Everything on this page is measured by the same standards as for every other tradition: the same twelve values, the same eight questions, the same scale per area of life. What is measured is what the texts do, not whether they are right.
| Value | here | overall | difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 63 % | 36 % | +27 |
| Community | 43 % | 58 % | -14 |
| Repentance | 33 % | 19 % | +14 |
| Humility | 27 % | 25 % | +2 |
| Hope | 27 % | 18 % | +9 |
| Patience | 23 % | 14 % | +9 |
| Gratitude | 23 % | 16 % | +7 |
| Mercy | 17 % | 12 % | +5 |
| Care | 13 % | 20 % | -7 |
| Responsibility | 7 % | 28 % | -21 |
| Justice | 3 % | 25 % | -21 |
| Truthfulness | 3 % | 16 % | -13 |
| Question | Answer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| What, according to this text, is the root of the evil? | Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality | 80 % (30) |
| Where does the evil reside? | in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual | 90 % (30) |
| What helps against it? | insight, learning, enlightenment, right understanding | 63 % (30) |
| What is human being according to this text? | entangled in deception or desire, but capable of being set free | 57 % (30) |
| Where is history heading? | recurrence, no goal, always the same pattern | 47 % (30) |
| What does the text base its claim on? | on the founder or prophet of the tradition | 80 % (30) |
| To whom does the text's call for devotion apply? | to every human being, regardless of faith | 93 % (30) |
| Where is the text's criticism directed? | at one's own community and at oneself | 73 % (30) |
| Area | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Illness and death | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 20 of 30 texts |
| Pleasure and consumption | -0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 7 of 30 texts |
| Education and science | +0.9 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 7 of 30 texts |
| Work and performance | +0.0 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 6 of 30 texts |
| Family and children | +0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 6 of 30 texts |
| Other religions | +0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 6 of 30 texts |
| Poverty and care | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 4 of 30 texts |
| Money and possessions | -0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 3 of 30 texts |
| Violence and war | -1.7 as a danger or transgression that is warned against | 3 of 30 texts |
| Environment and animals | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 3 of 30 texts |
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