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[ornoth]

If you’re an Orny reader, you’ll know by now that for the past couple years I’ve been reexamining my personal philosophy, which has led me from secular humanism and Existentialism into Buddhism. So the following quiz results should come as no surprise to you:

Buddhism		67%
atheism		67%
paganism		67%
agnosticism		63%
Satanism		58%
Islam		42%
Judaism		25%
Christianity		17%
Hinduism		8%

I am pretty righteously amused, however, to see a perfect tie between Buddhism, atheism, and paganism. I would admit to all three, and think there’s absolutely nothing that makes them incompatible with one another.

I also took the “commonly confused words” test and got the following:

English Genius You scored 86% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 88% Expert!

That is, of course, not a surprise, although the botched “beginner” level is a bit odd. Having spent the past 35 years with writing competence as a priority, I actually expected a bit better.

Comments

[imperator-mei.livejournal.com]

My reservations around Buddhism are around reincarnation and Kharma. Otherwise it seems to be much more compatible with my own (secular humanist) beliefs than other religions.

[ornoth.livejournal.com]

Actually, reincarnation and karma are more associated with Hinduism than Buddhism, I believe. I have’t run into much preoccupation with either in the literature I’ve read and people I’ve talked to.

Though I must say there are as many flavors of Buddhism as you’d find in any Baskin-Robbins. Many (Zen, Tibetan) tend to be more ritualistic and dogmatic and taste much more like religions, whereas others are more laid-back. There’s quite a range.

As for philosophy quizzes, I took one two years ago back here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/ornoth/3811.html) that might be of interest to you.