belief.net

[Jakanapes]

OK, I know I shouldn't, but I keep taking the belief.net religion quiz to try to get 100% non-theist.


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (82%)
5. Nontheist (82%)

I mean the first 2 I can almost see, but how the heck can you score over 80% on 3 and 4 when you answer

"No god" "no supernatural" etc.


as a programmer, I'm kind of offended by the sloppy design..

[benjdm]

There are plenty of atheist quakers.

[john_v_h]

Well what did you expect? After all, it isn't called "nonbelief.net"!

[Cynic of Mammon]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Nontheist (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (88%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)

:confused: :confused: :confused:

How the Hell? Belief.net is evil and should be burned at the stake...

...oh wait, I see...:devil1:

[Imaginary Mark]

If you're unhappy with that quiz I can provide you with one that may be more to your liking.


Select the label which best describes you.
1. Unitarian Universalism
2. Secular Humanism
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants
4. Liberal Quakers
5. Nontheist
6. Atheists
7. Agnostics
8. Conservative Protestant Christians
9. Mormons
10. Metaphysical Naturalists.
11. _____________ (fill in the blank)

[Castorama]

I found no belief.net, but did find beliefnet.com, which had a 30 point quiz, that concluded that having scored eight above the minimum, I was a -

spiritual dabblerOne of the nihilist, atheist, monist, nonspiritual, secular variety, apparently.

[WhackAGod]

Beliefe.net has two tests now. I first took the Spiritual type test

What's Your Spiritual Type?


You scored 28, on a scale of 25 to 100. Here's how to interpret your score:
25 - 29 Hardcore Skeptic -- but interested or you wouldn't be here!
30 - 39 Spiritual Dabbler -- Open to spiritual matters but far from impressed
40 - 49 Active Spiritual Seeker – Spiritual but turned off by organized religion
50 - 59 Spiritual Straddler – One foot in traditional religion, one foot in free-form spirituality
60 - 69 Old-fashioned Seeker -- Happy with my religion but searching for the right expression of it
70 - 79 Questioning Believer – You have doubts about the particulars but not the Big Stuff
80 - 89 Confident Believer – You have little doubt you’ve found the right path
90 - 100 Candidate for Clergy

I then took the Belief-o-matic
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Nontheist (83%)
4. Liberal Quakers (79%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (68%)

I think to get non-theist you have to answer n/a on a number of the moral questions. I chose specific answers on thinks like abortion and homosexuality.

[Chicken Girl]

I think to get non-theist you have to answer n/a on a number of the moral questions. I chose specific answers on thinks like abortion and homosexuality.

Because we all know that non-theists have no morality whatsoever. :rolleyes:

[RalphyS]

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
5. Nontheist (84%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
7. Neo-Pagan (58%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%)
9. Bahá'Ã* Faith (48%)
10. Taoism (42%)
11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
12. New Age (41%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
14. Jehovah's Witness (39%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
16. Reform Judaism (33%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
18. New Thought (28%)
19. Jainism (23%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
21. Scientology (20%)
22. Sikhism (16%)
23. Hinduism (13%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
25. Islam (11%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (11%)
27. Roman Catholic (11%)

The last one is actually the religion of my parents. :D

[Negasta]

I LOL when I saw this:

Warning: Belief-O-Maticâ„¢ assumes no legal liability for the ultimate fate of your soul.

My results:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
5. Nontheist (69%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
7. Neo-Pagan (65%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (55%)
9. New Age (51%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)

How can I only be 69% non-theist?!

[Revasser]

I've done this before and I think WhackAGod is probably onto something in saying you have to answer the moral questions with "Not applicable." I know that answering basically any of those questions with a progressive bent will pump up your UU percentage (though somehow, I doubt it was intended to be a "puzzle" game for figuring out what answer contributes to which result :p)

Anyways, my "honest" results were:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Nontheist (89%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
5. Liberal Quakers (70%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
7. Neo-Pagan (52%)
8. Taoism (36%)
9. New Age (33%)
10. Reform Judaism (31%)

I also managed to get 97% Nontheist by choosing N/A for the moral questions except the one about "alternative medicine", for which I chose "Disagree" and high priority (choose N/A for that dropped my nontheist rating by a point.) Placing "high priority" on the "God" questions when you choose "None" probably helps too.

For the other I scored 26 on the 25-100 scale. Hardcore skeptic :D

[jafosei]

I think to get non-theist you have to answer n/a on a number of the moral questions. I chose specific answers on thinks like abortion and homosexuality.
Because we all know that non-theists have no morality whatsoever. :rolleyes:
The morality questions start with the phrase "Respond to the following moral statements (Questions 13-20) based on how you would want your religion or faith category to address them." That's the key.

It's not that they're saying that non-theists have no morality. They're saying that non-theists are not defined by their morality, which is correct in my view. Non-theists are defined by their lack of belief in deities. Non-theists may hold many divergent moral views and still be non-theist.

If you insist that your group also has certain moral stances, then it's not just non-theism that you identify with. That's why UU and Secular Humanism come up so high for many people.

In my case, I get:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (98%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
4. Liberal Quakers (83%)
5. Nontheist (80%)

Which goes to show, I suppose, that God has very little to do with liberal religion these days (at least, as far as Beliefnet is concerned).

[JamesBannon]

Here's mine

1. Secular Humanism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8040_1.html) (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8041_1.html) (96%) 3. Liberal Quakers (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8038_1.html) (81%) 4. Nontheist (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8027_1.html) (77%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8028_1.html) (74%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8042_1.html) (67%) 7. Neo-Pagan (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8058_1.html) (60%) 8. Taoism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8059_1.html) (48%) 9. Bah�'� Faith (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8051_1.html) (43%) 10. New Age (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8055_1.html) (43%) 11. Reform Judaism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8054_1.html) (39%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8039_1.html) (36%) 13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8035_1.html) (36%) 14. Mahayana Buddhism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8045_1.html) (32%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8037_1.html) (32%) 16. Sikhism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8049_1.html) (30%) 17. New Thought (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8056_1.html) (29%) 18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8029_1.html) (25%) 19. Scientology (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8057_1.html) (25%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8034_1.html) (24%) 21. Jainism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8048_1.html) (23%) 22. Seventh Day Adventist (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8036_1.html) (19%) 23. Hinduism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8047_1.html) (18%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8033_1.html) (11%) 25. Islam (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8052_1.html) (11%) 26. Orthodox Judaism (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8053_1.html) (11%) 27. Roman Catholic (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8030_1.html) (11%)
Seems OK but the remaining religions are kinda odd.