Are you who you say you are?
 

Since we have a lot of variation in our Christianities and just worldviews in general, I thought it might be fun to see what group the internet would put us in.


Belief-O-Matic

FWIW, I ranked 100% in secular humanism (go figure).

My results:




1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (83%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
5. Nontheist (75%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (65%)
7. Neo-Pagan (61%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
9. Reform Judaism (48%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
12. New Age (46%)
13. Taoism (43%)
14. New Thought (42%)
15. Sikhism (37%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (37%)
17. Scientology (37%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (36%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (32%)
21. Hinduism (27%)
22. Jainism (25%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
25. Islam (19%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
27. Roman Catholic (19%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Nontheist (92%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%)
5. Liberal Quakers (85%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
7. Neo-Pagan (64%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
9. New Thought (57%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (55%)
11. Reform Judaism (54%)
12. New Age (53%)
13. Taoism (52%)
14. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (51%)
15. Scientology (51%)
16. Bah�'� Faith (46%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)
19. Jainism (36%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
21. Sikhism (31%)
22. Islam (30%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
24. Hinduism (28%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
27. Roman Catholic (19%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

You must have answered like one question differently than me. Not that surprising that the atheists are going to be very similar since we answered N/A for most of them. Its really geared more towards theists, I suppose.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

Basically got the same results:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Nontheist (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (81%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (57%)
8. Taoism (43%)
9. New Age (39%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (39%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
13. Reform Judaism (35%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
18. New Thought (27%)
19. Sikhism (23%)
20. Scientology (22%)
21. Jainism (16%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
23. Hinduism (11%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
25. Islam (9%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

What the hell???
 

WTF?? Apparently I answered significantly differently.

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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (79%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (78%)
4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (77%)
5. Bah�'� Faith (71%)
6. Secular Humanism (70%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
8. Neo-Pagan (63%)
9. Reform Judaism (61%)
10. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (59%)
11. Nontheist (51%)
12. New Thought (48%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
14. New Age (47%)
15. Scientology (43%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (42%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (41%)
18. Sikhism (38%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
20. Taoism (35%)
21. Islam (35%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (29%)
24. Jainism (29%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
26. Roman Catholic (26%)
27. Hinduism (23%)

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Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (97%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Nontheist (93%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (89%)
6. Liberal Quakers (86%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (83%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (67%)
9. Neo-Pagan (66%)
10. New Thought (66%)
11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (62%)
12. Taoism (60%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (59%)
14. Reform Judaism (58%)
15. Scientology (55%)
16. New Age (49%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
18. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
19. Sikhism (39%)
20. Islam (38%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (38%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (38%)
23. Jainism (27%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (25%)
25. Roman Catholic (25%)
26. Hinduism (19%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)

chez

Re: What the hell???
 

My answers:

1. None of the above (henceforth NOTA), High. (None of the above because of the addition of "Or not sure. Or not important."

2. NOTA, High

3. NOTA, High

4. NOTA, High

5. NOTA, High

6. Not Applicable, High

7. Only NOTA, High

8. Not Applicable, High

9. Not Applicable, High

10. All sins/wrongs, but not necessarily to a cleric. High. (Though I don't consider many "sins" as wrongs, I still answered this way.)

11. Necessary, High.

12. Humankind is "saved" through human effort rather than through religious or spiritual means. High.

13. Agree, High

14. Disagree, High

15. Not Applicable, High. (Almost put disagree.)

16. Disagree, Medium. (Almost put high. I don't care about marriage that much, but I do care about discrimination.)

17. Agree, High

18. Disagree, High. (Sometimes violence is necessary.)

19. Disagree, High.

20. Not Applicable, Medium.

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I'm going to take it again, but with changing my first few answers from the NOTA to the next best thing, which dubiously includes "Or not sure. Or not important."

Hmmm... close enough.

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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (94%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
4. Liberal Quakers (86%)
5. Nontheist (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
8. Bah�'� Faith (66%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%)
10. Reform Judaism (59%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (58%)
12. New Age (51%)
13. New Thought (50%)
14. Scientology (46%)
15. Taoism (45%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (45%)
17. Sikhism (43%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
19. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (35%)
21. Islam (28%)
22. Jainism (28%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (28%)
24. Hinduism (24%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
26. Roman Catholic (22%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (21%)

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Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

Apparently I'm twice as close to a scientologist as a roman catholic...

