaism (18%)
  
• Jehovah's Witness (4%)
  

This test is bullshit. I think buddhism is lame.

[RintrahRoars]

• Liberal Quakers (100%)
  
• Neo-Pagan (97%)
  
• Unitarian Universalism (95%)
  
• Taoism (95%)
  
• New Age (88%)
  

Liberal Quaker...... dunno what that is!

[lunaticheathen]

Liberal Quaker...... dunno what that is!

 

God is found through personal gnosis during quiet time. Basically.

 

They're very open and nice people, but their services are odd - most of it is seriously just sitting, dead quiet, all together in a circle. Then they talk about it.

 

At least that's what the ones in Florida do. I like them because they're not pushy or crazy.

[Akheia]

Um, no offense, but adults sitting in a circle being quiet and then talking about it doesn't exactly sound normal.

 

Mine:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Neo-Pagan (99%)

3. Liberal Quakers (89%)

 

This was a fun quiz! But the liberal Quaker thing seems to come up a lot for us, doesn't it? How odd.

[LivingLife]

Um, no offense, but adults sitting in a circle being quiet and then talking about it doesn't exactly sound normal.

It can be if you spice it up with the holy weed, conversations are then a hoot.

[lunaticheathen]

Um, no offense, but adults sitting in a circle being quiet and then talking about it doesn't exactly sound normal.

 

Mine:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Neo-Pagan (99%)

3. Liberal Quakers (89%)

 

This was a fun quiz! But the liberal Quaker thing seems to come up a lot for us, doesn't it? How odd.

 

Hah! Well, I'm not normal by any stretch, and they were nice people. Open to new ideas as well, so, I can't fault them for, anything, really.

[59strat]

It can be if you spice it up with the holy weed, conversations are then a hoot.

 

Amen Brotha! LOL

[stryper]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (99%)

3. Neo-Pagan (94%)

 

 

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2 Unitarian Universalism (98%)

3. Neo-Pagan (92%).

 

Meet the new me same as the old me.

[Antlerman]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (99%)

3. Neo-Pagan (94%)

 

 

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2 Unitarian Universalism (98%)

3. Neo-Pagan (92%).

 

Meet the new me same as the old me.

That site is crap. It was pertinent to me by chance about seven years ago, like seeing what you want to see by rough comparison, but now when I take it its totally bogus. Besides, Liberal Quakers? WTF? There's gotta be a better one out there.

[Guest Valk0010]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (99%)

3. Neo-Pagan (94%)

 

 

1. Secular Humanism (100%)

2 Unitarian Universalism (98%)

3. Neo-Pagan (92%).

 

Meet the new me same as the old me.

That site is crap. It was pertinent to me by chance about seven years ago, like seeing what you want to see by rough comparison, but now when I take it its totally bogus. Besides, Liberal Quakers? WTF? There's gotta be a better one out there.

Isn't belief net a christian site to begin with?

[Antlerman]

This is a much better site: http://www.vocationn...rticles/show/63

 

I took this a year or so ago, and retook it just now and it was the same. The detail of questions is much better. Granted, it is a Catholic oriented site so it expresses the findings in that language, but I find it much more interesting than the previous one. Here's what mine, twice now in a couple years has come out as. It's not too bad as far as what seems to fit:

 

 

 

Your Spirituality Type: PATH OF DEVOTION (Augustinian prayer)

 

The majority of saints are of this spiritual temperament as well as 12 percent of the population (but half of those who go on retreats or belong to small faith groups).

 

This method uses creative imagination to transpose; the world of scripture to our situation today--as if the scripture passage is a personal letter from God a addressed to each one; of us (like Saint Augustine picking up Romans 13 and reading; a message pointed directly at him). The essential element of this spirituality, going back to New Testament times (Jesus, Saint Paul, the early church fathers), is experiencing a personal relationship with God. Because they read between the lines and catchy what is inexpressible and spiritual, those who follow the path of devotion best understand symbols and their use in the liturgy.

 

This path concentrates on meditations that loosen the feelings and expand the ability to relate to and love others. The stress is on the love ot self others, and God. Those on this path can follow the four steps of the Lectio Divina: listen to what God says in scripture; reflect prayerfully and apply it to today; respond to God's word with personal feelings; remain quiet and stay open to new insights.

[Deva]

Here's mine:

 

PATH OF ASCETICISM (Ignatian prayer): More than half of churchgoers practice this type of prayer. It involves imagining oneself as part of a scene in order to draw some practical fruit from it for today. This spirituality goes back to the Israelite way of praying in 1000 B.C. in which one remembers and immerses oneself in an event and thus relives and participates in the event in a symbolic way.

 

This is how Ignatius of Loyola meditated on the Nativity scene: ''I will make myself a poor, little, unworthy servant, and as though present, look upon them, contemplate them, and serve them in their needs with all possible homage and reverence. Then I will reflect on myself that I may reap some fruit.''

 

Saint Ignatius' preoccupation with order was evident in his Spiritual Exercises, which aimed at overcoming "disorderly affections, so that the may make a decision that is in keeping with God’s will," says Thomas Clarke in Playing in the Gospel, According to Clarke, "Most souls who are willing to endure the discipline of the 30 days of intense prayer activity of the Spiritual Exercises are rewarded with an unforgettable spiritual experience that frequently changes the whole direction of their lives."

