Belief-o-matic

While eating lunch today I saw a segment about the belief-o-matic at beliefnet.com. So I thought I'd check it out.

I was skeptical at first, but it turned out to be a very serious survey. If you plan on taking it, I suggest blocking out 5 to 10 minutes. There is an option to have your results sent via email. Here are mine:

Remember: 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 the 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.

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Rankings:

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (89%)
3. Roman Catholic (89%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (88%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (85%)
6. Islam (61%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%)
10. Hinduism (41%)
11. Liberal Quakers (40%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (40%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (38%)
14. Sikhism (33%)
15. Reform Judaism (31%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (30%)
17. Jainism (27%)
18. Nontheist (24%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (24%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (23%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (23%)
22. New Thought (18%)
23. Scientology (17%)
24. New Age (11%)
25. Neo-Pagan (10%)
26. Taoism (10%)
27. Secular Humanism (8%)

I'm not surprised that I'm a conservative Protestant. What's surprising and a bit scary is that I'm closer to Islam and Judaism than I am to liberal Protestantism. Of course, another survey on this site told me that I was prepared to be a member of the clergy, so I'm not sure what to think of their surveys.