Ever taken the Belief-O-Matic test over at beliefnet.com? It's pretty interesting. I don't know how much I take it to heart, but I do think that the results probably are a good general indication of the right church for the test-taker.

I've taken the test, oh, maybe three times in the past five years. Every time I've taken it, the results of my combined beliefs indicated that the things I believed were at odds with the church I was attending.

Well, guess what... I just took the test again for the first time in a long time and, according to the Belief-O-Matic, I'm 100% Roman Catholic.

My beliefs also fit totally compatibility with the Eastern Orthodox Church, which was the first church to ever split off from the Catholic church, and which is fundamentally more similar to Catholicism than any other church out there.

Here's a clickable thumb of my results, if you care:

My first reaction to this is, "Cool!" The church I've been attending and the faith I'm studying to convert to is the faith that actually matches the things I believe deep down.

However, when I really think about it, I think that the odds are that my answers to the questions were probably a bit biased by my current enthusiasm about Catholicism. I mean, after all, I was raised Southern Baptist. How could I actually be 100% Catholic... every bit as Catholic as the Pope... after five or six months of study and practice? It can't be.

Nonetheless, I think it's a good thing... and, if nothing else, it's an indication of the enthusiasm I feel for the Church. I'm not going to take the Belief-O-Matic too seriously either way. The very name of the text implies that it isn't really that clinical. It's an informal internet quiz, and not something to base my life on.

It's neat, though!