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alacrity fitzhugh
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Message 16 of 49 (345834)
09-01-2006 8:12 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Archer Opteryx
09-01-2006 6:12 PM


1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Neo-Pagan (73%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
7. Nontheist (66%)
8. New Age (62%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
10. Reform Judaism (54%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
12. Taoism (52%)
13. Bah' Faith (50%)
hit it right the first time woo-hoo
Edited by alacrity fitzhugh, : lost time

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anglagard
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From: Socorro, New Mexico USA
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Message 17 of 49 (345835)
09-01-2006 8:13 PM
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09-01-2006 6:12 PM


Bizzare
Matches over 50%:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Neo-Pagan (87%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
5. New Age (86%)
6. New Thought (86%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (84%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
9. Taoism (76%)
10. Scientology (75%)
11. Hinduism (70%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
13. Reform Judaism (59%)
14. Secular Humanism (59%)
15. Bah' Faith (52%)
16. Sikhism (50%)
I guess I need to find a liberal Protestant new-age new-thought Quaker Church so I can gather with kindred spirits. Or if I cant find one, a Unitarian Church will do, obviously the'll take anyone, even me.

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Archer Opteryx
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Message 18 of 49 (345838)
09-01-2006 8:39 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Archer Opteryx
09-01-2006 6:12 PM


in the last daze
It would be interesting to know what belief came in dead last for you as well.
Mine was 'Jehovah's Witness'... which reminds me of a joke!
Q. What do you get when you cross a Jehovah's Witness with a Unitarian?
A. Someone who knocks on your door and asks you what it's all about.
Edited by Archer Opterix, : Added joke.

Archer
All species are transitional.

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anglagard
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Message 19 of 49 (345844)
09-01-2006 8:45 PM
Reply to: Message 18 by Archer Opteryx
09-01-2006 8:39 PM


Re: in the last daze
Mine was a 3 way tie at 19% of Orthodox Christianity, Islam, and Roman Catholicism (my wife's religion :eek

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Archer Opteryx
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Message 20 of 49 (345855)
09-01-2006 9:16 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by Wounded King
09-01-2006 7:13 PM


Re: Personally, I was shocked
WK,
I noticed your heading after I saw your list. Why were you shocked?

Archer
All species are transitional.

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Chronos
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From: Macomb, Mi, USA
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Message 21 of 49 (345877)
09-01-2006 10:14 PM


1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (83%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
5. Liberal Quakers (74%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
7. Neo-Pagan (56%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
9. New Age (39%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
11. Reform Judaism (38%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
13. Taoism (35%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
15. Hinduism (30%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (30%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
19. Jainism (29%)
20. New Thought (28%)
21. Sikhism (28%)
22. Bahá'í Faith (27%)
23. Scientology (27%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
25. Islam (26%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (26%)
27. Roman Catholic (26%)
Rock On

  
ohnhai
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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Message 22 of 49 (345898)
09-01-2006 11:05 PM


fairly predictable.
all returns over 50%
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Nontheist (74%)
6. Neo-Pagan (64%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
8. Bah' Faith (56%)
9. New Age (53%)
resonably predictable
abe--
THough I do have to question their scoring as surely the questions regarding the existance of a god/s should exclude some of these as being matches....
But I guess it was interesting to how close some standpoints are despite that one cruical point.
Edited by ohnhai, : Added comment after the results

  
kuresu
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From: boulder, colorado
Joined: 03-24-2006


Message 23 of 49 (345905)
09-01-2006 11:27 PM


Of all the people polled so far
12 out of 13 have UU within the top two choices. only one is below the 90% level.
9 out of 13 have secular humanism within the top two choices.
9 of 13 have both UU and SH within the top two choices.
Ringo's results were not included in this--he was testing the system, and ended up with a bunch of religious choices being equal, and at 100%.
[abe: ringo's second result's are now being included]
just thought you all might find this interesting.
Edited by kuresu, : No reason given.

