What religion are you,
really? Just for fun, why don't we find out?
Seeing as they're
mostly “user-created”, these quizzes shouldn't be taken too
seriously. I have a religion I'm very happy with, which is not the
one some quizzes have assigned to me. I just find it fun to see how
well the answers match the truth. I feel the same way about
horoscopes.
I'll admit to being
biased toward Beliefnet.com because I've been moderating forums for
them for ten years, but they do manage to get some of the smaller
details of the different beliefs right. I like how you can indicate
exactly how important a point is to you, because that can make a huge
difference. Some might find it off-putting that most of the results
represented Christianity, but there are at least two reasons for
that-
- Beliefnet is based in the US, a country where a good 78% (give or take) identify themselves as Christians of some form. They might not all be practicing, but this is how they answered the latest Pew* Forum on Religion and Public Life, and
- At the time this quiz was written, Christianity was the largest religion in the world. I say 'was' because, depending on which websites you read, Islam has surpassed Christianity's 2.1-billion population.
They do seem to
be partial to Quakers, which I found a bit odd. There were also a
couple of questions-specifically, what someone has to do to be
'saved' and what happens after death-that were a bit confusing in
that none of the answers really stated what I believed, but there was
not a 'none of the above' option. It's an interesting place to start
looking, though.
Beliefnet
has some good newsletters from different spiritual perspectives, if
they're spiritual at all.Some
other great sites-
Here's another quiz
that is actually pretty accurate.
I like how it was
formatted-a range between “agree” and “disagree” rather than
a solid yes/no. The results are true except for one thing-I'm not
even close to being a
Satanist!
And, well, this site is
just silly.
It said I was
“spiritual, not religious”. This isn't true, but I don't see a
site with quizzes like “What will you write on the chalkboard?”
to be all that serious.
What do you think? Are
any of these quizzes accurate?
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