[Buddha-l] Will this be on the final exam?

[Lidewij Niezink]

Hmmm... 100% Mahayana. 92% Unitarian Universalism, 87% Neo-Pagan and
Hinduism and 86% Theravada...
The bottom three (all 20% !) Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness and Eastern
Orthodox.

But what worries me most is my 61% Scientology...
happy Xmas to everyone.

2008/12/25 James A Stroble <stroble at hawaii.edu>

> Richard Hayes wrote:
> > Dear denizens,
> >
> > About once a year I amuse myself by taking the on-line quiz at
> > http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx to see
> > how (or if) my religious views are evolving. During the past four months
> > I have been involved in a great deal of re-examination of my core
> > beliefs and practices, so it seemed a good time to entertain myself by
> > taking the notoriously unscientific Belief-0-Matic quiz again, just to
> > see if the folks at Beliefnet have refined their quiz in such a way that
> > they can put me in the right box.
> >
> > After answering the 20 questions, I was shown that the Belief-o-matic
> > algorithm had determined that I agree 100% with Theravada Buddhism, 97%
> > with Unitarianism and 91% with Liberal Quakerism. This means that since
> > I last took the quiz, Unitarianism had dropped 3% and Theravada Buddhism
> > has risen about 12%. (I'm glad that someone finally perceives me as a
> > Buddhist, even if it's only a dimwitted algorithm probably put together
> > by a thirteen-year-old Linux nerd.) Strangely, Secular Humanism fell
> > from the number two position (97% agreement) to sixth place (83%). I
> > suppose this must have something to do with reciting the Obámanos mantra
> > so fervently in October.
> >
> > At the other end of the spectrum, the three religions that speak least
> > to my condition are just the same as before: 11% agreement with
> > Jehovah's Witness and just 8% with Eastern Orthodox Christianity and
> > Roamin' Catholicism. (I am amazed, as always, to find myself agreeing
> > that much with any of those three religions; I perceive myself as
> > agreeing with them a little less than 0%.) It does not surprise me too
> > much that Orthodox Judaism and Islam come in at about the same level,
> > but it does surprise me somewhat that the level is as high as 20%; I
> > would have guess more like 5% for each of them. Perhaps it is my
> > fondness for falafel and pita that raises my score so high.
> >
> > As always, taking this quiz is required of all buddha-l subscribers, and
> > anyone who gets a score less than 90% in Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism
> > will be required to stay in after class is dismissed.
> >
> >
> Darn! I am only 86% Theravadin!!   But I am 75% Mahayana, and 100%
> Unitarian/Universalist (whatever they are). The sad part is that I am
> one percentage point more scientologist than Mormon, and equally
> Catholic and Muslim, and I was raised %$#%%!!!   I think the whole poll
> is rigged, and refuse to be categorized by an on-line poll!!   Can I
> stay on Buddha-l?  Please? I won't make any trouble (unless anyone
> starts saying there is a Buddhist just war tradition).  Please, sir, more?
>
>
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