I think we're all getting Unitarian Universalism because we all think quite alike.
The thing I find odd is that Unitarian Universalists are neither Unitarians nor Universalists. I'd be interested to know when and how the religion morphed into what it is today.
but I kinda believe in heaven, hell, and reincarnation (very broad belief in it)
Why?
Sounds like a lingering belief from past religion.
That's probably the best way to put it. I was raised a Roman Catholic. In the past few years I've been drifting further and further away from the beliefs of Roman Catholocism. Some, but not many, still remain, though.
Ultimately, my belief is that we'll find out everything once we're dead, there's a 99.9% chance that we won't figure out life's big questions before we die, so I really don't care enough to bother.
Ecclesiases 9:5 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
1. Sikhism (100%) 2. Reform Judaism (89%) 3. Orthodox Judaism (86%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (84%) 5. Roman Catholic (84%) 6. Islam (80%) 7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%) 9. Seventh Day Adventist (78%) 10. Liberal Quakers (72%) 11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%) 12. Bahá'à Faith (67%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (67%) 14. Neo-Pagan (65%) 15. Unitarian Universalism (63%) 16. Taoism (54%) 17. Hinduism (49%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (49%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (49%) 20. Scientology (47%) 21. Jainism (45%) 22. New Age (44%) 23. New Thought (43%) 24. Nontheist (38%) 25. Secular Humanism (38%) 26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (21%)
I didn't expect that since I'm not a Sikh but a Muslim. I'm not one of those crazy, religiously possessed people who devote their life to god fully, abhor science and call atheists infidels. I believe in god but I also believe that evolution occurred and that all the bad things in life do not only happen because of Satan. I don't try and convert people to my religion and don't have anything against other religions or atheists.
1. Sikhism (100%) 2. Reform Judaism (89%) 3. Orthodox Judaism (86%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (84%) 5. Roman Catholic (84%) 6. Islam (80%) 7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%) 9. Seventh Day Adventist (78%) 10. Liberal Quakers (72%) 11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%) 12. Bahá'àFaith (67%) 13. Orthodox Quaker (67%) 14. Neo-Pagan (65%) 15. Unitarian Universalism (63%) 16. Taoism (54%) 17. Hinduism (49%) 18. Mahayana Buddhism (49%) 19. Theravada Buddhism (49%) 20. Scientology (47%) 21. Jainism (45%) 22. New Age (44%) 23. New Thought (43%) 24. Nontheist (38%) 25. Secular Humanism (38%) 26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (21%)
I didn't expect that since I'm not a Sikh but a Muslim. I'm not one of those crazy, religiously possessed people who devote their life to god fully, abhor science and call atheists infidels. I believe in god but I also believe that evolution occurred and that all the bad things in life do not only happen because of Satan. I don't try and convert people to my religion and don't have anything against other religions or atheists.
Seriously, Buddhism is actually really cool. I think that some of you guys need to realize that religion doesn't always = god, heaven, angels, fuck atheists, etc. Just because some (and large ones, to boot) are like that doesn't mean they all are.
P.S. That wiki article is actually pretty crappy in explaining the beliefs of Theravada Buddhism. I suggest further reading if you care.
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (96%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (94%) 4. Liberal Quakers (90%) 5. Neo-Pagan (85%) 6. Taoism (78%) 7. Mahayana Buddhism (75%) 8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%) 9. New Age (67%) 10. Nontheist (65%)
Same with me I got 100% on Theravada Buddhism and from the decription when you click on the articles Theravada Buddhism is something I will avoid. I'm going with number 2 at least by thier descriptions.
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%) 3. Neo-Pagan (96%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 5. Liberal Quakers (94%) 6. Taoism (89%) 7. Jainism (87%) 8. New Age (84%) 9. Sikhism (83%) 10. Hinduism (76%) 11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%) 12. Secular Humanism (74%)
All the rest were below 70%. I want to read up on this Theravada Buddhism after so many people have gotten high percentages in it. I guess I'm not a very good Humanist.
All the others were way under 75%, and 18 were 0%.
I think this is because I replied to most of the questions with "not applicable" and with a low importance factor. Once I have stated that there are no gods and nothing supernatural is knowable, what has anything else got to do with religion? I think that women should have equal rights and we should look after the environment, but these are in no way based on my religious views or lack of them.
The reason I got 75% Theravada Buddhism is that the only few things I marked as applicable are NOT applicable in that religion. The same with Unitarian Universalism; they are happy with anyone, so why not me?
However, the two 100% scores are both things I'd be happy to call myself, though I regard neither to be a religion.
