Religion Quiz.

[candika]

Pinched from gen50 and it came from: http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx

I have no argument except with the 65% Scientology. WTF?

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Neo-Pagan (98%) 3. Liberal Quakers (95%) 4. Secular Humanism

Comments

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[candika]

RPing sounds great and I'll be happy to beta for you.

You weren't annoying, you had work to do.

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[candika]

When would you like to start? You're in Melbourne, aren't you? I'm in Canberra so we're in the same timezone. How about Monday, if you feel like it?

We should do a bit of emailing and see how we want to play our characters. I've been playing Sanzo a bit less snarky, like in Insult to Injury.

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[candika]

My email isn't working at the moment. It would be much easier if I set up a post only you can see and we can talk here.

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[candika]

I'm really confused. Where did they put you? Who is 'we'? It looks like they put you in a very conservative group and you aren't happy there.

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[candika]

That's the problem with this kind of quiz, it makes broad generalisations about people, many of which obviously aren't going to work because nobody fits a category 100%. I think they tried to get over that by giving a list of other influences to account for reasons why individuals may not fit. I'm absolutely certain that there are lots of liberal Mormons who don't fit the stereotype but unfortunately, all a lot of folks (Especially non-Americans) know about them is what they've picked up from Big Love *rolls eyes* and let's face it, that's hardly a reliable source

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[anonymous]

Mmm, Big love. Blech. That bears about as much resemblance to a real lds family as John Howard does to a communist (but not a leninist/stalinist).

But yeah, stereotypes are surprisingly hard to get rid of.

What does a neo-paganist believe anyway?
I thought most of the info had been destroyed over time and so very little information remains except anti-pagan propaganda, e.g. Suetonius 'Druids burn people in cages! Beware!' etc.

Re: It's not that hard to get their facts right, so why do so many people get it wrong?

[candika]

Exactly. There is no real resemblance but that's what people see and on some level at least assume that it's accurate. Which is really dumb because TV is about making money and selling shows, not doing ethnography!

Neo-pagans...it depends who you ask. We aren't in any way monolithic and there are no creeds or statements of faith. I tend to view it as a kind of applied comparative religion, because I came into it from anthropology degree, so I view it as myth, psychology and symbol, without a supernatural element but with a hefty dose of environmentalism. Many take it far more literally, though and try to reconstruct ancient religious beliefs and rituals, to others it's a kind of game, others treat it in a more 'new-age' way and others still look for patterns between cultures and try and draw parallels. Wicca is a part of it but not all Pagans are Wicca. There are hundreds of sub-groups within paganism...it tends to be a 'catch-all' for a lot of modern religious beliefs.