this quiz is courtesy of belief net, a site that i tend to find interesting on the rare occasions i check in on a site i don’t really maintain a presence on, and it’s pretty straightforward: answer 20 questions and it’ll figure out a religious/philosophical affiliation for you.
i suspect i’ve posted this before but what the heck, it’s been a while and i figure it could be fun. :>
as usual, my answers later…
ed
silverwhisper posted on Jul 09, 2008
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fearing said on Jul 09, 2008....
I took it but it was waaaaaaaaayyyyy off. Couldn't have been farther off as a matter of fact. ;-)
Interesting site Ed. It will be even more interesting to see what your results say. I haven't forgotten you on that debate thing btw. It's in the works.
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evil_twin said on Jul 09, 2008....
It was pretty accurate for me. It gave me a result of 100% on neo-Pagan. I suppose that fits close enough.
-evil_twin LA
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pickersplock said on Jul 09, 2008....
I gotReform JewUnitarian UniversalistNeo PaganProtestantIn that order, and I am a non practising Methodist, but I'm not surprised by my results. -
uniquely-ironic said on Jul 09, 2008....
My 100% match was Unitarian Universalism. I also had over 90% with Mahayana Buddhism (whatever that is) and Liberal Quakers (which I had no idea existed).
Nice blog, it gives me pause for thought and some more researching to do.
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starchini said on Jul 09, 2008....
lol, well it looks like my church successfully brainwashed me as a child bc it says im 100% Roman Catholic...and I am. : P -
fearing said on Jul 09, 2008....
That's funny Starchini. -
Mamie said on Jul 09, 2008....
this was my result...I am catholic...however I do live on the mainline of Philly. Does that count??:))good to see you! Mamie -
wombat said on Jul 09, 2008....
1. Reform Judaism (100%) 2. Orthodox Judaism (92%) 3. Islam (87%) 4. Sikhism (87%) 5. Bahá'í Faith (86%) 6. Liberal Quakers (84%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%) 8. Unitarian Universalism (76%) 9. Orthodox Quaker (74%) 10. Jainism (71%)My top ten....Interesting post--the questions made me think! -
wombat said on Jul 09, 2008....
I forgot to say what religion I was....mostly a religious person in my own head, but I do have something in common with you pickersplock! -
the_infernal_optimist said on Jul 09, 2008....
100% Neo-Pagan, with Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism not too far behind.
~Infernal
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soaringraven said on Jul 09, 2008....
Orthodox Quaker here it says. I am not a religionist however. I essentially reject the concept of religion, favoring a personal faith without the hedonistic trappings of manmade religion.soaring -
Eilan said on Jul 09, 2008....
My top 10:
1. Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Nontheist (96%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (96%) 4. Theravada Buddhism (81%) 5. Liberal Quakers (71%) 6. Neo-Pagan (64%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%) 8. Reform Judaism (50%) 9. Taoism (48%) 10. New Thought (46%) -
everythingyouthink said on Jul 09, 2008....
This was a cool quiz. I've taken it before and my top 5 are usually the same, just in different orders.
Here's my top 5:
1)Unitarian Universalism
2)Liberal Quakers
3)Neo-Pagaon
4)Mahayana Buddhism
5)New Age
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Eilan said on Jul 09, 2008....
My husband took the quiz, too, just for fun. He disagrees with his #1:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (88%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (88%) 4. Neo-Pagan (79%) 5. Secular Humanism (78%) 6. Reform Judaism (72%) 7. Sikhism (72%) 8. New Age (70%) 9. Nontheist (69%) 10. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
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Lucytorial said on Jul 09, 2008....
Interesting quiz, I found some of the questions a little... hmm barbed! however here are my resultswhich I find even more interesting.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Neo-Pagan (95%) 3. Liberal Quakers (92%) 4. New Age (91%) 5. Mahayana Buddhism (82%) 6. Secular Humanism (75%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%) 8. Taoism (70%) 9. New Thought (68%) 10. Scientology (67%) 11. Theravada Buddhism (65%) 12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%) 13. Reform Judaism (54%) 14. Hinduism (51%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (46%) 16. Nontheist (45%) 17. Bahá'í Faith (38%) 18. Jainism (36%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%) 20. Sikhism (29%) 21. Orthodox Judaism (26%) 22. Seventh Day Adventist (25%) 23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%) 24. Eastern Orthodox (18%) 25. Islam (18%) 26. Roman Catholic (18%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (13%)
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kelly said on Jul 09, 2008....
