Quite a while ago, I discovered BeliefNet’s Belief-o-Matic — a tool for ostensibly figuring out which religion best aligns with your worldview. At the time, the answer for me was that I best fit Mainline to Liberal Protestantism. This fit me quite well, and even helped me to realize that there’s a whole different world of Christianity out there beyond the conservative fundamentalism that filled my youth.

I noticed the bookmark for the Belief-o-Matic, and realized it might be enlightening (or amusing, at the least) to retake the quiz. I’m come to terms with (and made peace with) many beliefs that I’ve realized I have — and do not have. Here are my current state-of-mind results:

Your Results:

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.

Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.

1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2.  Liberal Quakers (87%) 3.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%) 4.  Neo-Pagan (82%) 5.  Secular Humanism (78%) 6.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (71%) 7.  New Age (69%) 8.  Theravada Buddhism (69%) 9.  Mahayana Buddhism (68%) 10.  New Thought (61%) 11.  Taoism (58%) 12.  Scientology (57%) 13.  Hinduism (55%) 14.  Nontheist (52%) 15.  Bahá’í Faith (50%) 16.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%) 17.  Sikhism (43%) 18.  Reform Judaism (42%) 19.  Jainism (41%) 20.  Orthodox Quaker (40%) 21.  Jehovah’s Witness (33%) 22.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%) 23.  Seventh Day Adventist (18%) 24.  Orthodox Judaism (17%) 25.  Eastern Orthodox (15%) 26.  Islam (15%) 27.  Roman Catholic (15%)

Things have changed, and I feel very comfortable/confident with what I’ve discovered about my own beliefs. More on that — and on the future of this blog — coming soon.