100% chance of Theravada Buddhism?

So I took the Belief-o-Matic quiz on BeliefNet and I have a 100% chance of being a Theravada Buddhist...99% chance of being a Mahyana Buddhist followed by a close third with Unitarian Universalist.

Only a 41% chance of being an Adventist. and 21% chance of being a Jehovah's Witness I think....

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Anonymous said…
Hi Ann,
If you are interested in Theravada Buddhism (as the Oracle has told you you must be!) and you live in Central New Jersey their is a very nice Sri Lankan monk you can learn from. The monastery is actually to a great house in Somerset NJ today from its original home in Piscataway.
(Well that's a lot of info considering you may be living anywhere in the World).
Theruwan Saranai,
Mike
November 22, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Anonymous said…
re: above comment.
Correction: Monastery is actually MOVING to a great house in Somerset, NJ.
November 22, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Unknown said…
I've taken those quizzes a bit too, and that specific one in particular. I usually came up general pagan, or Unitarian. :)
Guess which church I'm a member of now? Unitarian. (Didn't end up there because of the quiz either)
May 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM
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