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sophinisba) wrote2008-12-03 12:23 am
sophinisba) wrote2008-12-03 12:23 am
religion meme
A religion meme, from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baranduin:
1. Take the Belief-o-matic quiz. Answer as honestly as you can.
2. Post to your blog these instructions, and answers to the following questions:
--- a. What faiths did you agree with more than 75%?
--- b. Of these, choose the three that you would be most likely to convert to, and list them in order.
--- c. How strongly does this quiz say you agree with your current faith (if you have one)?
a. What faiths did you agree with more than 75%?
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Nontheist (78%)
b. Arrange these faiths in the order of how likely you would be to convert to them.
1. UU
2. Secular Humanism
I've been to Unitarian churches before and I tend to get along with the people there and like the ministers and the things they have to say. It's possible I might join a Unitarian church at some point for the community and fellowship, but it's not something I miss in my life right now.
I grew up Lutheran and I occasionally visit an ELCA or other Protestant or Catholic Church. Christianity didn't show up on the list but I'm usually comfortable in those churches and I like singing hymns.
ETA: And I mean, it's not just about the hymns and the ritual of it either. It's also that because of the way I was raised Christian messages still have a lot of meaning for me, and even doctrinal differences between denominations make me more comfortable in some churches than others (kissing icons freaks me out, for example). That stuff doesn't show up in the quiz because I ended up checking the atheist answer to everything, but it does make a difference in how I think and especially how I feel when I visit one religious service or another. /ETA
I'm not especially interested in getting involved with an atheist or Secular Humanist community.
c. How strongly does this quiz say you agree with your current faith (if you have one)?
It worked pretty well! I usually identify as atheist, but I think Secular Humanist sounds nicer and another religion meme I did a while back (also gacked frombaranduin) also gave me the Humanist result.
I've seen people say that atheists are just as sure about the non-existence of God as Christians and Muslims are about the existence of God, which would make me more of an agnostic. I used to say agnostic but that felt to me like saying I hadn't decided yet. I have decided what I believe, I'm just not sure I'm right. :)
I am surprised that I got such a high agreement score for Theravada Buddhism, which I don't know anything about.
baranduin:1. Take the Belief-o-matic quiz. Answer as honestly as you can.
2. Post to your blog these instructions, and answers to the following questions:
--- a. What faiths did you agree with more than 75%?
--- b. Of these, choose the three that you would be most likely to convert to, and list them in order.
--- c. How strongly does this quiz say you agree with your current faith (if you have one)?
a. What faiths did you agree with more than 75%?
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Nontheist (78%)
b. Arrange these faiths in the order of how likely you would be to convert to them.
1. UU
2. Secular Humanism
I've been to Unitarian churches before and I tend to get along with the people there and like the ministers and the things they have to say. It's possible I might join a Unitarian church at some point for the community and fellowship, but it's not something I miss in my life right now.
I grew up Lutheran and I occasionally visit an ELCA or other Protestant or Catholic Church. Christianity didn't show up on the list but I'm usually comfortable in those churches and I like singing hymns.
ETA: And I mean, it's not just about the hymns and the ritual of it either. It's also that because of the way I was raised Christian messages still have a lot of meaning for me, and even doctrinal differences between denominations make me more comfortable in some churches than others (kissing icons freaks me out, for example). That stuff doesn't show up in the quiz because I ended up checking the atheist answer to everything, but it does make a difference in how I think and especially how I feel when I visit one religious service or another. /ETA
I'm not especially interested in getting involved with an atheist or Secular Humanist community.
c. How strongly does this quiz say you agree with your current faith (if you have one)?
It worked pretty well! I usually identify as atheist, but I think Secular Humanist sounds nicer and another religion meme I did a while back (also gacked from
baranduin) also gave me the Humanist result. I've seen people say that atheists are just as sure about the non-existence of God as Christians and Muslims are about the existence of God, which would make me more of an agnostic. I used to say agnostic but that felt to me like saying I hadn't decided yet. I have decided what I believe, I'm just not sure I'm right. :)
I am surprised that I got such a high agreement score for Theravada Buddhism, which I don't know anything about.