Play a Game of “Would You Rather” and We'll Guess If You're Religious or Not
By: Ian Fortey
7 min
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About This Quiz
According to some research data, about 84% of the world's population ascribes to some kind of religion. That's a lot of faith out there. Of course, there are a lot of different ways to define religion and a lot of different commitments to those kinds, as well. Some people may belong to a particular faith but never observe the customs and rituals. Others may be flirting with different ideas around the edges of several belief systems but not really committing to one or another.
So there's a good range of answers you can come up with when deciding if you are religious or not. After all, many people might just say they're spiritual if you ask them that question. They could be unsure of what they believe, only that they believe something. And that's an OK way to be. Faith is not meant to be precise, right? Otherwise, it wouldn't be faith. It's a journey some people must take to their own end, whatever it may be.
Wherever you're at on your religious journey, we're pretty sure we can guess what it is based on a few simple "would you rather" questions. Would you rather know if we got it right or not? Take the quiz and see!
Let's test your faith right off the bat. Would you rather know God existed, but it's not what you expected, or never have any insight into the divine?
Sometimes we have to decide for ourselves what's right. Would you rather be harshly punished for a minor transgression or get away scot-free for a major one?
Religion often fosters a sense of community. Would you rather everyone knew your personal business or that you knew all the details of everyone else's?
Some people thrive on attention but others don't. Would you rather a whole crowd of people see you fail at doing something athletic or something intellectual?
No one has mastered time travel yet, but you never know what the future holds (until we master time travel). Would you rather go 1,000 years into the past or 1,000 years into the future?
The future has to be less awful than the past.
1,000 years ago for sure!
I'm happy right here, right now.
Do you know what the world was like 1,000 years ago? No, thank you.
It's hard to get through life without working. Would you rather have a low-paying job where all your co-workers are great or a high-paying job with jerks?
I don't suppose I can take the jerk job then work from home?
I'd rather be with pleasant people.
This might depend on how closely I have to work with these people.
Would you rather discover Bigfoot was real and have no one believe you or find no evidence of Bigfoot, but everyone becomes convinced you're hiding him?
There's got to be a way to make money off of people thinking I'm hiding Bigfoot.
But Bigfoot isn't real.
I don't want anything to do with Bigfoot people.
People could get dangerous if they think I'm hiding something so I'll take no one believing me.