Sleepless in Norwalk, Part 1

Lois' comment on my What's Your Spiritual Type? post prompted me to go take two more of the Beliefnet quizzes.

First, the "What Faith Are You?" or "Belief-O-Matic". The introduction says

Even if YOU don't know what faith you are, Belief-O-Matic™ knows. Answer 20 questions about your concept of God, the afterlife, human nature, and more, and Belief-O-Matic™ will tell you what religion (if any) you practice...or ought to consider practicing.

Warning: Belief-O-Matic™ assumes no legal liability for the ultimate fate of your soul.

So, twenty questions later:

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. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Reform Judaism (84%)
5. New Age (83%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
7. Sikhism (76%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (73%)
9. Hinduism (70%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (68%)
11. Secular Humanism (62%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
13. Jainism (60%)
14. New Thought (58%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (55%)
16. Scientology (51%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
18. Taoism (49%)
19. Islam (46%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)
22. Nontheist (35%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
24. Roman Catholic (34%)

My Pagan friends would probably not be surprised. Nor, I suspect, would many conservatives of my, or of my blog's, acquaintance.

Then there's "What Kind of Christian Are You? Its introduction is even more tongue-in-cheek:

The following "diagnostic" quiz will attempt to pigeonhole you, reducing you from a complex, nuanced person to a simple caricature. We obviously don't pretend that this is scientific, and, to be honest, part of the goal is to have some fun.

But there is a serious point here, too: One's approach to the Bible reveals a great deal about one's approach to religion generally. More so than denomination, one's attitude about who Jesus was and what the Bible is can define an individual's spiritual type.

So we hope that in addition to being interesting, this quiz will help you learn something about yourself. At the end of the quiz, we'll offer you the opportunity to complain about the quiz to others who have scored similarly.

So, once more into the breach...

You scored 211, on a scale of 0 to 400. Here's how to interpret your score:

0 - 59
You are a Jesse Ventura Christian (a.k.a. a "Secularist" or non-Christian).

60 - 149
You are a Bishop Spong Christian (a.k.a. "Biblical Revisionist").

150 - 249
You are a Hillary Rodham Clinton Christian (a.k.a. "Left-Leaning Traditionalist").

250 - 329
You are a George Bush Sr. Christian (a.k.a. "Right-Leaning Traditionalist").

330 - 400
You are a Jerry Falwell Christian (a.k.a "Historicist").

Well, if those are my five choices, I would have to agree!

Just a couple of amusements for a sleepless night.

Peace,
Jeffri