It seems that there are a lot of people who want to focus on the differences between their religion and others. It is a way for people to feel superior to others....I'm better than you because I believe A,B,C, and you don't. But, it's not often that we look for similarities....or even realize that there are similarities between different belief systems.
I just took this quiz over at Belief-Net. I personally identify myself as a secular humanist, but I think that I have a few Christian friends who would be surprised to find that there are some things we agree on. It looks like I am likely to agree with my liberal Christian friends on about 59% of the items and with my conservative Christian friends we might agree about 17% of the time. It's a fun little quiz...head on over and take it and if anyone would like, we can start a discussion about it in the comment section.
Here are my results:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (75%)
4. Nontheist (73%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)
8. New Age (49%)
9. Taoism (47%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
11. Reform Judaism (40%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
13. Bah�'� Faith (29%)
14. Sikhism (29%)
15. Scientology (28%)
16. Jainism (27%)
17. New Thought (26%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
21. Hinduism (17%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
24. Islam (15%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)
Monday, August 4, 2008
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1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Nontheist (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. Taoism (53%)
9. New Age (52%)
10. Reform Judaism (45%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (39%)
13. Sikhism (30%)
14. Scientology (29%)
15. New Thought (26%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (25%)
17. Jainism (23%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (19%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
22. Hinduism (15%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
24. Islam (12%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (12%)
26. Roman Catholic (12%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)
You scored almost exactly the same as me, that being said I don't think it was a good test. Everything was too plainly drawn out, and there were no combination answers that would have made it a more thorough process.
It is very basic....multiple choice is not always the best. I think it could be helpful for people who have very different opinions about religion. If people can find some area where they have common ground...like showing other people compassion...they might be able to get along better. But, it is definitely not a comprehensive quiz. It would be really interesting if they came up with something like that :)
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