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2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (76%)
4. Liberal Quakers (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
6. Neo-Pagan (62%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
8. New Age (46%)
9. Reform Judaism (44%)
10. Taoism (44%)
Everything after 3 is kinda wtf.
I was raised a Roman Catholic. In the past few years I've been drifting further and further away from the beliefs of Roman Catholocism. Some, but not many, still remain, though.
Ultimately, my belief is that we'll find out everything once we're dead, there's a 99.9% chance that we won't figure out life's big questions before we die, so I really don't care enough to bother.
For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
http://scripturetext.com/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm
2. Reform Judaism (89%)
3. Orthodox Judaism (86%)
4. Eastern Orthodox (84%)
5. Roman Catholic (84%)
6. Islam (80%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (80%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
9. Seventh Day Adventist (78%)
10. Liberal Quakers (72%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (71%)
12. Bahá'à Faith (67%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (67%)
14. Neo-Pagan (65%)
15. Unitarian Universalism (63%)
16. Taoism (54%)
17. Hinduism (49%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (49%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (49%)
20. Scientology (47%)
21. Jainism (45%)
22. New Age (44%)
23. New Thought (43%)
24. Nontheist (38%)
25. Secular Humanism (38%)
26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (21%)
I didn't expect that since I'm not a Sikh but a Muslim. I'm not one of those crazy, religiously possessed people who devote their life to god fully, abhor science and call atheists infidels. I believe in god but I also believe that evolution occurred and that all the bad things in life do not only happen because of Satan. I don't try and convert people to my religion and don't have anything against other religions or atheists.
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
5. Liberal Quakers (53%)
6. Neo-Pagan (53%)
Everything else was rated below 20%
2. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
3. Nontheist (75%)
4. Liberal Quakers (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
8. New Age (46%)
9. Taoism (45%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
11. Reform Judaism (39%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
13. Jainism (29%)
14. Bahá'à Faith (29%)
15. Sikhism (29%)
16. Scientology (24%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
19. New Thought (22%)
All else below 20%
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Nontheist (71%)
I only posted the first 4 results. I would consider myself a Nontheist before I consider myself a secular humanist.
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (82%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
5. Liberal Quakers (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (56%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
Everything else was below 50%. Have no idea why people keep getting high results for Theravada Buddhism. o.o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada
Seriously, Buddhism is actually really cool. I think that some of you guys need to realize that religion doesn't always = god, heaven, angels, fuck atheists, etc. Just because some (and large ones, to boot) are like that doesn't mean they all are.
P.S. That wiki article is actually pretty crappy in explaining the beliefs of Theravada Buddhism. I suggest further reading if you care.
2. Secular Humanism (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
4. Liberal Quakers (90%)
5. Neo-Pagan (85%)
6. Taoism (78%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)
9. New Age (67%)
10. Nontheist (65%)
Same with me I got 100% on Theravada Buddhism and from the decription when you click on the articles Theravada Buddhism is something I will avoid. I'm going with number 2 at least by thier descriptions.
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (75%)
4. Nontheist (74%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (57%)
8. New Age (48%)
9. Taoism (44%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
11. Reform Judaism (38%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
13. Bahá'à Faith (32%)
14. Jainism (30%)
All else below 30%.
2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)
3. Neo-Pagan (96%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
5. Liberal Quakers (94%)
6. Taoism (89%)
7. Jainism (87%)
8. New Age (84%)
9. Sikhism (83%)
10. Hinduism (76%)
11. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
12. Secular Humanism (74%)
All the rest were below 70%. I want to read up on this Theravada Buddhism after so many people have gotten high percentages in it. I guess I'm not a very good Humanist.
2. Secular Humanism (100%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (75%)
All the others were way under 75%, and 18 were 0%.
I think this is because I replied to most of the questions with "not applicable" and with a low importance factor. Once I have stated that there are no gods and nothing supernatural is knowable, what has anything else got to do with religion? I think that women should have equal rights and we should look after the environment, but these are in no way based on my religious views or lack of them.
The reason I got 75% Theravada Buddhism is that the only few things I marked as applicable are NOT applicable in that religion. The same with Unitarian Universalism; they are happy with anyone, so why not me?
However, the two 100% scores are both things I'd be happy to call myself, though I regard neither to be a religion.
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
5. Nontheist (68%)
6. Neo-Pagan (68%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (62%)
8. New Age (53%)
9. Taoism (50%)
10. Reform Judaism (45%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
13. Bahá'à Faith (34%)
14. Sikhism (34%)
15. Scientology (33%)
16. Jainism (32%)
17. New Thought (31%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
20. Hinduism (22%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
24. Islam (14%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)
It's funny that Roman Catholicism is so low even though I was raised as a Catholic.