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rissadc
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26 Dec 2010, 5:13 pm

1. Jehovah's Witness (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (92%)
3. Hinduism (90%)
4. Jainism (89%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (86%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (82%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%)
8. Orthodox Quaker (79%)
9. Islam (78%)
10. Eastern Orthodox (70%)
11. Roman Catholic (70%)
12. Baha'i Faith (69%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Liberal Quakers (52%)
16. Neo-Pagan (52%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
18. Reform Judaism (44%)
19. New Age (40%)
20. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (39%)
21. Unitarian Universalism (37%)
22. New Thought (28%)
23. Scientology (28%)
24. Taoism (24%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (23%)
26. Nontheist (19%)
27. Secular Humanism (19%)

Ha! It works.

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26 Dec 2010, 5:31 pm

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Nontheist (79%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Taoism (61%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (61%)
9. New Age (53%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
12. Reform Judaism (45%)
13. Jainism (38%)
14. Baha'i Faith (33%)
15. Scientology (32%)
16. Sikhism (32%)
17. New Thought (30%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)
20. Islam (19%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)
24. Hinduism (17%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
26. Roman Catholic (9%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (5%)

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26 Dec 2010, 6:01 pm

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How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (93%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
4. Neo-Pagan (76%)
5. New Thought (73%)
6. Secular Humanism (72%)
7. Reform Judaism (71%)
8. Scientology (71%)
9. New Age (70%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (65%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
12. Hinduism (61%)
13. Baha'i Faith (60%)
14. Nontheist (58%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
16. Sikhism (55%)
17. Jainism (53%)
18. Taoism (50%)
19. Islam (49%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (49%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (39%)
23. Roman Catholic (39%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (38%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (37%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (27%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (27%)

Now I'm wondering what questions had something to do with scientology.

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26 Dec 2010, 7:16 pm

stay away from my house Jehovah's Witnesses (the cats might get out and they're hard to catch!)

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27 Dec 2010, 10:37 am

There do seem to be a lot of seckies here, although it just occurred to me that this term might not be used a lot outside of American politics.

It is one of those epithets (along with "Liberal" and "Socialist") that Republicans often throw at Democrats.

The definition:

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Secular Humanism is a secular philosophy that espouses reason, ethics, and the search for human fulfillment, and specifically rejects supernatural and religious dogma as the basis of morality and decision-making. Secular Humanism is a life stance that focuses on the way human beings can lead happy and functional lives.

Secular Humanism is distinguished from various other forms of humanism. Though Secular Humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion, or God, that is not to say it assumes humans to be inherently or innately good. Nor does it present humans as "above nature" or superior to it; by contrast, the humanist life stance emphasises the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ethical consequences of human decisions.

The term "Secular Humanism" was coined in the 20th century, and was adopted by non-religious humanists in order to make a clear distinction from "religious humanism". Secular Humanism is also called "scientific humanism". Biologist E. O. Wilson called it "the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature".

Fundamental to the concept of Secular Humanism is the strongly held belief that ideology—be it religious or political—must be examined by each individual and not simply accepted or rejected on faith. Along with this belief, an essential part of Secular Humanism is a continually adapting search for truth, primarily through science and philosophy.

But, when a Republican uses the term "Secular Humanist", he or she usually says it with an intense snarl, and the actual meaning is "scumbag."

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24 Jun 2011, 10:24 am

1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (93%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (92%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (78%)
5. Roman Catholic (78%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
7. Liberal Quakers (57%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (55%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (55%)
10. Hinduism (50%)
11. Jainism (48%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (48%)
13. Baha'i Faith (47%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
15. Islam (43%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (39%)
18. Neo-Pagan (39%)
19. Taoism (38%)
20. Sikhism (38%)
21. Secular Humanism (36%)
22. New Age (35%)
23. Reform Judaism (32%)
24. Nontheist (25%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
26. Scientology (21%)
27. New Thought (19%)

Pretty Accurate.

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24 Jun 2011, 11:59 am

Well, that was - how you say - intriguing:

How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (97%)
3. Seventh Day Adventist (94%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
5. Baha'i Faith (86%)
6. Islam (85%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
8. Eastern Orthodox (78%)
9. Roman Catholic (78%)
10. Liberal Quakers (71%)
11. Reform Judaism (70%)
12. Sikhism (67%)
13. Unitarian Universalism (49%)
14. Jainism (48%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
19. Hinduism (37%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
21. New Thought (33%)
22. Scientology (33%)
23. New Age (27%)
24. Neo-Pagan (26%)
25. Nontheist (24%)
26. Taoism (22%)
27. Secular Humanism (9%)

Mind you, some of the questions I thought were not well worded, and I don' know how convinced I am of their norms.

