Are you REALLY a Taoist?

[Stigweard]

No surprises here Nice quiz...

 

1. New Age (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)

3. Neo-Pagan (91%)

4. Liberal Quakers (84%)

5. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)

6. Taoism (81%)

7. New Thought (81%)

8. Scientology (78%)

9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (78%)

10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)

 

http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Qui...liefOMatic.aspx

[Birch]

Good one Stig.

 

I tried it again (last time was a few months ago)

 

Got:

 

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)

2. Neo-Pagan (99%)

3. Unitarian Universalism (98%)

4. New Age (90%)

5. Liberal Quakers (90%)

6. Theravada Buddhism (86%)

7. Taoism (84%)

8. Hinduism (74%)

9. Jainism (73%)

10. Scientology (71%)

11. Sikhism (70%)

12. Secular Humanism (68%)

13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)

14. New Thought (66%)

15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)

16. Reform Judaism (62%)

17. Orthodox Quaker (58%)

18. Baha'i Faith (55%)

19. Nontheist (41%)

20. Orthodox Judaism (40%)

21. Islam (38%)

22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)

23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)

24. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)

25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)

26. Roman Catholic (18%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (14%)

 

Always fun;-) Very cultural.

[Zhuo Ming-Dao]

Nice quiz, but the thread should be, "Are you a REALLY a Philosophical Taoist?"

 

From the description of what a Taoist is for the sake of the quiz:

The main texts of Taoism are the "Tao-te Ching" (The Book of the Way and Its Power) by Lao Tzu and "Inner Chapters" by Chuang Tzu. What follows focuses on the so-called Philosophical-Spiritual Taoism. An indigenous tradition that incorporates more divination and alchemy also exists.

 

In fact, I think they also missed the boat on the Te part of Taoism as well, but oh well. It tried.

[Aetherous]

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (99%)

3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)

4. Nontheist (87%)

5. Liberal Quakers (84%)

6. Neo-Pagan (68%)

7. Orthodox Quaker (67%)

8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (66%)

9. Baha'i Faith (60%)

10. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)

11. Taoism (57%)

...

 

Every question was low priority to me, and most was the 'I don't know' option.

[Mal]

After crashing continually with chrome, and then several times on question 4 with firefox I've decided I don't care

[Stigweard]

Nice quiz, but the thread should be, "Are you a REALLY a Philosophical Taoist?"

 

From the description of what a Taoist is for the sake of the quiz:

In fact, I think they also missed the boat on the Te part of Taoism as well, but oh well. It tried.

Was wondering about that myself

 

After crashing continually with chrome, and then several times on question 4 with firefox I've decided I don't care

So that makes you:

 

1. Agnostic Ambivalent (100%)

 

[Vajrahridaya]

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)

 

LOL!

 

Eh...

[dwai]

I only posted the top 10.

 

1. Hinduism (100%)

2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)

3. New Age (85%)

4. Neo-Pagan (83%)

5. Theravada Buddhism (82%)

6. Unitarian Universalism (77%)

7. Scientology (70%)

8. Taoism (70%)

9. New Thought (68%)

10. Jainism (65%)

 

I guess that proves that Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism are almost the same...

 

DISCLAIMER: (not meaning to start another brawl here)

[Mal]

So that makes you:

1. Agnostic Ambivalent (100%)

 

ROFLMAO

[thelerner]

Huh, rub dirt on my belly and howl at the moon, looks like I'm a neo pagan

I don't mind the Unitarian Universalism. Quakers are also very cool. New Age! I thought I was too intellectual for that me me me, easy answer group. Secular Humanism, true. reformed Judiasm, yes. Scientology-now its getting insulting.

 

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

3. Liberal Quakers (94%)

4. New Age (87%)

5. Secular Humanism (86%)

6. Reform Judaism (84%)

7. Scientology (82%)

8. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)

9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)

10. Taoism (80%)

11. New Thought (79%)

12. Sikhism (74%)

13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (73%)

14. Theravada Buddhism (71%)

15. Baha'i Faith (70%)

 

 

[Eric23]

Huh, rub dirt on my belly and howl at the moon, looks like I'm a neo pagan

 

Me too Same as the last time I took the quiz.

[nac]

I guess that proves that Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism are almost the same...

