{"id":3944,"date":"2003-03-07T07:49:55","date_gmt":"2003-03-07T12:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2003-03-07T07:49:55","modified_gmt":"2003-03-07T12:49:55","slug":"switched_at_bir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/07\/switched_at_bir.html","title":{"rendered":"Switched at birth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 BGCOLOR=\"#000000\" COLOR=\"#FFFFFF\" LINK=\"#ffcc00\" CELLSPACING=2 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH=150><TR><TD><CENTER><A HREF=\"http:\/\/selectsmart.com\/RELIGION\" target=\"_blank\"><IMG SRC=\"http:\/\/www.SelectSmart.com\/imagelinks\/star.jpg\" WIDTH=55 HEIGHT=59 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom><\/A><\/TD><\/TR><TR><TD><CENTER><FONT SIZE=\"3\" COLOR=\"#ffcc00\">According to the SelectSmart.com Belief System Selector, my #1 belief match is <B>Reform Judaism.<\/B> <\/BR> What do you believe?<\/B><\/FONT><\/A><FONT SIZE=\"2\" COLOR=\"#FFFFFF\"> Visit <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.SelectSmart.com\/RELIGION\" target=\"_blank\"><FONT SIZE=\"2\" COLOR=\"#ffcc00\"><I>SelectSmart.com\/RELIGION<\/I><\/FONT><\/A><\/CENTER><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE><\/CENTER><\/p>\n<p>Hmmmm.  That&#8217;s &#8230; interesting.  My top fits were &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1.  Reform Judaism (100%)   <br \/>\n2.  Neo-Pagan (98%)   <br \/>\n3.  Sikhism (96%)   <br \/>\n4.  Unitarian Universalism (91%)   <br \/>\n5.  Liberal Quakers (85%)   <br \/>\n6.  Bah\u00e1&#8217;\u00ed Faith (80%)   <br \/>\n7.  Mahayana Buddhism (80%)   <br \/>\n8.  New Age (78%)   <br \/>\n9.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (78%)   <br \/>\n10.  Jainism (76%)   <\/p>\n<p>Oh, well.  If I ever get tired of the Sunday services I go to, maybe I can change over to Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE:  When I took the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectsmart.com\/FREE\/select.php?client=christiandenom\">Christian denomonation test<\/a>, I did get Episcopalian as the #1 match, so at least I&#8217;m doing something right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the SelectSmart.com Belief System Selector, my #1 belief match is Reform Judaism. What do you believe? 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