[lunaticheathen]

Mine's "Path of Devotion" too. Kind of makes sense.

[Noggy]

Mmmm virtue ethics,

 

Your Spirituality Type: PATH OF INTELLECT (Thomistic prayer)

About 12 percent of the population follows this path, using the syllogistic method of Saint Thomas Aquinas known as Scholastic prayer.

 

The main emphasis is on the orderly progression of thought from cause to effect. People of this prayer type prefer neat, orderly forms of the spiritual life, as opposed to the free-spirit, impulsive attitude of the Franciscan approach. Their spirituality is centered on the earnest pursuit of all the transcendental values: truth, goodness, beauty, unity, love, life, and spirit. Like Saint Teresa of Avila, they are willing to exert superhuman effort to achieve their goal.

 

Because of their disdain for second best, they seek total truth and authenticity in their lives and work hard to reach the whole truth about themselves, about God, and about sanctity. This intense pursuit of truth colors their whole spiritual life.

 

Books of prayer frequently call the Thomistic method of prayer 'discursive meditation.' In this type of prayer, one takes a virtue or fault or theological truth and studied it from every possible angle. Change of behavior is an essential part of this prayer--it doesn't stay at the intellectual level. There is generally a bias against this type of prayer today because it was so much in vogue before Vatican II.

[Rev R]

Your Spirituality Type: PATH OF INTELLECT (Thomistic prayer)

About 12 percent of the population follows this path, using the syllogistic method of Saint Thomas Aquinas known as Scholastic prayer.

 

The main emphasis is on the orderly progression of thought from cause to effect. People of this prayer type prefer neat, orderly forms of the spiritual life, as opposed to the free-spirit, impulsive attitude of the Franciscan approach. Their spirituality is centered on the earnest pursuit of all the transcendental values: truth, goodness, beauty, unity, love, life, and spirit. Like Saint Teresa of Avila, they are willing to exert superhuman effort to achieve their goal.

 

Because of their disdain for second best, they seek total truth and authenticity in their lives and work hard to reach the whole truth about themselves, about God, and about sanctity. This intense pursuit of truth colors their whole spiritual life.

 

Books of prayer frequently call the Thomistic method of prayer 'discursive meditation.' In this type of prayer, one takes a virtue or fault or theological truth and studied it from every possible angle. Change of behavior is an essential part of this prayer--it doesn't stay at the intellectual level. There is generally a bias against this type of prayer today because it was so much in vogue before Vatican II.

[stryper]

This is a much better site: http://www.vocationn...rticles/show/63

 

I took this a year or so ago, and retook it just now and it was the same. The detail of questions is much better. Granted, it is a Catholic oriented site so it expresses the findings in that language, but I find it much more interesting than the previous one. Here's what mine, twice now in a couple years has come out as. It's not too bad as far as what seems to fit:

 

 

 

Your Spirituality Type: PATH OF DEVOTION (Augustinian prayer)

 

The majority of saints are of this spiritual temperament as well as 12 percent of the population (but half of those who go on retreats or belong to small faith groups).

 

This method uses creative imagination to transpose; the world of scripture to our situation today--as if the scripture passage is a personal letter from God a addressed to each one; of us (like Saint Augustine picking up Romans 13 and reading; a message pointed directly at him). The essential element of this spirituality, going back to New Testament times (Jesus, Saint Paul, the early church fathers), is experiencing a personal relationship with God. Because they read between the lines and catchy what is inexpressible and spiritual, those who follow the path of devotion best understand symbols and their use in the liturgy.

 

This path concentrates on meditations that loosen the feelings and expand the ability to relate to and love others. The stress is on the love ot self others, and God. Those on this path can follow the four steps of the Lectio Divina: listen to what God says in scripture; reflect prayerfully and apply it to today; respond to God's word with personal feelings; remain quiet and stay open to new insights.

 

 

Thanks antlerman....

 

Little surprise here.

 

Your Spirituality Type: PATH OF INTELLECT (Thomistic prayer)

About 12 percent of the population follows this path, using the syllogistic method of Saint Thomas Aquinas known as Scholastic prayer.

 

The main emphasis is on the orderly progression of thought from cause to effect. People of this prayer type prefer neat, orderly forms of the spiritual life, as opposed to the free-spirit, impulsive attitude of the Franciscan approach. Their spirituality is centered on the earnest pursuit of all the transcendental values: truth, goodness, beauty, unity, love, life, and spirit. Like Saint Teresa of Avila, they are willing to exert superhuman effort to achieve their goal.

 

Because of their disdain for second best, they seek total truth and authenticity in their lives and work hard to reach the whole truth about themselves, about God, and about sanctity. This intense pursuit of truth colors their whole spiritual life.

 

Books of prayer frequently call the Thomistic method of prayer 'discursive meditation.' In this type of prayer, one takes a virtue or fault or theological truth and studied it from every possible angle. Change of behavior is an essential part of this prayer--it doesn't stay at the intellectual level. There is generally a bias against this type of prayer today because it was so much in vogue before Vatican II.

[Lilith666]

It told me I'm a neo-Pagan.