IamSquid
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posted on 12/9/2003 at 11:09 PM |
Here's another one:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (95%)
4. New Age (95%)
5. Liberal Quakers (90%)
6. Hinduism (82%)
7. New Thought (75%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
9. Reform Judaism (70%)
10. Jainism (70%)
11. Taoism (70%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (68%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
14. Scientology (67%)
15. Sikhism (62%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (59%)
17. Secular Humanism (56%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (47%)
20. Islam (39%)
21. Nontheist (39%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (18%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (8%)
27. Roman Catholic (8%)
I find it interesting that Roman Cathoilcism comes dead last and I was
raised very strict Roman Catholic (like Mass in Latin strict Catholic
upbringing). ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
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Meranda_Jade
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posted on 17/9/2003 at 05:50 AM |
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (87%)
3. Liberal Quakers (87%)
4. Secular Humanism (80%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
6. New Age (71%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
8. Reform Judaism (64%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
10. Taoism (61%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (57%)
12. Nontheist (54%)
13. New Thought (53%)
14. Sikhism (52%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
16. Scientology (47%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
19. Jainism (33%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (33%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
22. Hinduism (28%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
24. Islam (23%)
25. Roman Catholic (23%)
26. Jehovah's Witness (17%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
this was all kinds of messed up... either that or I'm all kinds of messed
up... I think as far as atheism goes, they're calling it Secular
Humanism... ____________________
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Anya
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posted on 16/9/2003 at 05:26 PM |
I never considered New Age a religion at all - just those fun tools like
astrology, Tarot, etc. Those came from many other cultures though. Could
be wrong, though.
I agree. Was very surprised that Taoism wasn't in the bigger areas since
it's what I heavily look upon. However, Mahayana Buddhism -might- have
done it since a lot of Eastern religions use a lot of Tao.
Something about the site was not right, heh.
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chameleon
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posted on 16/9/2003 at 05:13 PM |
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Hinduism (87%)
3. Neo-Pagan (85%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (79%)
6. Jainism (77%)
7. New Age (75%)
8. Liberal Quakers (68%)
9. Taoism (67%)
10. New Thought (66%)
11. Scientology (54%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (51%)
14. Reform Judaism (51%)
15. Sikhism (50%)
16. Secular Humanism (41%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
18. Bahá'í Faith (39%)
19. Nontheist (25%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (13%)
23. Islam (13%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (12%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (6%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
27. Roman Catholic (0%)
Well, that surprised me. I think Taoism is the best thing since sliced
bread, so I guess me being a Mahayan Buddihist is pretty accurate.
Buddhist with their chanting is cool and... Sorry, getting off topic. Um,
isn't Taoism a philosophy and not a religion though? And what is
considered "New Age?" I'm going to have to explore this site more...
So says the theology major! ____________________ The perfect mind is like a mirror. It grasps nothing. It expects nothing.
It reflects but does not hold. Therefore, the perfect man can act without
effort.
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Anya
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posted on 16/9/2003 at 04:48 PM |
I really do not know where the "dualism" in the East sprang from, but I
think a lot of the western dualistic themes came from Zoroastrianism.
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Anya
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posted on 16/9/2003 at 04:46 PM |
I'm with Callei on this one: some forms of Hindu are dualistic. Ever heard
of the demon Ravana? He's pretty much the equivalent to Shai'tan in the
Abrahamic faiths and is found in a several Hindu myths.
I still got to yet read the book I have on Tibetian Buddhism...
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callei
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posted on 16/9/2003 at 06:56 AM |
Lots of the buddhism practiced in China isnt Buddhism in the religious
sense, rather a lable attached to the older pantheonistic anamistic
ancestor whorship faith that is commonly practiced. The west calls it
Buddhism, but they dont.
and some forms of hinduism are very dualistic. Its an older and more
practiced (by tradtions and lifestyle) religion than Christianity and look
at all the variations of Christianity that we have had over the years. I am
refering to the Unitarian thing here and comparing it with say Catholicism
(of which there are soooo many form, often called Catholicism, tho the
participants worship the virgin mary for example) and Quakers. They have
things in common, but its hard to say that someone that follows one version
of Christianity beleives any of the same things that someone else following
a different version believes.