All a man's knowledge comes from his experiences

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ringo
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Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
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Message 24 of 49 (345924)
09-02-2006 12:44 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by kuresu
09-01-2006 11:27 PM


kuresu writes:
Ringo's results were not included in this--he was testing the system, and ended up with a bunch of religious choices being equal, and at 100%.
I suspect that means that the author(s) of the test don't know anything about Baha'is, Christian Scientists, Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses - i.e. they lumped them into the "none of the above" category to appear inclusive.
Here are my more "honest" results (i.e. I read the questions this time):
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
6. Nontheist (68%)
7. Neo-Pagan (68%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (55%)
9. New Age (53%)
10. Taoism (50%)

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Wounded King
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From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Joined: 04-09-2003


Message 25 of 49 (345962)
09-02-2006 4:40 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Archer Opteryx
09-01-2006 9:16 PM


Re: Personally, I was shocked
Ummmm, because I'm a sarky get? Darn that failure of the internet to convey tone.
TTFN,
WK

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ikabod
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Posts: 365
From: UK
Joined: 03-13-2006


Message 26 of 49 (345965)
09-02-2006 5:03 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Archer Opteryx
09-01-2006 6:12 PM


1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (99%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
5. New Age (86%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (69%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (68%)
9. Reform Judaism (67%)
10. Secular Humanism (66%)
11. Jainism (54%)
12. New Thought (52%)
13. Taoism (52%)
14. Sikhism (51%)
15. Hinduism (49%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
17. Scientology (46%)
18. Nontheist (40%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (36%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (34%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
24. Islam (27%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
27. Roman Catholic (23%)
eck im a liberal , new age, pagen hippy ... dang where is my kaftan
i can see why it put me as libbi , as the questions only dealt with some aspects of my views , like certain rights .. but with out asking about the responcabilities that would go with them , that would make me seem more rightist .
also i well know my views are not orthodox . guess thats the 51% diff from lib to ortho quaker ... guess i better pop down to plymouth today and get in touch with the roots to see if i agree ..

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Archer Opteryx
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Posts: 1811
From: East Asia
Joined: 08-16-2006


Message 27 of 49 (345966)
09-02-2006 5:06 AM
Reply to: Message 25 by Wounded King
09-02-2006 4:40 AM


Re: Personally, I was shocked
Ah. Gotcha. Thanks!
; )

Archer
All species are transitional.

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Phat
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Joined: 12-30-2003
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Message 28 of 49 (345969)
09-02-2006 5:23 AM
Reply to: Message 24 by ringo
09-02-2006 12:44 AM


Now I see
Now I see why its so hard to get you to agree with anything I say.
One mans absolute potatoes are another mans relative potahtoes
For what its worth, I scored thus:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (86%)
3. Liberal Quakers (79%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (75%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (71%)
6. Seventh Day Adventist (63%)
7. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
8. Roman Catholic (57%)
9. Reform Judaism (55%)
10. New Age (48%)
11. Neo-Pagan (43%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (42%)
13. Hinduism (42%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (41%)
16. Sikhism (38%)
17. Secular Humanism (37%)
18. New Thought (36%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (36%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
21. Scientology (35%)
22. Islam (31%)
23. Taoism (28%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)
25. Jainism (23%)
26. Nontheist (23%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (16%)
your 68% Nontheist contrasts significantly with my 23% Nontheist.
well at least im a liberal protestant!

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CK
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Posts: 3221
Joined: 07-04-2004


Message 29 of 49 (345975)
09-02-2006 6:11 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Archer Opteryx
09-01-2006 6:12 PM


1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Nontheist (82%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Reform Judaism (53%)
9. Taoism (52%)
10. New Age (50%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
12. Bah' Faith (45%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
14. New Thought (41%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (39%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
17. Scientology (38%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
19. Sikhism (33%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
21. Jainism (23%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
23. Islam (23%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
25. Hinduism (16%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)

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Phat
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Message 30 of 49 (345976)
09-02-2006 7:01 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by kuresu
09-01-2006 11:27 PM


check Allah this out
Most of us score quite low on Islam, as well.

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