Religious and Spiritual Perspective Questionnaire
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Location: _________________________________________ Date: ___________________
Name: ____________________________
Major: ________________________________
Age: 18-25 ___ 26-35 ___   36-45 ___  
          46-55 ___  56-65 ___   66+ ___

1. If you were to go back in time and sail on the Titanic, do you think you would have stayed close to the lifeboats at all times?
Yes ___ No ___

2. If a someone you knew to be a reliable and trustworthy source told you of the impending disaster, would you then have stayed close to the lifeboats?
Yes ___ No ___

3. Since the death rate is one per person, and if the Titanic represents our own
impending death, which best describes your lifeboat to eternal life?
___ Being a good person and doing nice things for other people (Why?)
___ Believing in God (Why/Why Not?)
___ Going to church (Why?)
___ All people go to heaven (Why?)
___ Other (Why?)_________________________________________________________________

4. Do you consider the Bible to be a reliable and trustworthy source?
Yes ___ No ___  Don't know ___
Why? ________________________________________________________________________________

5. What is your understanding of what the Bible says on how we obtain eternal life?
___ Being a good person and doing nice things for other people
___ Believing in God
___ Going to church
___ All people go to heaven
___ Other ________________________________________________________________________

6. Do you practice a particular religious belief?
Yes ___ No ___  If so: Which?________________________________________________________
Why do you practice this particular belief? __________________________________________

7. Do you believe there is only one God Who personally cares about this world and the people in it?
Yes ___ No ___  Don't know ___  Why?__________________________________________________

8. Do you think it is reasonable to say that all religious beliefs are fundamentally true?
Yes ___ No ___  Don't know ___  Why? _________________________________________________

9. How might the truth of a religious belief be determined?
Evidence ___  Feelings ___  Popular Opinion ___  Reason ___  Other ___________________
10. Jesus claimed to be the only way to God.  Who do you say Jesus is?
______________________________________________________________________________________

11. Do you believe all people will be held accountable for the way they have lived?
Yes ___ No ___  If so, by what standard? _____________________________________________

If so, without a doubt, do you think you can measure up?
Yes ___ No ___  Why? _________________________________________________________________

12. If someone had met the qualifications on your behalf for you to enter heaven, would you be interested?  Yes ___  No ___

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