next thing you know, we will launch out about what is religoin and what is
faith..... ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and vampires
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Cashmere
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posted on 15/9/2003 at 06:19 PM |
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
3. Neo-Pagan (88%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (82%)
6. Secular Humanism (82%)
7. New Age (81%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)
9. Taoism (58%)
10. Reform Judaism (56%)
11. New Thought (53%)
12. Jainism (51%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
14. Scientology (50%)
15. Nontheist (49%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (49%)
17. Sikhism (47%)
18. Hinduism (45%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (43%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (26%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (25%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
25. Islam (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)
Damn. Maybe I ned to rethink my strategy if I am going to become the next
pope. Can you think of anyone else who runs a country inside a city? Plus
those tentlike robes with all the pretty embroidering are way cool. ____________________ "Truth is always on the move. It is always somewhere, but never in the
foreground, never on the surface."
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IamSquid
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 658 Registered: 27/5/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 15/9/2003 at 05:01 PM |
Callei, I must admit I am unaware of any Shinto shrines in the US but I
can't say I'm too suprised (especially in California). Perhaps I wasn't
chosing my words wisely but I meant that at least 90% of the world's
Shintos are in Japan (and of course that statistic is pure conjecture but
would be greatly suprised if it was incorrect).
Yoo say that Shinto is not a religion and I don't know enough about it to
dispute that point but Buddhism appears on the list. If Buddhism appears,
why not Freemasonry or some form of martial arts? Freemasonry is certainly
more "religious" and undoubtably more dualistic than Buddhism.
I think yoo are very correct that the test is dominated by dualistic forms
of thought. However, Hinduism, Unitarianism, and Neo-Paganism are NOT
dualistic faiths (well at least Neo-Pagan isn't SUPPOSED to be but there
are plenty of Neo-Pagans who are very binary-headed).
Unitarianism was ONCE a form of Xianity but it certainly isn't anymore.
From my personal relationships to a large amount of active members Unity
Church, the nation's second largest Unitarian church, I can assure yoo that
there are an overwhelming amount of pantheistic and sometimes even
polytheistic (although they would rarely use such terms) Unitarians.
Unity, which is one of the "churchiest" Unitarian churches in the country
(although being raised Roman Catholic didn't appear "churchy" in the least)
had alot of controversy a few years back because they had adopted a new
minister who used the word "God" before the congregation.
And yes, I have my addictions as well. ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
-ickgirl |
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callei
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posted on 15/9/2003 at 12:22 PM |
Bettie.... Dont start Ok? I know I said I would stop, but hey, everyone has
to have thier little addictions, right? ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and vampires
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callei
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posted on 15/9/2003 at 12:21 PM |
Squid, I know of at least 6 shinto shrines in California, so it is being
practiced somewhere besides Japan. But since it isnt a "religion"
(seperation of life from beliefs) I can sorta understand a religious site
leaving it out.
I also know of 10 Pow-wow sites, and a zillion (total exageration)
sweatlodges. But i am not fussing because they "forgot" all the Native
American Faith groups, the South American faith groups, the African faith
groups, the Austrailian and New Zeland faith groups, or any of the other
Eastern or Islander faith groups.
I jsut wanted to point out that this quiz is based on a
"good/evil-god/devil" ideology.
Dead-cell, I would guess that Unitarian gets top billing because its the
most inclusive of the Dualistic religions? Because it says you can believe
just about anything as long as you beleive that there is a (and i repeat A)
"higher power" and that you belong to it. ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and
vampires
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dead-cell
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posted on 15/9/2003 at 11:34 AM |
What the hell happened to the word "atheist" these people need to get a
thesaurus. Furthermore why is Unitarian Universalism one of the highest
percentages? ____________________ co-worker: "Your gay!?"
myself: "Didn't you see my rainbow pin?"
co-worker: "I just thought you liked skettles."
