The Belief-O-Matic : What Should Your Religion Be?

[Brother_Bliss]

I just took the Belief-O-Matic quiz at Beliefnet, found here...

http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx

And this was my result....

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Islam (90%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (84%)

4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (80%)

5. Sikhism (78%)

6. Eastern Orthodox (71%)

7. Roman Catholic (71%)

8. Seventh Day Adventist (71%)

9. Hinduism (69%)

10. Jainism (68%)

11. Baha'i Faith (67%)

12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (67%)

13. Reform Judaism (67%)

14. Orthodox Quaker (63%)

15. Liberal Quakers (43%)

16. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)

17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (38%)

18. Neo-Pagan (36%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (33%)

20. Theravada Buddhism (32%)

21. Scientology (26%)

22. New Age (23%)

23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)

24. New Thought (20%)

25. Nontheist (20%)

26. Secular Humanism (17%)

27. Taoism (12%)

So apparently I should be an orthodox Jew

[gloreeoreo]

i don't know what i did wrong, but it put me as being a witness at #6....hmmph

[JanewayDar]

I came in at No 3 92 % !!

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (92%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (92%)

4. Hinduism (86%)

5. Islam (86%)

6. Eastern Orthodox (85%)

7. Roman Catholic (85%)

8. Jainism (85%)

9. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)

10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (84%)

11. Orthodox Quaker (78%)

12. Baha'i Faith (74%)

13. Sikhism (73%)

14. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)

15. Reform Judaism (53%)

16. Neo-Pagan (50%)

17. Liberal Quakers (47%)

18. Theravada Buddhism (44%)

19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (44%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (39%)

21. New Age (33%)

22. Secular Humanism (29%)

23. Nontheist (27%)

24. Scientology (24%)

25. Taoism (20%)

26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (17%)

27. New Thought (17%)

[albeniuk]

is this the test of our armour?

hum....

[EPOlson]

Although I don't agree with the order, I will accept the percentage.

1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)

2. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

3. Orthodox Judaism (87%)

4. Baha'i Faith (83%)

5. Islam (80%)

6. Orthodox Quaker (79%)

7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (78%)

8. Seventh Day Adventist (76%)

9. Eastern Orthodox (71%)

10. Roman Catholic (71%)

11. Sikhism (68%)

12. Jainism (67%)

13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (59%)

14. Liberal Quakers (57%)

15. Reform Judaism (57%)

16. Hinduism (54%)

17. Theravada Buddhism (44%)

18. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (38%)

20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)

21. Neo-Pagan (30%)

22. Taoism (24%)

23. New Age (22%)

24. Secular Humanism (22%)

25. Nontheist (20%)

26. Scientology (16%)

27. New Thought (15%)

[Brother_Bliss]

I imagine that the tied percentages were listed in alphabetical order.

[aPeacefulButterfly]

I came in at #6 too, Gloria.

[ReadYourBible]

I don't know what you guys are doing wrong.........

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (98%)

3. Orthodox Judaism (83%)

4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (79%)

5. Islam (73%)

6. Seventh Day Adventist (72%)

7. Eastern Orthodox (70%)

8. Roman Catholic (70%)

9. Baha'i Faith (66%)

10. Sikhism (61%)

11. Orthodox Quaker (61%)

12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (54%)

13. Hinduism (51%)

14. Reform Judaism (50%)

15. Jainism (46%)

16. Liberal Quakers (42%)

17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)

18. Mahayana Buddhism (32%)

19. Theravada Buddhism (30%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (27%)

21. New Thought (22%)

22. Neo-Pagan (21%)

23. Scientology (18%)

24. Nontheist (17%)

25. New Age (16%)

26. Secular Humanism (13%)

27. Taoism (7%)

[Brother_Bliss]

I don't know what you guys are doing wrong.........

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

Whoa! We gotta a pure one! Are you one of the anointed? ;)

I wish I knew what I was doing wrong too! :-)

[ReadYourBible]

I don't know what you guys are doing wrong.........

