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"Even if YOU don't know what faith you are, Belief-O-Matic knows. Answer 20 questions about your concept of God, the afterlife, human nature, and more, and Belief-O-Matic will tell you what religion (if any) you practice...or ought to consider practicing." Note this is on a "spiritual" site, so there could well be bias in the results (note the bit about what you "ought to consider practicing"), but I trust in your intelligence to see through that, if it's there. I went through and answered the 20 questions as I thought an atheist might. The result showed how closely my answers were like those of 27 faiths. The top 10 shown: "1. Unitarian Universalism (100%), 2. Secular Humanism (97%), 3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%), 4. Liberal Quakers (85%), 5. Theravada Buddhism (82%), 6. Nontheist (82%), 7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (71%), 8. Neo-Pagan (67%), 9. Baha'i Faith (65%), 10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)". I tried hard to act atheist and "nontheist" came up sixth, with only 82% agreement to my answers, well behind (at 91%) mainline protestant? As with anything to do with faith, your mileage my vary, but it should be thought-provoking. From This is True for 28 August 2006 Suggestions for further reading:
 by Richard Dawkins Amazon Price: $10.37 Customer Review: . The evolution theory disproves itself making it junk science. If a cell evolved out of mud, primordial ooze, or whatever -- what is the driving force for it to want to reproduce? and what is the force driving it to want to evolve...  by Stephen Batchelor Amazon Price: $17.16 Customer Review: I actually finished this book a week ago, and at the time was unsure how I was going to rate it. Batchelor's conclusions re: Buddhism are very different from my own. I enjoy the magic, the mystic, expressions present in some lineages of Tibetan and Z...  by Christopher Hitchens Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: Reading this makes you think that religion is a an abomination of God at times, but then at other times it suggests that even these manifestations are natural considering our mammalian existence. It makes judgments on gurus having faith ...  by Darrel W. Ray Amazon Price: $10.85 Customer Review: I have often thought about how religions have built-in features that promote their own propagation. The metaphor is deep. In fact, it's not just a metaphor at all. If a virus is something that evolves by mutating and multiplying within a population...  by Christopher Hitchens Amazon Price: $11.01 Customer Review: Let me begin by stating that I am not an atheist. However, this is a great anthology on matters of faith (or lack thereof) by some of the best historical nonbelievers. I'd advise anyone reading it to jump straight into the sections on Hume. Hume i... Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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