And Give Me Something To Believe In

It has been a while since my last post … August 1^st was my last post and since then life has taken control and I am only hanging on for the ride.  There have been times when I would think “I should write about that …” and before I am even able to jot some thoughts – My brain is chasing another rabbit.  So today, as I flipped through StumbleUpon I was directed to a personality quiz about my religious and spiritual beliefs.  At first I laughed … after all … it is called the “Belief-O-Matic” (Click on the link and take the test – leave a comment with the results if you dare!)

This is a quick 20-question quiz and the questions are not very complex.  I found that I didn’t really have to ponder the questions much – you’ll see what I mean.  It is very straightforward and you will either agree or disagree with the answer choices you have.

I would love to see the basis of these 20 questions and I would like to also get more into the “connections” between the questions and answers to a certain religion.  My results were … in a word … Surprising!

Here is the list of 20 (they gave me 26 results but as you can see – after the 20^th I was in less than 50% belief with that religion)

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Mahayana Buddhism (99%)

3. Sikhism (94%)

4. Liberal Quakers (93%)

5. Hinduism (91%)

6. Neo-Pagan (91%)

7. Jainism (88%)

8. Baha’i Faith (86%)

9. Theravada Buddhism (85%)

10. Reform Judaism (84%)

11. New Age (83%)

12. New Thought (79%)

13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)

14. Scientology (73%)

15. Orthodox Judaism (70%)

16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (62%)

17. Islam (60%)

18. Taoism (59%)

19. Orthodox Quaker (55%)

20. Secular Humanism (45%)

I started reading about the first three on the list to learn more.  I have never heard of Unitarian Universalism or Mahayana Buddhism, although I do have a basic understanding of the Buddhist faith.   Sikhism I have heard of but have never read much about it, this is next on my list to learn.