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

Whoa! We gotta a pure one! Are you one of the anointed? ;)

I wish I knew what I was doing wrong too! :-)

The only anointing that's ever happened to me was by coffee, and it was due to the fact I drove over a speed bump too fast and I got splashed....

There were a few questions I had to read/re-read and then make the selection, because they weren't 100% clear/definitive.

[jmeade]

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Islam (90%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (82%)

4. Hinduism (76%)

5. Jainism (74%)

6. Seventh Day Adventist (73%)

7. Sikhism (71%)

8. Eastern Orthodox (70%)

9. Roman Catholic (70%)

10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (68%)

11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)

12. Baha'i Faith (63%)

13. Orthodox Quaker (63%)

14. Reform Judaism (57%)

15. Mahayana Buddhism (48%)

16. Liberal Quakers (42%)

17. Theravada Buddhism (40%)

18. Neo-Pagan (34%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (30%)

20. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (28%)

21. New Thought (25%)

22. Scientology (24%)

23. New Age (21%)

24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)

25. Nontheist (20%)

26. Taoism (15%)

27. Secular Humanism (13%)

Guess I'm not pure! Hehehe

[itzykitty]

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Islam (89%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (83%)

4. Sikhism (80%)

5. Reform Judaism (72%)

6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (72%)

7. Baha'i Faith (70%)

8. Eastern Orthodox (67%)

9. Roman Catholic (67%)

10. Hinduism (66%)

11. Jainism (63%)

12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (63%)

13. Orthodox Quaker (63%)

14. Seventh Day Adventist (61%)

15. Liberal Quakers (46%)

16. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)

17. Neo-Pagan (42%)

18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (40%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (35%)

20. Scientology (32%)

21. Theravada Buddhism (32%)

22. New Thought (27%)

23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%)

24. New Age (26%)

25. Nontheist (22%)

26. Secular Humanism (21%)

27. Taoism

That is my results....Renee

[amg109]

I got pretty much the same as you, Bob.

1. Orthodox Judaism (99%)

2. Islam (89%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (84%)

4. Jainism (79%)

5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (77%)

6. Sikhism (76%)

7. Baha'i Faith (76%)

8. Orthodox Quaker (74%)

9. Seventh Day Adventist (73%)

10. Hinduism (72%)

11. Eastern Orthodox (69%)

12. Roman Catholic (69%)

13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (65%)

14. Reform Judaism (64%)

15. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)

16. Liberal Quakers (49%)

17. Theravada Buddhism (42%)

18. Neo-Pagan (38%)

19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (36%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (34%)

21. New Age (25%)

22. Scientology (22%)

23. Taoism (19%)

24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (17%)

25. Nontheist (17%)

26. Secular Humanism (17%)

27. New Thought (16%)

[Linda]

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (86%)

3. Orthodox Judaism (79%)

4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (74%)

5. Islam (69%)

6. Eastern Orthodox (68%)

7. Roman Catholic (68%)

8. Seventh Day Adventist (60%)

9. Baha'i Faith (57%)

10. Orthodox Quaker (52%)

11. Sikhism (52%)

12. Hinduism (50%)

13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)

14. Jainism (46%)

15. Reform Judaism (42%)

16. Liberal Quakers (38%)

17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)

18. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)

19. Theravada Buddhism (30%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (25%)

21. New Thought (23%)

22. Neo-Pagan (20%)

23. Nontheist (20%)

24. Scientology (16%)

25. New Age (14%)

26. Secular Humanism (13%)

27. Taoism (7%)

[rbrown1205]

I am surprised. I do respect Orthodox Judaism to a degree, but I think that a few of the questions

are misleading.

The one about strictly following the traditions, and precepts and what not of the faith is probably

what brought Judaism above being one of Jehovah's Witnesses. But it does not qualify that by

acknowledging that the precepts followed are entirely based on the Bible rather than human

tradition passed down, as OJ follows. Same with Mormons and Islam - these do not see

the Bible as the ultimate authority.

