Unitarian Universalism

[MzChrista]

OK who knows about this. I took a quiz of what religion fits me best and this is what it said.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
4. Liberal Quakers (88%)
5. Reform Judaism (87%)
6. Neo-Pagan (85%)
7. Nontheist (72%)
8. New Age (71%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
10. New Thought (64%)
11. Scientology (64%)
12. Sikhism (55%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
14. Bahá'í Faith (52%)
15. Taoism (52%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (49%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (46%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
21. Islam (39%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (32%)
23. Roman Catholic (32%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
25. Hinduism (28%)
26. Jainism (25%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (21%)

 

[MzChrista]

heres the quiz if you want to try it.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

 

[bisexplicit]

UU Churches are very liberal and accepting. They literally welcome everyone.

 

[MzChrista]

UU Churches are very liberal and accepting. They literally welcome everyone.

Good because I dont even have a Unit.

 

[Bert Notorius]

It looks like you have received your "cyber calling."

 

[firespin]

They're like no-fault religion. Believe what you want to.

 

[JazzManJim]

I had problems with how several of the questions were worded. Some of them were quite vague and I wasn't clear on what they were asking. Then I saw the results and realized that it probably didn't matter all that much.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (92%)
3. Roman Catholic (92%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (84%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
7. Islam (61%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
9. Hinduism (53%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
11. Liberal Quakers (43%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (43%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (39%)
14. Sikhism (36%)
15. Reform Judaism (35%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (34%)
17. Jainism (33%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (27%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (27%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
21. New Thought (27%)
22. Nontheist (26%)
23. Scientology (26%)
24. Neo-Pagan (19%)
25. New Age (17%)
26. Taoism (12%)
27. Secular Humanism (10%)

 

[MzChrista]

They're like no-fault religion. Believe what you want to.

So what, they just go for the pot lucks and garage sales?

 

[bisexplicit]

So what, they just go for the pot lucks and garage sales?

A community of faith and worship, but, one that doesn't dictate how or what you should think of a god.

I'm an athiest, but I have respect for UUs.

 

[MzChrista]

I had problems with how several of the questions were worded. Some of them were quite vague and I wasn't clear on what they were asking. Then I saw the results and realized that it probably didn't matter all that much.

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Eastern Orthodox (92%)
3. Roman Catholic (92%)
4. Orthodox Quaker (84%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)
7. Islam (61%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
9. Hinduism (53%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
11. Liberal Quakers (43%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (43%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (39%)
14. Sikhism (36%)
15. Reform Judaism (35%)
16. Unitarian Universalism (34%)
17. Jainism (33%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (27%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (27%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
21. New Thought (27%)
22. Nontheist (26%)
23. Scientology (26%)
24. Neo-Pagan (19%)
25. New Age (17%)
26. Taoism (12%)
27. Secular Humanism (10%)

Yeah, there were a couple where I wasnt nuts about any of the answers.

Your list looks like mine flipped upside down. Hahaha

 

[firespin]

So what, they just go for the pot lucks and garage sales?

mmhmm. Religion lite. Tastes great. Less filling.

 

[MzChrista]

A community of faith and worship, but, one that doesn't dictate how or what you should think of a god.

I'm an athiest, but I have respect for UUs.

Well I dont mean to disrepect them, especially since it looks like I might be one. hahaha

But I am having trouble figuring how a religion that doesnt have faith or worship works.

 

[JazzManJim]

So what, they just go for the pot lucks and garage sales?

Mostly, it's a religion for people who want to say they have a religion but don't necessarily want to go to church or adhere to any particular religious beliefs.

It's the answer to the question, "I cn haz religin?".

A couple of my very closest friend are nearly lifelong UUs. The first bit is pretty much how they've described it to me.

 

[Sean]

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (76%)
4. Nontheist (75%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
6. Neo-Pagan (63%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
8. Taoism (51%)
9. New Age (51%)
10. Reform Judaism (48%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (44%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (40%)
13. Scientology (37%)
14. New Thought (35%)
15. Bahá'í Faith (33%)
16. Sikhism (32%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
18. Jainism (30%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (21%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
21. Islam (19%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
23. Hinduism (18%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
26. Roman Catholic (12%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (8%)

LMAO.