Secular Humanism (100%). But what I really want to know is how could I only match Nontheist at #4 (72%)? -
dailyachesandpains said on Jul 09, 2008....
I'm apparently Protestant, New Age and Quaker.Wait until I tell my MOTHER! OOOOH, she's going to be PISSED! LOL!Daily -
crybabylu said on Jul 09, 2008....
mine came out pretty much like wombat's did. thanks this was fun!
Protestant, Judaism, Bah'ai'.
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Zayda said on Jul 09, 2008....
Theravada Buddhism (100%)
Mahayana Buddhism (97%)
Neo-Pagan (97%)
New Age (93%)
Unitarian Universalism (92%)
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
Liberal Quakers (85%)
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D6fer said on Jul 10, 2008....
either I didn't understand the questions.....or I should be a Jew......I think a few questions needed some more options.
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silverwhisper said on Jul 10, 2008....
fearing: i'm awfully curious what your results were--most people i know who've taken it came in pretty accurate. ?
kyle: i'll confess, i'm not terribly surprised by that. :>
pickers: the neo pagan doesn't surprise me--but reform jew does! weird!
u-i: i kinda like that it gives links for the results, myself. and IMX, most quakers would be described as liberal. :> glad you enjoyed it. you can learn more about mahayana buddhism by following the link in your results. :>
starchini: yep, it's hard to get away from certain upbringings, i've always found!
mamie: i'll confess, you've never struck me as catholic in the time i've been reading you--weird! and yeah, i think it's definitely a philly thing! :D
wombat: i'm surprised you got reform & orthodox judaism so high on your list--i wouldn't have thought that possible!
infernal: allow me to observe that i'm not terribly surprised by that. :>
soaringraven: good to see you again! i hope you're doing better now?
eilan: allow me to express my utter lack of surprise at your results. :> i'll confess i'm quite curious about what mr. eilan's objections to his results are.
everythingyouthink: hi, welcome to my blog & thanks for visiting! may i call you eyt for short--it's a bit slow to type your full username? it looks, judging from the results i'm seeing, that you're in pretty good company. :>
tobi-lee: well, the quiz did allow you to weight certain questions as more important than others, which might help explain some of your results.
kelly: why, i'm shocked at your result! :D i'm curious what snuck in at positions 2 and 3, though--?
daily: bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
dee: yep, not surprised there, myself.
z: [nods] i can see those all making sense--although i'm a bit surprised at how closely those results are grouped, i'll confess. :>
d6: did you weight the questions in any particular way? that might explain surprising results, as i was saying to tobi-lee.
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silverwhisper said on Jul 10, 2008....
and now, my results:
1. secular humanism (100%)
2. unitarian universalism (96%)
3. liberal quakers (82%)
4. mainline to liberal christian protestants (76%)
5. neo-pagan (73%)
6. nontheist (72%)
7. new age (62%)
8. theravada buddhism (60%)
9. reform judaism (55%)
10. taoism (51%)
11. mahayana buddhism (46%)
12. scientology (46%)
13. new thought (43%)
14. orthodox quaker (39%)
15. sikhism (39%)
16. christian science (church of christ, scientist) (35%)
17. bahá'í faith (31%)
18. church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (mormons) (31%)
19. hinduism (23%)
20. mainline to conservative christian/protestant (23%)
21. eastern orthodox (20%)
22. islam (20%)
23. jainism (20%)
24. orthodox judaism (20%)
25. roman catholic (20%)
26. seventh day adventist (19%)
27. jehovah's witness (7%)
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pickersplock said on Jul 10, 2008....