1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
5. Taoism (74%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
7. Neo-Pagan (68%)
8. Secular Humanism (64%)
9. New Age (61%)
10. Reform Judaism (60%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
12. Bahá'í Faith (58%)
13. Jainism (56%)
14. Sikhism (55%)
15. New Thought (53%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
17. Hinduism (50%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
19. Scientology (45%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (36%)
21. Nontheist (36%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
24. Islam (24%)
25. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (20%)
27. Roman Catholic (20%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (90%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. New Thought (80%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (72%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (70%)
8. Sikhism (69%)
9. New Age (67%)
10. Scientology (67%)
11. Neo-Pagan (64%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
13. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
14. Taoism (56%)
15. Islam (55%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
17. Secular Humanism (49%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
21. Hinduism (37%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (32%)
23. Nontheist (32%)
24. Jainism (29%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (27%)
26. Roman Catholic (27%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

My results reflect certain inadequacies of the survey... it doesn't really have a way to express that I have some rather specific ideas about how the world works / should work, but generally reject off-the-shelf religions. It correctly puts Christians at the bottom of the list, but it can't decide what sort of paganism, mysticism, animism, whatever, to put at the top:

1. Hinduism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)
3. Jainism (88%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (83%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (81%)
6. Liberal Quakers (72%)
7. Neo-Pagan (69%)
8. Sikhism (66%)
9. New Age (65%)
10. Bah�'� Faith (64%)
11. Orthodox Judaism (62%)
12. Islam (60%)
13. Taoism (54%)
14. Nontheist (49%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (48%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (44%)
18. New Thought (44%)
19. Seventh Day Adventist (44%)
20. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (43%)
21. Scientology (43%)
22. Secular Humanism (43%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (42%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (42%)
26. Roman Catholic (42%)
27. Reform Judaism (31%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
3. Liberal Quakers (84%)
4. Nontheist (82%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (67%)
7. Neo-Pagan (56%)
8. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (48%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (45%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (45%)
11. Taoism (42%)
12. New Age (38%)
13. Jehovah's Witness (34%)
14. Reform Judaism (34%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
16. New Thought (31%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
19. Sikhism (23%)
20. Scientology (23%)
21. Jainism (14%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
23. Hinduism (10%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (8%)
25. Islam (8%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (8%)
27. Roman Catholic (8%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Nontheist (79%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (75%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
7. Neo-Pagan (62%)
8. Taoism (47%)
9. Bah�'� Faith (45%)
10. New Age (43%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (35%)
14. Reform Judaism (35%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (34%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (27%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
18. New Thought (27%)
19. Sikhism (23%)
20. Scientology (22%)
21. Jainism (21%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (16%)
23. Hinduism (11%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
25. Islam (9%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)

Correct.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

Cool test. Never knew Islam and Orthodox Judaism were so compatible. Someone should tell that to the dudes in the Middle East!

1. Islam (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (88%)
4. Jainism (82%)
5. Sikhism (76%)
6. Hinduism (70%)
7. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (69%)
8. Reform Judaism (67%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (65%)
10. Roman Catholic (65%)
11. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
12. Jehovah's Witness (62%)
13. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
14. Liberal Quakers (57%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (57%)
16. Seventh Day Adventist (55%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (53%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (50%)
19. Scientology (49%)
20. Unitarian Universalism (47%)
21. New Thought (46%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
23. Neo-Pagan (39%)
24. New Age (36%)
25. Nontheist (24%)
26. Taoism (21%)
27. Secular Humanism (14%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

lol.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (91%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (88%)
5. Secular Humanism (83%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (76%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
8. Taoism (68%)
9. Hinduism (67%)
10. New Thought (66%)
11. Neo-Pagan (64%)
12. Nontheist (60%)
13. Scientology (60%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
15. Bah�'� Faith (54%)
16. New Age (54%)
17. Reform Judaism (51%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
19. Sikhism (48%)
20. Jainism (44%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (43%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (23%)
25. Islam (23%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (23%)
27. Roman Catholic (23%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

I HATED the fact that non-belief was lumped together with "not sure"... but here I am:

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (99%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (90%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (75%)
6. Nontheist (74%)
7. Neo-Pagan (66%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (62%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (59%)
10. New Age (56%)
11. Reform Judaism (55%)
12. Taoism (55%)
13. New Thought (49%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (47%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (44%)
17. Scientology (42%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%)
19. Sikhism (33%)
20. Jainism (31%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (31%)
22. Islam (24%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (24%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)
25. Hinduism (15%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (13%)
27. Roman Catholic (13%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

Thats right about where I thought you'd be.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

Gosh! a lot of us Seculs here.

