13 January 2007

Belief-O-Matic

When I was at the Unitarian Church in Berkeley, I was alerted to an online quiz named Belief-O-Matic, hosted at a multi-religious site named Beliefnet, that assesses my personal views on religion and calculates which of the 27 major religions most closely match them. The church members strongly recommended that I take the test.

And it indeed was very eye-opening. There was no surprise in that I was not very compatible with Islam and most versions of Christianity, but it was pleasantly surprising to know that New Age, paganism, and Buddhism scored high with me. The Unitarians scored a perfect 100% compatibility.

Here are my actual results:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (89%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. New Age (79%)
5. Reform Judaism (74%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (71%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
8. Secular Humanism (68%)
9. New Thought (65%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
11. Jainism (56%)
12. Bah�'� Faith (55%)
13. Scientology (55%)
14. Hinduism (55%)
15. Sikhism (52%)
16. Taoism (49%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
18. Nontheist (45%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (43%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
21. Islam (40%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
26. Roman Catholic (13%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)