Religious typology quiz

[lewisnotmiller]

Solidly secular.
I'm not sure how it knew I've put on a little weight lately, but that was impressive.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Most Relaxed Religious Americans say they believe in the God of the Bible, {nope}

"Most" isn't "all."

and four-in-ten pray daily. {nope}

So then you're in line with most of your group.

 

[sealchan]

I'm "spiritually awake". What are you?

Quiz: What is your religious typology?

Relaxed Religious

I do feel relaxed! lol

 

[Revoltingest]

Not if you remember to wear your tinfoil hat.

It must also be grounded.

 

[Revoltingest]

You are not playing the game. First you take the (flawed) test. Then you report the result. Then you complain about the (flawed) test.

Is not what I posted equivalent to "solidly secular"?
The truly unlightened poster should know.

 

[Revoltingest]

Nothing like a little electro-shock therapy to clear your mind of those nasty thoughts.

And the heady aroma of fried bacon is nice too.

 

[GoodbyeDave]

It put me down as a "religious resister". In other words, some-one who opposes the Christian churches and rejects the Bible. It's entirely designed from a Christian viewpoint. I can see why Pew are taken seriously in the USA but not outside it.

 

[crossfire]

Most Relaxed Religious Americans say they believe in the God of the Bible, {nope}

"Most" isn't "all."

Zero percent of those categorized as Relaxed Religious answered the question in the way I did.

and four-in-ten pray daily. {nope}

So then you're in line with most of your group.

Five percent of those categorized as Relaxed Religious answered the question in the way I did.

 

[robocop (actually)]

I'm "spiritually awake". What are you?

Quiz: What is your religious typology?

I was surprised to get "Solidly Secular," especially since I participate in Church all the time.

 

[robocop (actually)]

I was surprised to get "Solidly Secular," especially since I participate in Church all the time.

Not only that, but everyone on this thread knows that I argue religious viewpoints all the time; yet solidly secular.

 

[Quintessence]

In case folks are interested, I got shunted into the Religious Resisters category. Which, insofar as contemporary Paganism is a countercultural religious movement on the whole, makes at least a small sliver of sense. But the paragraph doesn't describe me well at all:

• "Religion Resisters largely do believe in some higher power or spiritual force (but not the God of the Bible)" - this is essentially right albeit imprecise
• "...and many have some New Age beliefs and consider themselves spiritual but not religious." - traditional/indigenous Pagan practices are not "New Age" and I hate the word "spiritual"
• "At the same time, members of this group express strongly negative views of organized religion..." - I don't have negative views of organized religions, much less "strongly negative" ones
• "...saying that churches have too much influence in politics and that, overall, religion does more harm than good." - I literally selected the opposite of "religion does more harm than good" in the survey and don't hold simple views on the intersect of religions and politics
• "Religion Resisters are generally liberal and Democratic in their political views." - this is essentially right

It's supposed to sort me into a like-minded, cohesive group. It failed.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

It's supposed to sort me into a like-minded, cohesive group. It failed.

That's because, I would suggest, the design of the study started with the assumption that there are 8 or 9 "like-minded, cohesive" groups that people can be sorted into, based on the questions asked and the choices provided. I rather suspect that they didn't do the necessary statistical tests (factor analysis) to see whether their model holds up in the face of actual data--a typical problem in the social sciences and survey research.

Like you, I found those same questions relatively meaningless, as we're not allowed "does not apply" or "unsure" or "something else" as an option.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Just redid the survey, tried to answer the way I thought I did before...

I'm now spiritually awake, rather than a religious resistor...

 

[tayla]

I'm "spiritually awake". What are you?

Quiz: What is your religious typology?

I am "Relaxed Religious", along with 17% of the public. But I think many of the questions assumed words mean things that I don't think they mean, so this designation is useless. That's the problem with multiple choice and polls: garbage in (the questions), garbage out (the interpretation of the answers).