Ed, it just goes to show you, when you boil it all down, we're really not all that different.When I took the quiz, I left all of the questions with a medium rating, because I really don't feel that one is more important than another.Maybe I should take it again and weigh the questions and see if the answer remains the same. I have a feeling it will. -
soaringraven said on Jul 10, 2008....
I re-read the quiz questions and in my opinion it was engineered to produce a particular sort of result. Many questions if not most had no choices truly respresenting my particular views therefore could not possibly end in a result that reflected my faith based views. As with most such polls, this was merely entertainment and has no scientific or statistical validity.soaring -
Zayda said on Jul 10, 2008....
Ed: If you think that's surprising, you should have seen my full slate of results. I had a full 20 that were above 50%. -
starchini said on Jul 10, 2008....
I cannot believe that i am the only CATHOLIC here!!! What the heck does that mean?
Does that mean im the only one going to heaven??? (hehe just joking!)
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RollingC said on Jul 10, 2008....
Marking for later.... -
vacantmind said on Jul 10, 2008....
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (98%) 3. Mahayana Buddhism (94%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)I would agree this is pretty close to my beliefs. -
Antimatter said on Jul 10, 2008....
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
3. Nontheist (75%)I'd say that's pretty accurate.
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skald said on Jul 10, 2008....
I don't get this at all. Here it is. Ed
document.write('<\/script>');
1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (87%) 3. New Age (86%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (82%) 5. Liberal Quakers (78%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (71%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (71%) 8. New Thought (71%) 9. Reform Judaism (67%) 10. Secular Humanism (67%) 11. Scientology (66%) 12. Jainism (58%) 13. Sikhism (58%) 14. Taoism (58%) 15. Hinduism (56%) 16. Orthodox Quaker (46%) 17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%) 18. Bahá'í Faith (39%) 19. Nontheist (39%) 20. Orthodox Judaism (37%) 21. Islam (27%) 22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (22%) 23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%) < -
fearing said on Jul 10, 2008....
Ed, Maybe it could have been a little further from the truth. :-) I would rather not say publicly what my results were as I would hate for my answers/opinions to be misconstrued. If I had to say why I thought the results were so far off - it would be because IMHO, I don't believe the person writing the quiz shares my belief so the choices were just a little off - like they had an overall understanding but no personal understanding. Then again, maybe it was my comprehension of the questions. Ranking the answers probably played a part in it too. -
pickersplock said on Jul 10, 2008....
Well, I took it again and this time liberal protestant was 98%, Reform Judaism still got first place though, Neo pagan was a little farther down the list, but somehow it still all made sense.Apples and oranges. -
Eilan said on Jul 10, 2008....
ed: My husband doesn't believe in any deity, let alone a Christian one. I can't think of how his responses might have differed from mine, unless it was on the abortion issue. -
Me-Myself&I said on Jul 10, 2008....
well here you go, my top 3 - this is me....
100% Jainism
96% Hinduism
85% Mahayana Buddhism
verrrrry interesting! Thanks.
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DaddysLittleSlut said on Jul 10, 2008....
No shocking results here...1.
Secular Humanism (100%) 2. Unitarian Universalism (93%) 3. Nontheist (77%) 4. Liberal Quakers (75%) 5. Neo-Pagan (68%) 6. Theravada Buddhism (68%) 7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%) 8. Reform Judaism (51%) 9. New Age (50%) 10. Taoism (49%) 11. Bahá'í Faith (38%) 12. Orthodox Quaker (38%) 13. Sikhism (38%) 14. Mahayana Buddhism (37%) 15. Scientology (37%) 16. New Thought (35%) 17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%) 18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (28%) 19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%) 20. Eastern Orthodox (23%) 21. Islam (23%) 22. Jainism (23%) 23. Orthodox Judaism (23%) 24. Roman Catholic (23%) 25. Seventh Day Adventist (16%) 26. Hinduism (12%) 27. Jehovah's Witness (6%) -
silverwhisper said on Jul 11, 2008....
pickers: that's an excellent point--there's far more that brings us together than drives us apart and it's easy to lose sight of that, isn't it? interesting re: your second set of results, though...