One does wonder how the Witnesses and Scientology got that high.

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24 Jun 2011, 12:04 pm

Banned_Magnus wrote:

I'm not a Mayhayana Buddhist. I'm a Gnostic Christian. I don't even like Buddhism because it seems apathetic to me. It seems like a political cultish philosophy to pacify the masses. I want the last 10 minutes of my life back.

Isn't that what every religion is about in a way?

Philologos
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24 Jun 2011, 12:23 pm

pree10shun wrote:

Banned_Magnus wrote:

Isn't that what every religion is about in a way?

No. That is like saying every cereal is insulation "in a way" You CAN use it for that - insulate your house with Cheerios - but that is by no meanss what it IS.

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24 Jun 2011, 12:25 pm

Philologos wrote:

Not much point in taking it - even if the people who made it know what they are doing - on which point I have no evidence - the people who know me best can't figure out what I am or why.

I don't need a list of who does not agree witrh me - it would be long.

So months later I changed my mind and took it. So sue me.

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25 Jun 2011, 7:22 am

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (84%)
3. Liberal Quakers (80%)
4. Jainism (71%)
5. Taoism (69%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
7. Nontheist (67%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
9. Hinduism (58%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
11. Sikhism (58%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (34%)
13. Neo-Pagan (29%)
14. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
15. New Age (21%)
16. Baha'i Faith (17%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
19. Reform Judaism (17%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
21. Islam (10%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (10%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (10%)
24. Roman Catholic (10%)
25. Scientology (6%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
27. New Thought (0%)

I found nearly every question to be not applicable.

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25 Jun 2011, 8:08 am

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
3. Nontheist (85%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
5. Liberal Quakers (63%)
6. Neo-Pagan (47%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (37%)
8. Taoism (36%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (28%)
10. New Age (27%)
11. Jainism (25%)
12. Baha'i Faith (18%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (18%)
14. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (9%)
16. Hinduism (9%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (9%)
18. Reform Judaism (9%)
19. Sikhism (9%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (5%)
21. Islam (5%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (5%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (5%)
24. Roman Catholic (5%)
25. Scientology (3%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
27. New Thought (0%)

Secular Humanist actually sounds better than Atheist.

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25 Jun 2011, 1:04 pm

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Q3. What are the origins of the physical universe and life on earth? Choose one.
- As in the book of Genesis, God created a mature universe and mature life forms from nothing in less than 7 days, less than 10,000 years ago.
- As in the book of Genesis, but 'day' is not 24 hours, possibly refers to thousands (or even millions) of years, or to creation phases.
- God is creating and controlling the phenomena uncovered by scientists. Or there are other spiritual explanations, but not in conflict with scientific discovery.
- All matter and life forms are manifestations (or illusions) of the eternal Absolute (Ultimate Truth, Universal Soul or Mind, etc.).
- Only natural forces (like evolution) and no Creator or spiritual forces. Or not sure. Or not important.
- None of the above.

Typical religious ignorance. Evolution has nothing to do with origin, only with mutation and diversity.

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25 Jun 2011, 1:07 pm

Burzum wrote:

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Typical religious ignorance. Evolution has nothing to do with origin, only with mutation and diversity.

Yah - "On the Origin of Species" indeed! What a religious dumb-dumb that Darwin was.

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25 Jun 2011, 1:11 pm

1. Nontheist (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (61%)
4. Liberal Quakers (38%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (33%)
6. Neo-Pagan (19%)
7. Baha'i Faith (0%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (0%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (0%)
10. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
11. Hinduism (0%)
12. Islam (0%)
13. Jainism (0%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (0%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (0%)
17. New Age (0%)
18. New Thought (0%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
21. Reform Judaism (0%)
22. Roman Catholic (0%)
23. Scientology (0%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
25. Sikhism (0%)
26. Taoism (0%)
27. Theravada Buddhism (0%)

Stupid test.

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25 Jun 2011, 9:36 pm

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
5. Sikhism (79%)
6. Reform Judaism (76%)
7. Liberal Quakers (72%)
8. Hinduism (70%)
9. Baha'i Faith (68%)
10. New Thought (68%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
12. Scientology (60%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (57%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (54%)
15. Jainism (51%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
17. Islam (41%)
18. Taoism (41%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
20. Secular Humanism (38%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
24. Roman Catholic (24%)
25. Nontheist (22%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)

I'd quibble with the "neo" in "neo-pagan", but its top guess is correct. It doesn't seem to do too well with eclecticism and syncretism, though, as Taoism is a significant influence for me while New Age is overall a terrible fit.

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