Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Re: Quizzy
Well, it's close. I guess it's my Southern Chinese upbringing shining through :-p Buddhism is pretty popular there. What I find interesting is the 50/50 split between Christianity and Satanism. . . .
BTW: The full output the site puts out royally messes up the blog layout. Please edit before posting!
You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already.
In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one's spiritual worth is not based on birth.
Buddhism = 88%
agnosticism = 83%
Islam = 63%
Paganism = 58%
Satanism = 50%
Christianity = 50%
atheism = 50%
Hinduism = 38%
Judaism = 38%
By Ming -
12:06 p.m. |
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (91%)
3. Secular Humanism (86%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
5. Neo-Pagan (65%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
7. Reform Judaism (57%)
8. Nontheist (57%)
9. New Age (56%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
11. Taoism (52%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (49%)
13. Bahá'í Faith (49%)
14. New Thought (47%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
16. Sikhism (41%)
17. Jainism (39%)
18. Scientology (39%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (29%)
21. Hinduism (26%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (23%)
23. Islam (22%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (22%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)
My score on this test got me 'Agnostic' first and 'Islam' second. Odd indeed.
You scored as Islam.
Your beliefs are most similar to those of Islam. Do more research on Islam and possibly consider taking the shahadah and officially becoming a Muslim, if you aren't already. Despite the actions of some - who go against the teachings of Islam - Islam is a religion of peace; the word "islam" means "peace through submission to God." "Muslim" means "one who submits to God." Islam is the third of the three Abrahamic faiths, and it shares much with Judaism in Christianity; its differences are the acceptance of Muhammad as the last and final prophet, and the oneness of God - in other words, that Jesus, though he was a revered prophet, was not in fact God, and only one God exists. Apparently the Taliban could not read (though their name means "students"), because the Qur'an states that men and women are equal as believers, and that all believers should be educated and seek knowledge. Modesty in dress and behavior is required in Islam for both men and women to preserve the values of society and move the emphasis from superificial appearance to intelligence, knowledge, and God.