SR: a number of questions offered the N/A option, but i'm guessing not in enough places?
z: that's really quite fascinating. when you have the time (stop laughing!), i'd be curious to see what your full results page looks like. :>
starchini: actually, mamie is also catholic. as to heaven/hell, well...[trout-slap!] :D
rollingc: take your time, man. :>
vm: yeah, i can see those working. :>
antimatter: been a while, nice to see you again! and yeah, 'll confess i'm not surprised. :>
skald: you know, those all make some sense to me for you. :>
fearing: well, so long as secular humanist & nontheist weren't your highest ranked results...seriously, i'm a bit puzzled & quite intrigued, though. :>
eilan: well, that's certainly odd...but yes, i can easily see how abortion might skew the results.
mm&i: hi, good to see you! i have to say, i don't know much about your beliefs, so i'm curious what you think of those results. ?
DLS: i see your list is not unlike my own. :>
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fearing said on Jul 11, 2008....
It wasn't secular humanism or nontheist - not quite that far from my beliefs. My brother took it and he got "mainline to conservative christian/protestant - 100%". He's been sending me emails ever since that said he was shining his halo. ;-) I knew I should have waited to see what he got before I told him my results! Darnit! -
Me-Myself&I said on Jul 11, 2008....
well thank you. *smile* you know, i went and looked up Jainism. I've heard of it, it is a very old religion but didn't know the whole story. i went to the Wikipedia dictionary on the web and wow.... yup, that's me....all but the "vegetarian" part.
I believe all things have a soul. everyone answers for the good and bad they do. i am totally peace loving. each to their own spiritual path, because we are all on different levels. i feel we get "recycled" on Earth till we learn the Truth. so much more but this would turn into a novel. *smile*
thanks for asking. i see i am the only one who relates to Jainism. hmmmm?! you have a good day. yee haw it's friday!!!!!! rest and sleep is coming my way. *smile* take care ~see ya
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biglove said on Jul 11, 2008....
Very interesting...... Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%) 2. Orthodox Quaker (92%) 3. Liberal Quakers (82%) 4. Unitarian Universalism (82%) 5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (72%) 6. Neo-Pagan (69%) 7. Reform Judaism (68%) 8. New Age (66%) 9. Mahayana Buddhism (62%) 10. Seventh Day Adventist (62%) 11. Theravada Buddhism (61%) 12. Eastern Orthodox (57%) 13. Roman Catholic (57%) 14. Secular Humanism (53%) 15. New Thought (49%) 16. Hinduism (49%) 17. Orthodox Judaism (49%) 18. Jainism (47%) 19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (44%) 20. Sikhism (44%) 21. Bahá'í Faith (43%) 22. Scientology (42%) 23. Taoism (42%) 24. Islam (41%) 25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%) 26. Jehovah's Witness (34%) 27. Nontheist (30%) -
silverwhisper said on Jul 12, 2008....
fearing: well surely now you realize that as your brother, what you said didn't matter, he'd find a way to needle you endlessly regardless of the specifics?! :>
mm&i: ah, so you have an animistic take on spirituality, then--that's quite rare in today's world, at least IMX. and yeah, yesterday was pretty darned cool. :> hope your day today is even better!
biglove: how do you feel that jibes with your views?
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Zayda said on Jul 12, 2008....
Silver-- My full results:
1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)
3. Neo-Pagan (97%)
4. New Age (93%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
7. Liberal Quakers (85%)
8. Jainism (77%)
9. Orthodox Quaker (72%)
10. Taoism (70%)
11. Hinduism (67%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)
13. Scientology (65%)
14. New Thought (63%)
15. Reform Judaism (62%)
16. Secular Humanism (62%)
17. Bahá'í Faith (61%)
18. Sikhism (59%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (56%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (48%)
22. Nontheist (46%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (45%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (44%)
25. Islam (37%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
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biglove said on Jul 12, 2008....
I think it is close to what I believe. My faith is still evolving, so the more I learn, the more I understand about what I feel and believe. This was a cool little quiz, thanks Ed. -
silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2008....
z: now that's fascinating...i'm awfully curious now about some of your responses! :>
biglove: hey, my pleasure! :>
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wombat said on Jul 13, 2008....
