Being a computer guru, Eye wastes a fair amount of time on online quizzes. Some of you won't have seen these, but trust us, many a happy hour can be spent pigeonholing ourselves by answering a series of probing questions. We've found out which Star Wars character we are, which animal we are (above, from Quizila) and even which American president we are. Now it turns out you can find out which religion you are, and as we suspected, there are a lot of Quakers out there who never knew.
Beliefnet asks twenty questions and then tells you, in scientific percentage points, which religion you should be out of a possible twenty-six. In Eye's rather speedy study of a sample of results, thirty-five out of thirty-seven bloggers had liberal or orthodox Quakers as one of their top five results. Quite a few bloggers went to find out more as a result, others were surprised or unimpressed by the outcome. Christopher Francis of Tuscan, Arizona (source lost, sorry), said: 'The eighty-five per cent Quaker match intrigues me, and that indeed might be a better fit – except for their opposition to war'. And Shane Bertou writes: 'Here is what I, as the good Orthodox Quaker that I am, apparently believe. As I read through it, I’m left scratching my head at some things. (ie, my take on Creation is quite a bit more complicated than that and all this talk of "Divine Light" sort of creeps me out.) Now that I know what my true religious orientation is, I can finally pursue my lifelong dream of producing and selling my own brand of hand-churned butter!'
Eye thinks that any urge to argue with the result probably just confirms it. Welcome, Friends!
Check if you really are a Quaker at www.beliefnet.com.