Posted by Adam on September 3, 2001, at 17:52:37
In reply to Religious Beliefs, posted by akc on September 2, 2001, at 21:48:51
My results:
1. Atheism and Agnosticism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Secular Humanism (95%)
4. Liberal Protestant (92%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (85%)
6. Liberal Quaker (82%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (76%)
8. Latter-day Saint (Mormon) (72%)
9. Conservative Protestant (67%)
10. Bahá'í (63%)
11. New Thought (63%)
12. Neo-Paganism (59%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (55%)
14. Reform Judaism (49%)
15. Scientology (49%)
16. Sikhism (49%)
17. Taoism (47%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
19. Eastern Orthodox (41%)
20. Islam (41%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (41%)
22. Roman Catholic (41%)
23. New Age (39%)
24. Hinduism (32%)
25. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
26. Jainism (24%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)Can't quite figure this out..."Scientology" and "Reform Judaism" got the same score. I'm more likely to be a Mormon than a Reform Jew, for that matter. I think it's because I said a lot of moral positions are not "fundamental". Being one who thinks little about morality is "fundamental", perhaps that's why I'm not so likely to be "New Age" or whatever.
The top of the list is about right, though. I'd jettison #2 and put 1 and 3 in a dead-heat. Unitarianism is just too much of a cop-out, if you ask me. I don't think religion exists just to make people feel warm and fuzzy or actualized. The fear that you will amount to nothing more than a rotting corpse one day should be on par with the fear that you're screwing up somehow and will burn for eternity or come back as a cockroach because of it. A faith with no rules makes no demands, and amounts to wishful thinking, if you ask me. Funny it should score so high...
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