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Starlight
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posted on 15/9/2003 at 02:08 AM |
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)
3. New Age (83%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
7. Liberal Quakers (69%)
8. New Thought (62%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
10. Hinduism (61%)
11. Jainism (57%)
12. Taoism (57%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (56%)
14. Scientology (48%)
15. Reform Judaism (48%)
16. Secular Humanism (47%)
17. Sikhism (41%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
21. Nontheist (29%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
25. Islam (11%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (7%)
27. Roman Catholic (7%)
____________________ "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never
tried before." ~Mae West
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IamSquid
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 658 Registered: 27/5/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 12:25 PM |
I think because Shinto isn't really practiced anywhere outside Japan and
this is very obviously an American Xian website. Not to mention the fact
that most Shintos are also practicing Buddhists and hold onto their
Shintoism because of tradition, national pride, and the fact that it's
really really cool.
They do offer Hinduism (once again a rather broad category) which is the
world's largest polytheistic set of religions rather than Zoroastarianism
which is unless I'm msitaken (and I might be with this one) the 5th largest
religion on Earth (although 90% of it's followers are in India so it might
not appear for the same reason Shinto doesn't appear).
[Edited on 9/15/2003 by IamSquid] ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else
to
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die so i could watch, and then me die.
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Anya
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 11:31 AM |
I never thought of Neo-Paganism being considered a dualistic faith along
with some others in there. Good point though - it's missing out on other
faiths and/or beliefs. |
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MissAnnThrope
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 11:27 AM |
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. New Age (88%)
4. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (87%)
5. New Thought (86%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
7. Liberal Quakers (70%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
9. Scientology (69%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
11. Hinduism (56%)
12. Secular Humanism (53%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (51%)
14. Taoism (47%)
15. Reform Judaism (38%)
16. Jainism (36%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (35%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
19. Nontheist (31%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (28%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
22. Sikhism (24%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (6%)
25. Islam (6%)
26. Roman Catholic (6%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (3%)
i have to say that that sums up my beliefs quite well, neo being 100% and
Roman Catholic being 6%. i was brought up Catholic, but im still struggling
to prove the ways of Goddess, and the unerring truth that all gods are one
anyhow. ____________________ \\\'doest thou not want to worship me
with crimson sacrifice
so my cunt may twitch against thy kiss
and weep with new found life\\\' |
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callei
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 10:06 AM |
I found it a bit weird that it didnt offer shinto, or any of the faith
groups like shinto, or any of the actaully polytheistic, non-Dualistic
fatihs in its religions. But hey, it is a Dualistic faith site, so why
would it bother with the faith groups of the other 2-4 billion people in
the world. ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and
vampires
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Sardonic-Pain
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 10:03 AM |
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (92%)
3. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (90%)
4. New Thought (90%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (86%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (85%)
7. Scientology (75%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
9. Hinduism (68%)
10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (68%)
11. Liberal Quakers (59%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
13. Jainism (55%)
14. Reform Judaism (46%)
15. Taoism (45%)
16. Secular Humanism (44%)
17. Sikhism (42%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (38%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
23. Nontheist (24%)
24. Islam (17%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (6%)
26. Roman Catholic (6%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (5%)
what the fick ____________________ My Life is like a porno-Without the sex-Just the weird music |
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Anya
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 656 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 09:26 AM |
I know the Unitarians are not a mix of all religions, just was stating the
versatility philosophy - maybe exhaggarated a bit in my expression. I
personally believe that Deity comes in many forms so I was not surprised
with the high rating. What really surprised me on the quiz was the
Mahayana Buddhism being a hundred percent since I believe that there was a
God force before the Universe. I'm not an expert in Hinduism, but that one
did not surprise me either due to my pantheistic view on the One.
[Edited on 9/14/2003 by Anya] |
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Psychopixi
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posted on 14/9/2003 at 05:13 AM |
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (94%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
4. Sikhism (80%)
5. Liberal Quakers (75%)
6. Jainism (74%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
9. New Age (68%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (66%)
11. New Thought (64%)
12. Secular Humanism (64%)
13. Hinduism (60%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
15. Nontheist (56%)
16. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
17. Islam (55%)
18. Scientology (53%)
19. Taoism (46%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (13%) ____________________ Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. |
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