I also wonder about the question saying that the environment or nature must be "revered".

Kind of sounds like native American or African animism; though we can learn about Jehovah

through his creation, and we should safeguard it, I don't think it should be revered like

Jehovah's name (Ps 111:9, King James)

I suppose one must recognize that this quiz is man made - and really doesn't recognize all

of the fundamental differences in certain religious faiths.

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Jehovah's Witness (94%)

3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (92%)

4. Islam (88%)

5. Jainism (80%)

6. Sikhism (74%)

7. Hinduism (73%)

8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (70%)

9. Seventh Day Adventist (70%)

10. Baha'i Faith (70%)

11. Eastern Orthodox (66%)

12. Roman Catholic (66%)

13. Orthodox Quaker (65%)

14. Reform Judaism (62%)

15. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)

16. Liberal Quakers (44%)

17. Neo-Pagan (43%)

18. Theravada Buddhism (39%)

19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (38%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (36%)

21. New Age (30%)

22. Scientology (22%)

23. Secular Humanism (22%)

24. Nontheist (21%)

25. New Thought (18%)

26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (17%)

27. Taoism (16%)

[Corvus]

I got Orthodox Judaism as well. What surprises me is how many of us get told we should be Muslims more than Christians, but it is because many of the questions come down to perceptions and misconceptions people have about various religions. For example I said we don't need to do works to earn salvation - which is probably why "Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant" came up, but it surprises me that Islam is ahead of both us and the Protestant thingy because what I said I agree with disagrees with much of what I have read in Muslim documents (e.g. the Qu'ran and the Hadiths). For starters they believe that works are essential - the 5 pillars of Islam cannot be seen as anything else but works and they are essential and must be performed or you are not a Muslim. I get the feeling whoever made this quiz believes the idiotic lies that we teach that we must perform works to "earn" salvation and does not see the physical acts that Muslims are required to do as works (amongst other things).

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Islam (86%)

3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (85%)

4. Jehovah's Witness (82%)

5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (76%)

6. Hinduism (75%)

7. Seventh Day Adventist (74%)

8. Eastern Orthodox (73%)

9. Roman Catholic (73%)

10. Sikhism (72%)

11. Baha'i Faith (65%)

12. Orthodox Quaker (63%)

13. Jainism (63%)

14. Reform Judaism (54%)

15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (48%)

16. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)

17. Liberal Quakers (39%)

18. Neo-Pagan (37%)

19. Nontheist (37%)

20. Theravada Buddhism (31%)

21. Unitarian Universalism (30%)

22. New Thought (26%)

23. New Age (24%)

24. Scientology (21%)

25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (18%)

26. Secular Humanism (17%)

27. Taoism (16%)

[idclair]

This is what i got, copy and paste.

Your Results

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

2. Orthodox Judaism (99%)

3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (93%)

4. Islam (88%)

5. Jainism (81%)

6. Sikhism (76%)

7. Hinduism (74%)

8. Baha'i Faith (72%)

9. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (70%)

10. Eastern Orthodox (66%)

11. Roman Catholic (66%)

12. Seventh Day Adventist (65%)

13. Orthodox Quaker (65%)

14. Reform Judaism (63%)

15. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)

16. Liberal Quakers (44%)

17. Neo-Pagan (44%)

18. Theravada Buddhism (39%)

19. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (39%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (36%)

21. New Age (30%)

22. Scientology (25%)

23. Secular Humanism (22%)

24. Nontheist (20%)

25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (19%)

26. New Thought (18%)

27. Taoism (15%)

[sweetwillow58]

Here's my result

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Islam (88%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (83%)

4. Sikhism (77%)

5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (76%)

6. Eastern Orthodox (68%)

7. Roman Catholic (68%)

8. Baha'i Faith (67%)

9. Jainism (66%)

10. Hinduism (65%)

11. Reform Judaism (64%)

12. Seventh Day Adventist (63%)

13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (63%)

14. Orthodox Quaker (61%)

15. Liberal Quakers (41%)

16. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)

