Belief-o-matic, and also on the casting of lots
I'm sure I've done this before, but, Belief-O-Matic.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
6. Neo-Pagan (73%)
7. New Age (67%)
8. Nontheist (64%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
10. Taoism (55%)
11. Baha'i Faith (53%)
12. Reform Judaism (51%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
15. New Thought (42%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
17. Scientology (38%)
18. Jainism (36%)
19. Sikhism (34%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
23. Islam (19%)
24. Hinduism (18%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
27. Roman Catholic (12%)
I find something weird with that quiz. The answers are really biased toward either Christian, Buddhist, or atheist as far as I can see. None of the answers fit me too well. Eh.
Speaking of religion, I observed something interesting a week or two ago when I got my heathen hands on a copy of the New Testament.
From the Books of Acts (1:23--1:26):
So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. Then they prayed, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs." Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
From the Wikipedia article 'divination': Sortilege. This consists of the casting of lots whether with sticks, stones, bones, beans, or some other item. Modern playing cards and board games developed from this type of divination.
These few verses from Acts tell me a lot. Casting lots is a form of divination, basically of determining the will of the supernatural through mundane objects. And this is what the Christian holy books tells us the apostles did in order to replace Judas.
This would be laughed out of a Christian circle today. If some of the deans or deacons or whatnot from your church of choice got together and one of them said, "Since we have two qualified and godly candidates for the new minister, let's have them draw straws as a way of determining God's will in the matter," the suggestion would be scorned.
To me, this short passage alone suggests that Christianity today is quite a different thing than what it started out as. Bloody divination. That there's pagan shit. I wonder how a preacher would explain that one off if I asked him.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (86%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (82%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
6. Neo-Pagan (73%)
7. New Age (67%)
8. Nontheist (64%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
10. Taoism (55%)
11. Baha'i Faith (53%)
12. Reform Judaism (51%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
15. New Thought (42%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (38%)
17. Scientology (38%)
18. Jainism (36%)
19. Sikhism (34%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (26%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (21%)
23. Islam (19%)
24. Hinduism (18%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
27. Roman Catholic (12%)
I find something weird with that quiz. The answers are really biased toward either Christian, Buddhist, or atheist as far as I can see. None of the answers fit me too well. Eh.
Speaking of religion, I observed something interesting a week or two ago when I got my heathen hands on a copy of the New Testament.
From the Books of Acts (1:23--1:26):
So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. Then they prayed, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs." Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
From the Wikipedia article 'divination': Sortilege. This consists of the casting of lots whether with sticks, stones, bones, beans, or some other item. Modern playing cards and board games developed from this type of divination.
These few verses from Acts tell me a lot. Casting lots is a form of divination, basically of determining the will of the supernatural through mundane objects. And this is what the Christian holy books tells us the apostles did in order to replace Judas.
This would be laughed out of a Christian circle today. If some of the deans or deacons or whatnot from your church of choice got together and one of them said, "Since we have two qualified and godly candidates for the new minister, let's have them draw straws as a way of determining God's will in the matter," the suggestion would be scorned.
To me, this short passage alone suggests that Christianity today is quite a different thing than what it started out as. Bloody divination. That there's pagan shit. I wonder how a preacher would explain that one off if I asked him.