Beliefnet, as far as I gather, is a site that tries to serve everyone who posesses beliefs.  You may be amused by two of their quizzes: What’s your spiritual type? and the pretty cool Belief-o-matic.

Curious about mine?  The Belief-o-matic determined that, with 100% confidence, I am a Secular Humanist.  Its confidence that I am a Mainline or Liberal Protestant Christian (M-LCP) is 78%, 67% that I am Neo-Pagan, 27% that I am a Scientologist, and 18% each for Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Orthodox Judaism, and Roman Catholicism.  I am actually judged more likely to be a Unitarian Universalist, Liberal Quaker, or M-LCP than a “Nontheist” (73%.)  This is because, under Beliefnet’s definition, “Atheists’ beliefs are similar to those of the Secular Humanists but do not necessarily include the emphasis on humanity’s ability to improve the human condition.”   Perhaps “Pessimistic Atheist” would be a better term.

I re-tried the test, trying to answer as I thought my father, a fairly liberal Lutheran (M-LCP) minister, might.  The Belief-o-matic reported 100% confidence in these responses corresponding to a M-LCP.  The confidence that these beliefs represent a Secular Humanist is 31%.

The Spiritual type quiz is perhaps more entertaining.  One is scored on a scale from 0 to 100, with 40-49 being an “Active Spiritual Seeker” and 90-100 being “Candidate for Clergy.”  The category called “Hardcore Skeptic, but interested or you wouldn’t be here” is the lowest category that has a name.  This covers 25-29.  I scored 15.

If you (the reader) have a few minutes, please visit to the quizzes, using the links above, and report your results in the new QuickTopic forum I set up.

Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:19:23 +0000
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