17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (32%)

18. Neo-Pagan (32%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (30%)

20. Theravada Buddhism (29%)

21. New Age (20%)

22. Scientology (17%)

23. Nontheist (15%)

24. New Thought (15%)

25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (13%)

26. Secular Humanism (12%)

27. Taoism (8%)

[bohemian]

I just read this thread so took the test:

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

2. Orthodox Judaism (93%)

3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (87%)

4. Islam (81%)

5. Jainism (70%)

6. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (66%)

7. Sikhism (66%)

8. Hinduism (65%)

9. Eastern Orthodox (62%)

10. Roman Catholic (62%)

Seems I came to the right place!

[vmhlbethaniaqldaus]

Phew.......

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)

2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (88%)

3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (85%)

4. Eastern Orthodox (82%)

5. Roman Catholic (82%)

6. Seventh Day Adventist (80%)

7. Orthodox Quaker (78%)

8. Orthodox Judaism (73%)

9. Baha'i Faith (70%)

10. Hinduism (63%)

11. Islam (61%)

12. Jainism (56%)

13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)

14. Sikhism (48%)

15. Liberal Quakers (46%)

16. Theravada Buddhism (45%)

17. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)

18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)

19. Reform Judaism (29%)

20. Unitarian Universalism (26%)

21. Neo-Pagan (21%)

22. Nontheist (19%)

23. Taoism (18%)

24. Secular Humanism (17%)

25. New Age (15%)

26. New Thought (15%)

27. Scientology (12%)

[tekmantwo]

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Islam (86%)

3. Jehovah's Witness (85%)

4. Sikhism (82%)

5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (81%)

6. Hinduism (71%)

7. Jainism (68%)

8. Reform Judaism (66%)

9. Eastern Orthodox (60%)

10. Roman Catholic (60%)

11. Baha'i Faith (55%)

12. Orthodox Quaker (54%)

13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (53%)

14. Seventh Day Adventist (50%)

15. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)

16. Theravada Buddhism (46%)

17. Liberal Quakers (45%)

18. Neo-Pagan (41%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (37%)

20. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (31%)

21. Nontheist (27%)

22. New Thought (25%)

23. Secular Humanism (24%)

24. Scientology (23%)

25. New Age (22%)

26. Taoism (22%)

27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (21%)

The quiz was a little confusing in places--I probably should have clicked 'not applicable' on some of the questions that were not clear....

Thats ok, I know where home is---

[jeremy]

Looks like I got to get me a kippah, I'm Orthodox Jew, with Jehovah's Witness placed 3rd at 87%

[sianrose]

Stupid quiz .Jw's @ 6th....and I am Eastern Orthodox !

1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)

2. Roman Catholic (100%)

3. Seventh Day Adventist (97%)

4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (86%)

5. Orthodox Judaism (86%)

6. Jehovah's Witness (85%)

7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (79%)

8. Orthodox Quaker (74%)

9. Islam (67%)

10. Hinduism (55%) ..............

[jeremy]

Well, my wife is not even Jehovah's Witness and she scored 100% each on Orthodox Judaism, Mormon and Jehovah's Witness, in that order.

[Lela]

Here are my results..

1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)

2. Jehovah's Witness (98%)

3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (89%)

4. Islam (86%)

5. Jainism (86%)

6. Sikhism (85%)

7. Hinduism (79%)

8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (70%)

9. Orthodox Quaker (67%)

10. Baha'i Faith (65%)

11. Seventh Day Adventist (64%)

12. Eastern Orthodox (63%)

13. Roman Catholic (63%)

14. Reform Judaism (56%)

15. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)

16. Theravada Buddhism (49%)

17. Liberal Quakers (44%)

18. Neo-Pagan (43%)

19. Unitarian Universalism (41%)

20. New Age (36%)

21. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (24%)

22. New Thought (23%)

23. Secular Humanism (22%)

24. Nontheist (20%)

25. Scientology (20%)

26. Taoism (16%)

27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (14%)