Belief-o-Matic

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Not sure? Not interested and whatever else?

Well, since that was WAY to broad, I was forced to answer with other answers many times.

So, eventually, It told me I'm an orthodox Jew! 100%
Eastern Orthodox 97%
Roman Catholic 97% (phew)
 
I consider myself to be agnostic and I was raised in a Muslim home... Here's what came up for me:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (93%)
3. Liberal Quakers (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (87%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)

Amusingly though...

17. Orthodox Judaism (36%)
18. Sikhism (36%)
20. Islam (27%)

The quiz says I'm more Jewish and Sikh than Muslim...

Scarily enough, I'm probably going to have to hide my Agnostic beliefs from my parents for most of my life. As difficult as it is to hide this from them, I know that if they ever found out about this, they'd disown me without giving it a second thought. If they don't disown me, they'll start bombarding me with religious texts, inviting clerics to the home, and possibly trying to convince me to get an arranged marriage in order to 'convince' me to follow Islam again. My mother already continually signs me up to various mailing lists and I wind up getting spammed every other day with junk that only ever winds up being unsubscribed or deleted anyways.

...Religion can REALLY suck sometimes with it's ability to instill intolerance into people :(
 
I hate people like that, doesn't matter who they are. If people can't respect one another's beliefs then they are just being idiotic. I get harassed quite a bit by people because of my field of study, it's always by a Christian to. I only know a few Muslims but they have no problem with my beliefs and it doesn't seem to bother them that I'm not part of their religion.
 
It's not that - they're quite tolerant of the beliefs of others, but the religion also preaches that it is your responsibility to ensure that your offspring also follow the religion. If they don't, you will be asked about it on Judgement Day and punished for not enforcing it properly or teaching them properly. They fear for my siblings and myself, but my bro and sis are both reasonably religious... I've taken everything into perspective and really, I can't bring myself to follow any particular religious texts - they just don't make sense to me any more
 
Wow, what a genius way to engineer a religion so that its perpetuation is practically guaranteed.
 
A lot of religions are like that, I remember when I was going to Catholic school they told us if we ever strayed from Christ we were not honouring thy father or mother, thus we were breaking a commandment and going to hell. But this is the school that taught us evolution was part of an evil liberal Atheist plot...in science class. But that school was better then the school district I lived in, I grew up in a really ratty area because my parents inherited a house right after they were married.

Looking back on that school I think it made me stupider, I remember I got a detention because I asked during sex ed if Jesus went through the same things all teenage boys go through...that did not go over real well. Neither did my scenario for a virgin becoming pregnant. I thought they were both legit questions but apparently they weren't, and no I wasn't fooling around asking them either, I asked them purely in a inquisitive state.

I'm so glad I discovered college.
 
emad
It's not that - they're quite tolerant of the beliefs of others, but the religion also preaches that it is your responsibility to ensure that your offspring also follow the religion. If they don't, you will be asked about it on Judgement Day and punished for not enforcing it properly or teaching them properly. They fear for my siblings and myself, but my bro and sis are both reasonably religious... I've taken everything into perspective and really, I can't bring myself to follow any particular religious texts - they just don't make sense to me any more
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Not to make this a huge Islam vs whatever issue, but it is something that has been raised a lot in anti-Islamic texts and speeches particularly here in the US. The argument is that this practice leads to the breeding of radical Islam, not only in schools, but in homes as well... And with statistics showing that Muslims will eventually out-populate Europeans possibly as early as 2050, the thought gets scary for some...

I dunno. I see religion as the foundations of a lot of good and a lot of evil in our world, and although I could care less what religion you are a part of, it has probably done something to screw something up in our world...

But as it stands right now, Judeo/Christians and Muslims continue to be the most destructive parties on the Earth...
 
In the end, all the western religions promote perpetuation through offspring. It just so happens that Islam is growing quickly because the regions it began in have cultures which promote LARGE families. It's not a destructive religion by any means. I don't think any religion really preaches destructive practices if things are kept in the proper context. It also isn't the rate of growth that's making people destructive. It's the fact that things like poor education and intolerant cultures are leading to certain outspoken individuals spreading their own twisted interpretations and beliefs. Those lead to the extremists we have out there. It's not just terrorists. Just look at the schools in the States that are refusing to teach evolution...
 
Joey D
Looking back on that school I think it made me stupider, I remember I got a detention because I asked during sex ed if Jesus went through the same things all teenage boys go through...that did not go over real well. Neither did my scenario for a virgin becoming pregnant. I thought they were both legit questions but apparently they weren't, and no I wasn't fooling around asking them either, I asked them purely in a inquisitive state.
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That is crazy, they are legitimate questions, they can't answer them and you get shafted.
 
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (91%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (79%)
5. Reform Judaism (78%)
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (77%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
8. Jehovah's Witness (67%)
9. Secular Humanism (65%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (64%)
11. Neo-Pagan (62%)
12. New Age (61%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (59%)
14. New Thought (59%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (57%)
16. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
17. Jainism (54%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (54%)
19. Sikhism (54%)
20. Islam (51%)
21. Taoism (49%)
22. Scientology (44%)
23. Nontheist (43%)
24. Hinduism (34%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
27. Roman Catholic (22%)
Hmm, thats funny. I'm #27 in real life, but I'm not exactly very religious if you ask me.
 
emad
In the end, all the western religions promote perpetuation through offspring. It just so happens that Islam is growing quickly because the regions it began in have cultures which promote LARGE families. It's not a destructive religion by any means. I don't think any religion really preaches destructive practices if things are kept in the proper context. It also isn't the rate of growth that's making people destructive. It's the fact that things like poor education and intolerant cultures are leading to certain outspoken individuals spreading their own twisted interpretations and beliefs. Those lead to the extremists we have out there. It's not just terrorists. Just look at the schools in the States that are refusing to teach evolution...
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For the most part, I would agree. Every religion has their outrageous radical faction, and it is unfortunate that our two religions get a bad rap because of it. Of course, we're supposed to hate each other because of it, but I don't see any reason why...

...This opens up a big can of beans that I really don't feel like getting into today...

So, yeah. Religion... Its a lot of fun...
 
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (88%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
5. Secular Humanism (81%)

im not too opinionated, but i do agree that i am 100 percent Unitarian.
 

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