 

DISCLAIMER: (not meaning to start another brawl here)

And Taoism is the same as Scientology?

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Secular Humanism (96%)

3. Theravada Buddhism (81%)

4. Neo-Pagan (81%)

5. Liberal Quakers (80%)

6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)

7. Mahayana Buddhism (66%)

8. Nontheist (63%)

9. New Age (60%)

10. Taoism (57%)

Oh dear. Why Neo-Pagan?

Edited August 4, 2009 by nac

[Pietro]

1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (95%)

3. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)

4. Liberal Quakers (72%)

5. Neo-Pagan (69%)

6. New Age (69%)

7. Taoism (68%)

8. Secular Humanism (61%)

9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)

10. Hinduism (55%)

11. Jainism (55%)

12. New Thought (52%)

13. Nontheist (50%)

14. Orthodox Quaker (46%)

15. Scientology (43%)

16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)

17. Sikhism (41%)

18. Reform Judaism (34%)

19. Baha'i Faith (33%)

20. Orthodox Judaism (19%)

21. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)

22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (15%)

23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (13%)

24. Islam (7%)

25. Jehovah's Witness (3%)

26. Eastern Orthodox (2%)

27. Roman Catholic (2%)

 

 

I like how low am I on Roman Catholic. Thinking I was educated there tells us something about our educational system.

I am not sure what Unitarian Universalism, is.

 

Also some questions are very superficial.

Look at this:

Q11. Doing good works (deeds) and acting compassionately is:

Necessary.

Not necessary.

Not Applicable.

 

 

What about,

a natural outcome of a more refined internal state

 

I suspect I should click under "Not necessary".

 

But, Yeah, also their view about taoism was very superficial. I wonder if we, as a community, could do better.

FIrst of all we could start to list all the type of taoism we know of. And we know many. And then we could make a quiz to see what kind of taoist is the responder.

 

We could make it on Hunch.com.

 

I think it would be a great project, that would clarify a lot to us as a community. And the result would then be something that everybody can use.

 

What do you think of that?

Edited August 4, 2009 by Pietro

[宁]

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)

2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)

3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)

4. Neo-Pagan (78%)

5. Baha'i Faith (71%)

6. New Age (65%)

7. Reform Judaism (62%)

8. Secular Humanism (57%)

9. Taoism (54%)

10. Nontheist (51%)

11. Theravada Buddhism (51%)

12. Sikhism (50%)

13. Mahayana Buddhism (46%)

14. Orthodox Judaism (45%)

15. Orthodox Quaker (45%)

16. Seventh Day Adventist (40%)

17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)

18. New Thought (37%)

19. Scientology (35%)

20. Eastern Orthodox (32%)

21. Islam (32%)

22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)

23. Roman Catholic (32%)

24. Hinduism (28%)

25. Jainism (28%)

26. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

 

 

 

WTF！

[Stigweard]

But, Yeah, also their view about taoism was very superficial. I wonder if we, as a community, could do better.

FIrst of all we could start to list all the type of taoism we know of. And we know many. And then we could make a quiz to see what kind of taoist is the responder.

 

We could make it on Hunch.com.

 

I think it would be a great project, that would clarify a lot to us as a community. And the result would then be something that everybody can use.

 

What do you think of that?

Sounds like a great project

 

Here's basic list of schools

 

* Tianshi Dao 天師道 (Way of the Celestial Masters)

* Shangqing School 上清 (Supreme Clarity)

* Lingbao School 靈寶派 (Numinous Treasure)

* Quanzhen School 全眞 (Complete Reality)

* Longmen 龍門 (Dragon Gate)

* Huashan 華山 (Mount Hua)

* Wudang 武當 (Mount Wudang)

* Zhengyi 正一 (Orthodox Unity)

* Popular Western Taoism

 

We would have to profile the basic beliefs for each ... big project but it could be fun ... some good learning involved on the way.

[Pietro]

Sounds like a great project

 

Here's basic list of schools

 

* Tianshi Dao 天師道 (Way of the Celestial Masters)

* Shangqing School 上清 (Supreme Clarity)

* Lingbao School 靈寶派 (Numinous Treasure)

* Quanzhen School 全眞 (Complete Reality)

* Longmen 龍門 (Dragon Gate)

* Huashan 華山 (Mount Hua)

* Wudang 武當 (Mount Wudang)

* Zhengyi 正一 (Orthodox Unity)

* Popular Western Taoism

 

We would have to profile the basic beliefs for each ... big project but it could be fun ... some good learning involved on the way.

