Disclosure: I am asking you to complete this survey as part of the requirements for my statistics in a psychology course. Your answers will remain completely anonymous. No personal information about you will be linked to this survey. Please do not put your name or any other identifying information on the survey. The results of this survey will be used only for educational purposes and will not be published or released to the public. You must be 15 years old or older in order to complete this survey.
Directions: For the following questions, mark the answers that most reflect your understanding of general Christian doctrine. This is not a personal belief survey. In other words, we are more interested in your understanding of what Christianity teaches, and not necessarily your own personal beliefs, which may or may not coincide with these statements. The survey consists of two pages of questions. For each question, mark your level of agreement with the given statement.
1. Christianity teaches belief in a personal God.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
2. Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ was God in a full sense.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
3. Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ really rose from the dead.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
4. Christianity teaches that people are born good.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
5. Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ's death was a sacrifice that paid for the sins of humankind.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
6. Christianity teaches that what is good and evil depends on the circumstances of the time.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
7. Christianity teaches that the Bible is God's word and all it says is true.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
8. Christianity teaches that faith in Jesus Christ is necessary if a person wants to go to heaven.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
9. Christianity teaches that God exists in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
o Strongly agree
o Agree
o Neither agree nor disagree
o Disagree
o Strongly disagree
10. Including Sundays and any other day of the week, how many times per year would you say that you attend church? (For your
reference, there are 52 weeks in one year.) Please enter a number in the box: