Quiz re: faith

[pegkerr]

Gacked from jeanineers:

You fit in with: Spiritualism Your ideals are mostly spiritual, but in an individualistic way. While spirituality is very important in your life, organized religion itself may not be for you. It is best for you to seek these things on your own terms. 80% spiritual. 40% reason-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Weird. I'm not at all sure about the results. I thought that it was rather Procrustean, trying to force either 'yes' or 'no' answers and they certainly have a different understanding of Christianity than I do--but the way they map the various faiths is interesting and worth discussion.

Edited to add: And here is just one obvious "duh" about the underlying assumptions which shows how poorly this quiz is designed.

Does the designer really think that none of these religions could possibly overlap???

Comments

[king-tirian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there were more than one question where I was looking for the hidden third button. "Do you believe that your own redemption lies in your own hands or those of a superior power?" indeed. Yikes, I believe that the superior power created a system in which redemption is mine to accept or reject, so which one of us deserves credit for my salvation? (I picked God, of course; my momma didn't raise no dummies.)

The map does seem odd to me too. As to your question, I should think that Islam should be lumped in with Judaism/Christianity. (Indeed, I think that we should phase out the word "Judeo-Christian" and replace it with "Abrahamic", but we'll save that for another day.) I fell under Taoism myself, which is well-observed. I don't practice it at all, but you might say that if Christianity is the steak that I eat then Taoism is the marinade that it was soaked in. But combining philosophies (i.e. Fundimentalism) with religions (i.e. Scientology) is rather a mishmash.