 

I wonder how we could integrate it with your new project. Maybe we could use some wiki pages to put the info together. What we really need is *gasp* a table. With on the colums the schools, and on the rows the charatteristics.

 

It could also have some practical applications, like pointing to people to the right teacher for them.

 

 

I would also add

* Water School of Taoism (this comes in two versions, Lao Tzu and Chauang Tzu).

* Alchemical Taoism (a la Mantak Chia) (but maybe this is one of the ones above, eventually we should find out)

* New Age Taoism (just read the TTC, and u r a taoist bro') (is that Popular Western Taoism).

* The Guy that makes all the Fu,

* Falun Gong (yes we need to put them too)

* Chan

* Zen

the various religious taoism, like the ones that believe that Lao Tzu was a deity.

 

 

Yes, done well is a major project. But we will learn a lot in the process. We could even set up a few questions in a nice format, and send them to some academic explaining what we are doing. If we do it with 3 academics, and 2 agree on the answer, we can use that answer.

 

BTW, I am really looking forward of you setting up a wiki. You know, long time ago I tried a lot to have a wiki here. I set up two wiki in different times, but they never flew, and I was not interested to put the time in it. Maybe the community is mature for this now.

[phore]

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. New Age (97%)

3. Mahayana Buddhism (88%)

4. Unitarian Universalism (88%)

5. Hinduism (84%)

6. New Thought (80%)

7. Liberal Quakers (74%)

8. Scientology (73%)

9. Jainism (68%)

10. Sikhism (68%)

11. Theravada Buddhism (66%)

12. Reform Judaism (63%)

13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (60%)

14. Taoism (60%)

15. Baha'i Faith (53%)

16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)

17. Orthodox Quaker (45%)

18. Orthodox Judaism (41%)

19. Secular Humanism (38%)

20. Islam (34%)

21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)

22. Nontheist (25%)

23. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)

24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)

25. Jehovah's Witness (20%)

26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)

27. Roman Catholic (9%)

[Vajrahridaya]

I only posted the top 10.

I guess that proves that Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism are almost the same...

 

DISCLAIMER: (not meaning to start another brawl here)

 

LOL! No, they are quite close, the differences are extremely subtle. ;-)

[Budala]

The thread was old and I am new around here. Anyway I did the quiz expecting nothing close to reality but having been practicing Zen for a long time, finding Mahayana Buddhism on top was quite surprising. Defining myself a Muslim and finding Islam at the bottom-line reminds me how Islam is taken by an orthodox approach both by belivers in this faith and non-believers. And Taoism is %71. Not bad for a philosophical Taoist like me who owes a lot to Tao Te Ching and Chunag Tzu for his insights of life but hasn't done much other than reading.

 

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)

2. Neo-Pagan (97%)

3. New Age (92%)

4. Liberal Quakers (90%)

5. Unitarian Universalism (89%)

6. Theravada Buddhism (83%)

7. Taoism (71%)

8. New Thought (68%)

9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (67%)

10. Reform Judaism (62%)

11. Orthodox Quaker (60%)

12. Baha'i Faith (57%)

13. Scientology (56%)

14. Hinduism (54%)

15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)

16. Secular Humanism (49%)

17. Sikhism (49%)

18. Jainism (42%)

19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)

20. Orthodox Judaism (37%)

21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)

22. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)

23. Eastern Orthodox (31%)

24. Roman Catholic (31%)

25. Nontheist (29%)

26. Islam (24%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (21%)

Edited September 14, 2009 by Budala

[hyok]

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)

2. Liberal Quakers (85%)

3. Theravada Buddhism (85%)

4. Unitarian Universalism (85%)

5. Neo-Pagan (82%)

6. New Age (80%)

7. Hinduism (80%)

8. Jainism (80%)

9. Taoism (78%)

10. Orthodox Quaker (78%)

 

 

Those Liberal Quakers are something else. I think I can almost learn to love them.

 

Wait a minute... Just a moment... I see something... it's the future.... Liberal Quaker/Neo-Taoist movement leading towards the dawning of the Age of Aquarius... when the mooooooon is in the Seventh House!!!

