{"id":662,"date":"2005-03-21T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-21T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hugodlr.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2005-03-21T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T23:07:00","slug":"belief-o-matic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hugodlr.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Belief-O-Matic"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve never taken the Belief-O-Matic quiz<\/a> from Beliefnet.com, please go ahead and stop what you’re doing (which is reading this blog) and go take it now (20 questions – take at the most 15 minutes). I’ll wait . . .<\/p>\n

Now that you’ve figured out which spiritual path you should<\/strong> be taking, I’ll tell you that I’ve taken the quiz a few times and I’ve never come out as 100% Catholic. In fact, Catholic usually comes out somewhere in the late single digits or early double digits for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I teach religion teacher certification courses for our superintendent, and for one class (I think it was on Prayer & Spirituality, but I can’t specifically remember) I had all my students (teachers) invade the computer lab at our school so we could take this test. I had one (1) (!) teacher come out as 100% Roman Catholic!!! \ud83d\ude42 We all promised not to tell our respective principals or our superintendent! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s a fun quiz, and just so you know, I just took it right now again, and my results were (drum roll, please):<\/p>\n

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants<\/a> (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers<\/a> (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism<\/a> (85%)
4. Orthodox Quaker<\/a> (83%)
5. Neo-Pagan<\/a> (70%)
6. New Age<\/a> (69%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism<\/a> (66%)
8. Reform Judaism<\/a> (64%)
9. Mainline to Conservative Christian\/Protestant<\/a> (61%)
10. Hinduism<\/a> (60%)
11. Theravada Buddhism<\/a> (59%)
12. Seventh Day Adventist<\/a> (58%)
13. Bah\u00e1’\u00ed Faith<\/a> (56%)
14. Sikhism<\/a> (56%)
15. Eastern Orthodox<\/a> (54%)
16. Roman Catholic<\/a> (54%)
17. Secular Humanism<\/a> (54%)
18. Jainism<\/a> (53%)
19. Taoism<\/a> (53%)
20. New Thought<\/a> (47%)<\/p>\n

lol! \ud83d\ude42 Each and every time the number one result has been the same: I come out as 100% mainline to liberal Christian Protestant (so much for me being a token Catholic!). My wife has taken it a few times and she usually comes out as a Quaker (liberal or Orthodox).<\/p>\n

I know which answers to choose so that I come out Roman Catholic – it’s interesting, because I know the theology and could theoretically come out 100% Catholic all the time . . . but I like to see what other possibilities I could take. Who knows . . . maybe I’ll have my own Church one day (and if I do, you’re all invited to the grand opening)! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I notice that Roman Catholic came out in the lower teens this time . . . I’m getting less and less Catholic as I age . . . hmmm . . . I better die quick! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Blessings & Peace,
Hugo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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