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
3. Nontheist (82%)
4. Liberal Quakers (77%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (73%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
7. Neo-Pagan (61%)
8. Taoism (49%)
9. New Age (45%)
10. Bahá'í Faith (43%)
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (43%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
13. Reform Judaism (41%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (40%)
15. Sikhism (37%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
18. New Thought (33%)
19. Scientology (28%)
20. Jainism (22%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (19%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
23. Islam (19%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (19%)
25. Roman Catholic (19%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
27. Hinduism (17%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (99%)
3. Secular Humanism (88%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (81%)
6. Nontheist (77%)
7. Neo-Pagan (73%)
8. Taoism (68%)

This tool would appear to be nearly useless [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].
The one thing that I found interesting was that for several questions, the response directly above the secular humanist geared answer, which appeared aimed at buddhists/jains/etc., was often just an explanation of the secular humanist answer...

For example - 'human egotism and greed causes bad things' is not in conflict with 'human nature causes bad things'...

I'm hoping we get some of our pure christian friends results here, though.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

I am who I say I am. But I am not what the Belief-O-Matic says. This silly quiz is farce.

1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (90%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (83%)
4. Reform Judaism (82%)
5. New Thought (75%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (66%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
8. Neo-Pagan (64%)
9. New Age (63%)
10. Scientology (60%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (58%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (58%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (58%)
14. Sikhism (52%)
15. Taoism (49%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (47%)
17. Secular Humanism (47%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (45%)
19. Nontheist (43%)
20. Islam (40%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (30%)
24. Roman Catholic (30%)
25. Hinduism (28%)
26. Jainism (28%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (25%)


Mainline to liberal christian protestants, 100%?

How can this be so when I do not believe Jesus is the son of God?

If I recall the questions correctly, there was only one question related to incarnations of God. I answered that there are no particular incarnations (as opposed to there being only one incarnation, i.e., Jesus), that God is in and is everything.

This one question, being that there is only one question related to an incarnation of God should be the basis for all the christian faiths, don't you think?

I'm confused.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

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Thats right about where I thought you'd be.

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Yeah, I'm not surprised (and am pretty happy) that my results were the exact opposite of his.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

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If I recall the questions correctly, there was only one question related to incarnations of God. I answered that there are no particular incarnations (as opposed to there being only one incarnation, i.e., Jesus), that God is in and is everything.

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I'm confused.


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Obviously.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Nontheist (96%)
3. Secular Humanism (96%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
5. Liberal Quakers (71%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
7. Bahá'í Faith (47%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (47%)
11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (31%)
12. Neo-Pagan (28%)
13. New Thought (15%)
14. Taoism (15%)
15. New Age (7%)
16. Eastern Orthodox (0%)
17. Hinduism (0%)
18. Islam (0%)
19. Jainism (0%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (0%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (0%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (0%)
23. Reform Judaism (0%)
24. Roman Catholic (0%)
25. Scientology (0%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (0%)
27. Sikhism (0%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

I don't really see a point in a test that doesn't distinguish between finding huge fault with beliefs and not caring about them.

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

I am precisely, exactly who I say I am!!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

I'm a spiritual atheist, which the people at beliefnet probably consider to be a contradiction in terms.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
3. Liberal Quakers (77%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (74%)
5. Secular Humanism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (68%)
7. New Age (64%)
8. New Thought (63%)
9. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (62%)
10. Nontheist (58%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (53%)
12. Reform Judaism (52%)
13. Bah�'� Faith (50%)
14. Scientology (44%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
16. Sikhism (36%)
17. Taoism (36%)
18. Hinduism (36%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
20. Jainism (30%)
21. Jehovah's Witness (28%)
22. Orthodox Quaker (28%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
24. Islam (20%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (12%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
27. Roman Catholic (10%)

Re: Are you who you say you are?
 

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I don't really see a point in a test that doesn't distinguish between finding huge fault with beliefs and not caring about them.

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None of these HAVE to be beliefs.

I am a person that does not promote convictions - not for myself, and I presonally feel that they are unhealthy for others as well.

I do think, however, that certain systems for guiding thought are, speaking in terms of probability, more healthy that others.

These are probably the only reasons the test might work for myself, though.