Religious Poll

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by ryanglavin

Well, I believe in Greek mythology, so I kind of expected to get Mayahana Buddhism as my #1. They are similar, in a way.

I've taken this test many times and although I usually get about the same mix in the top 10-15, the order in which they appear varies. I don't know that it's because my beliefs are changing that much over time, I suspect it's because for some of the questions none of the possible responses is ever quite "dead on" for me. So a lot depends on whether I'm leaning a little towards this one, or that one, on any given day.

Personally I also expect Mahayana Buddhism to be much nearer the top than it ever is, since AFAIK it includes Zen and Zen teaching resonates for me like nothing else.

I will have to say though that as far as Western mythic systems go, the Greeks would be my first choice, although with them as with all such traditions I consider it in terms of metaphorical validity rather than literal truth. Once joined a "Hellenic Neo-Pagan" discussion group which was a bit of fun until someone there started telling me that I would be "offending" one of the deities by doing or not doing something we were talking about... I was looking at this from a psychological/metaphorical perspective and replied accordingly but it soon became clear that others in the group believed in the literal existence of the Greek pantheon, which, no thanks.

But as archetypal figures - they are the ones I most often fall back on in order to articulate or illustrate some metaphorical reality. In that sense they are to me like very old friends.