 

[JazzManJim]

Yeah, there were a couple where I wasnt nuts about any of the answers.

Your list looks like mine flipped upside down. Hahaha

It seems that about a third of the questions wouldn't necessarily fling you into one group or another, especially the ones about societal preferences.

 

[bisexplicit]

Why I dislike this quiz: Lumping together "I do not believe in a god" with "I don't know" and "I don't care" is insane. Especially, when they say "I believe in evolution" and lumping that in with not knowing/not caring.

Not believing in God or Genesis is not the same thing as not knowing or not caring. That quiz is redic.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

heh I thought it was cool

(and very friggin true in my case as I consider myself eclectic pagan...)




1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (85%)
3. Jainism (79%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
5. Hinduism (73%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (71%)
7. New Thought (62%)
8. Scientology (60%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
10. Sikhism (59%)
11. Reform Judaism (58%)
12. Liberal Quakers (57%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (51%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (47%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (38%)
17. Islam (37%)
18. Taoism (36%)
19. Secular Humanism (34%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
21. Nontheist (18%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (18%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (10%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

 

[MzChrista]

Why I dislike this quiz: Lumping together "I do not believe in a god" with "I don't know" and "I don't care" is insane. Especially, when they say "I believe in evolution" and lumping that in with not knowing/not caring.

Not believing in God or Genesis is not the same thing as not knowing or not caring. That quiz is redic.

Good point. Its kind of like "I dont know" doesnt count, where really its very important.

 

[MzChrista]

(and very friggin true in my case as I consider myself eclectic pagan...)




1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (85%)
3. Jainism (79%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (75%)
5. Hinduism (73%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (71%)
7. New Thought (62%)
8. Scientology (60%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (59%)
10. Sikhism (59%)
11. Reform Judaism (58%)
12. Liberal Quakers (57%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (51%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (47%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (40%)
16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (38%)
17. Islam (37%)
18. Taoism (36%)
19. Secular Humanism (34%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
21. Nontheist (18%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (18%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (10%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

Yeah, no surprises there.

 

[JazzManJim]

Good point. Its kind of like "I dont know" doesnt count, where really its very important.

"I don't know" puts you at least mostly in the Agnostic camp whereas "There is no God" puts you in the Atheist one.

 

[bisexplicit]

"I don't know" puts you at least mostly in the Agnostic camp whereas "There is no God" puts you in the Atheist one.

And, there is a world of difference between the two.

And I loathe the "I don't care" group more than most devout followers of any other religion. To me, caring is essential, in all aspects of life.

 

[Luna_Wolf72]

Yeah, no surprises there.

yeah but The UU and the Jainism percentages were surprising to me

 

[medjay]

Someone posted a test similar to this a couple of years ago. The questions were different but the results are pretty much the same.

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (93%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
4. Nontheist (78%)
5. Liberal Quakers (77%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. Taoism (63%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
10. New Age (45%)
11. Jainism (41%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
13. New Thought (40%)
14. Scientology (40%)
15. Hinduism (38%)
16. Reform Judaism (37%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (33%)
18. Sikhism (29%)
19. Bahá'í Faith (27%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (14%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
24. Islam (14%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
26. Roman Catholic (14%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (7%)

 

[JazzManJim]

And, there is a world of difference between the two.

And I loathe the "I don't care" group more than most devout followers of any other religion. To me, caring is essential, in all aspects of life.

But not necessarily for the purposes of this quiz. The only way the difference would matter is if the person who made the quiz considered either or both of them a religion.

Then again, many shamanistic beliefs hold that there is no God (or that there may or may not be a God) but that certain aspects of nature, or ancestor spirits, should be revered in a similar fashion as Gods. Having those options grouped together would help capture those sorts of folks, right?

 

[Wrong Element]

Well I dont mean to disrepect them, especially since it looks like I might be one. hahaha

But I am having trouble figuring how a religion that doesnt have faith or worship works.

They've evolved in that direction. 100 years Unitarians and Universalists (they were separate churches then) were pretty much just ordinary Protestant denominations, albeit ones with some unorthodox opinions. They've gradually liberalized to the point where they don't really adhere to the central tenets of Christianity any more.