Q1. I believe that God:
1. Exists and intervenes in daily events
2. Exists but does not intervene in daily events
3. Is a spiritual ideal, not an actual being
4. Does not exist
It's complicated. Where's the agnostic answer anyway?
Q2. When I think about issues of faith or spirituality, my foremost concern is:
1. A sense of connection to something larger than myself
2. A rational understanding of whether religious claims are valid
3. A personal relationship with God
4. A framework of morality and hope
Um.. none of above.
Q4. Which of these statements comes closest to expressing your most basic view regarding faith?
1. Faith is important because it helps us cope with the struggles and hardships of life
2. Faith is important because it makes the world a better place, by encouraging love and moral behavior
3. Faith is not important
4. Faith is important because it fulfills God's wishes and protects our souls
Complicated again. Arg! Picking something... But whichever I pick it gives me either a too high or too low score.
Q7. I think that following life:
1. There is an afterlife for the virtuous but no hell; the evil simply cease to exist
2. There is reincarnation or some other condition
3. There is nothing
4. There is an afterlife in which we are judged, then rewarded or punished
The agnostic option is missing again.
Q9 ans Q10 (angels and demons) approximations once again.
Q12. Regarding those who hold beliefs that are sharply different from mine, I think:
1. It's amazing the sort of nonsense some people will believe
2. Since many people acquire their beliefs through upbringing or social circumstances, we should not judge
3. All beliefs are equally valid
4. They may be sincere but are mistaken or ill-informed
Sure, you don't have to judge, but does not judging mean leaving them to possible misconceptions?
Q14. Each day's newspaper brings reports of crimes, natural disasters, and disease. My most basic reaction is:
1. My faith is tested because I cannot understand how a just God could tolerate the agony of the world
2. I feel sadness, but accept that both the good and the bad of life are somehow part of God's plan
3. Such tragedies make me confused about the nature of the Higher Power
4. Tragedies and disasters in the world convince me there is no God
Where's the "**** happens" option?
Q15. Regarding science and religion, I think:
1. Science eventually will disprove religion
2. We should be suspicious of scientists, since most of them are atheists
3. Scientific findings trouble me at times but do not reduce my faith, because science helps me understand God's creation
4. Science and faith seem to me two aspects of the same search for ultimate truth
This is silly again. What if you base your faith on science or use science to support your faith? Option 4 is the closest, but doesn't say the same thing.
Q16. In my view, God:
1. Either does not exist, or God's nature can never be known
2. Exists but is remote from human events
3. Is present at some times and absent at others
4. Is everywhere and observes everything
No need to say anything on this one.
Q25. Do you find the keys to spiritual fulfillment through:
1. Watching people treating each other well
2. Prayer
3. Worship services
4. Books, music, or nature
None of above. Where's magic(k), meditation, self-discovery, ...?