I was surprised, too--but then I have always felt like if I had been reincarnated (if there were such a thing--don't really know or believe that) that I was a German woman from a past life. So, who knows? Ha. -
RollingC said on Jul 13, 2008....
Interesting..... here are my results:
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Eastern Orthodox (94%) 3. Roman Catholic (94%) 4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (82%) 5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%) 6. Seventh Day Adventist (72%) 7. Liberal Quakers (65%) 8. Sikhism (65%) 9. Orthodox Judaism (65%) 10. Hinduism (64%) 11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (63%) 12. Islam (59%) 13. Bahá'í Faith (56%) 14. Unitarian Universalism (56%) 15. Reform Judaism (48%) 16. Jainism (42%) 17. Mahayana Buddhism (41%) 18. Theravada Buddhism (41%) 19. Taoism (40%) 20. Jehovah's Witness (38%) 21. Neo-Pagan (38%) 22. New Age (33%) 23. Secular Humanism (30%) 24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%) 25. Scientology (29%) 26. New Thought (29%) 27. Nontheist (22%)
I am and have been a Roman Catholic all my life, although I must admit that sometimes I don't like/disagree with some of the church's guidelines.
Rc
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silverwhisper said on Jul 13, 2008....
wombat: now that's most interesting! i think i dimly recall you mentioning something like that once upon a time, no?
rollingc: well, your variance from the accepted stances of rome surely must explain that, it would seem to me.
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mulgere-hircum said on Jul 29, 2008....
Okay, let me first say that the answers to the questions were quite limiting. I could easily think of other answers that would have better included those who don't operate in the black and white world of polling. But with that said, I answered the questions to the best of my ability and find my results to be humorously revealing...though I wonder what the results would have been had I been able to answer more honestly than the poll allowed me too. Here are the results:- Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
- Orthodox Quaker (95%)
- Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (87%)
- Seventh Day Adventist (76%)
- Liberal Quakers (76%)
- Unitarian Universalism (75%)
- Neo-Pagan (69%)
- Eastern Orthodox (66%)
- Roman Catholic (66%)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
- Reform Judaism (57%)
- New Age (56%)
- Sikhism (55%)
- Bahá'í Faith (54%)
- Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
- Theravada Buddhism (52%)
- Secular Humanism (48%)
- Orthodox Judaism (47%)
- Hinduism (45%)
- Taoism (45%)
- Jainism (39%)
- Islam (38%)
- Jehovah's Witness (38%)
- Nontheist (34%)
- Scientology (32%)
- Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
- New Thought (26%)
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silverwhisper said on Aug 01, 2008....
m-h, what in your view would have made the quiz more suitable to your views?
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mulgere-hircum said on Aug 02, 2008....
Silverwhisper...more options. For instance, on Salvation in throws in options
a) YOu have to believe x,y,z and do rituals 1,2,3 in order to go to heaven
b) All are saved
c) if you are a good person you'll be saved
d) I don't believe in heaven/I don't know
Well, none of those really fit my view. I am not a legalist so I don't want to choose 'A'. It seems highly problematic to say that all are saved. I mean who wants to be chums with Hitler in the afterlife...(It's highly doubtful he repented before putting the gun to his head)...so 'B' isn't something I subscribe to. As a Protestant, I don't believe that we can earn our way to heaven...no matter what good we've done...it is matched by our sins as well...grace is a gift from God, not because we deserve it but because he desires us to be saved out of love...so 'C' is not an option for me. And 'D' is not an option either...yet I have to pick one of them. Now granted, I made these examples up...but there were multiple questions where I was faced with these type answers. It's not just this poll either. Most polls are limited like this. That is why I don't trust polls. Anyway, it was fun though. I do thank you for posting it...its a fun way to see where about you might be in retrospect to other faiths...I just don't trust its accuracy...but as a thing to do for fun...I did like it.
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one_wired_kitty said on Nov 23, 2008....
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%) 2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (90%) 3. Seventh Day Adventist (84%) 4. Eastern Orthodox (82%) 5. Roman Catholic (82%)Interesting since I attend a baptist church :p
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