[innerspace_cadet]

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)

2. Hinduism (97%)

3. Neo-Pagan (89%)

4. Jainism (83%)

5. New Age (80%)

6. Sikhism (79%)

7. Theravada Buddhism (79%)

8. Unitarian Universalism (75%)

9. Liberal Quakers (70%)

10. New Thought (58%)

11. Taoism (58%)

12. Scientology (55%)

13. Baha'i Faith (54%)

14. Reform Judaism (50%)

15. Orthodox Judaism (48%)

16. Orthodox Quaker (42%)

17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (42%)

18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (38%)

19. Islam (37%)

20. Secular Humanism (35%)

21. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)

22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (25%)

23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)

24. Eastern Orthodox (19%)

25. Roman Catholic (19%)

26. Nontheist (18%)

27. Jehovah's Witness (16%)

 

I've taken this quiz so many times, and at no time has the same religion gotten 100% twice (perhaps with the exception of Taoism). This is because my beliefs change all the time. Today it looks like I'm a Mahayana Buddhist, with Hinduism a close second. I guess I'm too much of a moving target to be pinned down.

[ryansmith]

Looks Like I could be a Scientologist : )

 

1. New Thought (100%)

2. New Age (99%)

3. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)

4. Scientology (97%)

5. Unitarian Universalism (96%)

6. Neo-Pagan (95%)

7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (85%)

8. Taoism (85%)

9. Theravada Buddhism (83%)

10. Liberal Quakers (82%)

11. Hinduism (79%)

12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)

13. Secular Humanism (65%)

14. Jainism (64%)

15. Sikhism (61%)

16. Reform Judaism (58%)

17. Orthodox Quaker (52%)

18. Baha'i Faith (42%)

19. Nontheist (31%)

20. Orthodox Judaism (30%)

21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%)

22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)

23. Islam (20%)

24. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)

25. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

26. Eastern Orthodox (10%)

27. Roman Catholic (10%)

[Vajrasattva]

hahahaha

 

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. New Age (100%)

3. Hinduism (99%)

4. Unitarian Universalism (95%)

5. New Thought (84%)

6. Scientology (83%)

7. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)

8. Liberal Quakers (80%)

9. Reform Judaism (80%)

10. Baha'i Faith (79%)

11. Jainism (77%)

12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)

13. Sikhism (68%)

14. Orthodox Judaism (66%)

15. Theravada Buddhism (58%)

16. Islam (55%)

17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (55%)

18. Orthodox Quaker (45%)

19. Taoism (43%)

20. Secular Humanism (41%)

21. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)

22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)

23. Jehovah's Witness (26%)

24. Eastern Orthodox (21%)

25. Roman Catholic (21%)

26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)

27. Nontheist (14%)

[Way]

1. Hinduism (100%)

2. Neo-Pagan (96%)

3. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)

4. New Age (82%)

5. Unitarian Universalism (82%)

6. New Thought (78%)

7. Scientology (74%)

8. Taoism (74%)

9. Liberal Quakers (71%)

10. Jainism (67%)

 

Well, I never thought of myself as a Hindu! I probably would have expected Mahayana Buddhism to come before Hinduism. But, Jehovah's Witness (5%) is cool. "Watchtower" anyone?

 

[Apech]

I'm 61% Taoist ... well I suppose that's better than 0%! 96% New age? ... ooops - 9% Catholic - I feel very slightly guilty and I'm half Jewish ... wow!

 

 

 

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. New Age (96%)

3. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)

4. Unitarian Universalism (86%)

5. Liberal Quakers (82%)

6. New Thought (82%)

7. Hinduism (81%)

8. Scientology (79%)

9. Reform Judaism (73%)

10. Jainism (70%)

11. Sikhism (66%)

12. Theravada Buddhism (64%)

13. Taoism (61%)

14. Baha'i Faith (60%)

15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (58%)

16. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (54%)

17. Secular Humanism (51%)

18. Orthodox Judaism (50%)

19. Orthodox Quaker (49%)

20. Islam (41%)

21. Nontheist (27%)

22. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)

23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (19%)

24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (17%)

25. Jehovah's Witness (11%)

26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)

27. Roman Catholic (9%)