1) What was your reason to coming to an atheist forum?
I enjoy hanging out with atheists.
2) Does it matter to you whether your religious beliefs are true? If no, then end quiz.
It matters.
3) Do you feel 100% certain that your beliefs are true?
100% certain on most days. I sometimes get extremely depressed and have random days when NOTHING is true but for the most part, I am very certain.
4) Does your religion have an associated text? If no, go to question 5.
Yes
4a) Who wrote the book?
God. Through the hands of men.
4b) How many times have you read it through entirely, cover to cover?
Zero. I have read all of it in pieces but I have trouble reading it like a novel... I usually get bored somewhere in Leviticus or Kings.
4c) Do you think the book is exactly how your god would want it to read, with no mistakes? If no, go to question 5.
Yes. He has protected it from serious error... any errors that are in it are errors that He was willing to leave there.
4d) Do you think everything written in it is literally true, and actually happened as stated? If not, who has the authority to pick the literally true parts?
There are parts of it that are clearly parables and parts of it that it explains are analogies. The rest of it is literally true.
5) Do you think that there are any other religions/gods, from past religions or other current religions, that could also be true/real?
Nope.
6) Have you spent any time researching other current religions, or religions from the past, to consider whether they could be true too/instead? If no, go to question 7.
Yes, I find them fascinating.
6a) Do you feel you have spent enough time researching to be convinced about whether other past/present religions are true?
Yes.
6b) If you judge other religion(s) to be false using a certain standard or method, and you applied that method to your own religion, do you think yours would stand up to the same scrutiny?
Yes.
7) Say you were born in another country, where the predominant religion is one other than the one you currently believe in. Say you were raised in this different religion. Do you feel that at some point you would have rejected that religion and adopted the one you have now? If so, why?
I hope that I would have. In a hypothetical situation like that, I think if I were to find out about Christianity, I'm pretty sure I'd adopt it.
8) Do you feel that all your morality comes directly from your religion? If yes, go to question 8b.
Very close to all of it. And, the parts that come from other sources also come from my faith.
8a) Say you drew up a list of all the things you consider are moral, and the things you consider immoral. Then say you did the same for what your god's opinion would be. Would your lists be the same as your god's? If not, where would you differ? Go to question 9.
If my list were different from God's list, I would start erasing things off mine.
8b) Do you feel you act in accordance to every moral and instruction in your religion/book?
No. I want to and I try to, but I can't.
8c) If you had never known about your religion, or any religion, do you feel you would have any idea how to act morally, or to care about it?
In that scenario I would probably have the moral standards of whatever culture I was raised in.
9) Can you give 5 reasons why you believe in your religion, starting with the most important to you?
1. God has made it clear to me that He exists.
2. God has made it clear to me that I need Him.
3. He loved me enough that I must love Him back.
I enjoy hanging out with atheists.
2) Does it matter to you whether your religious beliefs are true? If no, then end quiz.
It matters.
3) Do you feel 100% certain that your beliefs are true?
100% certain on most days. I sometimes get extremely depressed and have random days when NOTHING is true but for the most part, I am very certain.
4) Does your religion have an associated text? If no, go to question 5.
Yes
4a) Who wrote the book?
God. Through the hands of men.
4b) How many times have you read it through entirely, cover to cover?
Zero. I have read all of it in pieces but I have trouble reading it like a novel... I usually get bored somewhere in Leviticus or Kings.
4c) Do you think the book is exactly how your god would want it to read, with no mistakes? If no, go to question 5.
Yes. He has protected it from serious error... any errors that are in it are errors that He was willing to leave there.
4d) Do you think everything written in it is literally true, and actually happened as stated? If not, who has the authority to pick the literally true parts?
There are parts of it that are clearly parables and parts of it that it explains are analogies. The rest of it is literally true.
5) Do you think that there are any other religions/gods, from past religions or other current religions, that could also be true/real?
Nope.
6) Have you spent any time researching other current religions, or religions from the past, to consider whether they could be true too/instead? If no, go to question 7.
Yes, I find them fascinating.
6a) Do you feel you have spent enough time researching to be convinced about whether other past/present religions are true?
Yes.
6b) If you judge other religion(s) to be false using a certain standard or method, and you applied that method to your own religion, do you think yours would stand up to the same scrutiny?
Yes.
7) Say you were born in another country, where the predominant religion is one other than the one you currently believe in. Say you were raised in this different religion. Do you feel that at some point you would have rejected that religion and adopted the one you have now? If so, why?
I hope that I would have. In a hypothetical situation like that, I think if I were to find out about Christianity, I'm pretty sure I'd adopt it.
8) Do you feel that all your morality comes directly from your religion? If yes, go to question 8b.
Very close to all of it. And, the parts that come from other sources also come from my faith.
8a) Say you drew up a list of all the things you consider are moral, and the things you consider immoral. Then say you did the same for what your god's opinion would be. Would your lists be the same as your god's? If not, where would you differ? Go to question 9.
If my list were different from God's list, I would start erasing things off mine.
8b) Do you feel you act in accordance to every moral and instruction in your religion/book?
No. I want to and I try to, but I can't.
8c) If you had never known about your religion, or any religion, do you feel you would have any idea how to act morally, or to care about it?
In that scenario I would probably have the moral standards of whatever culture I was raised in.
9) Can you give 5 reasons why you believe in your religion, starting with the most important to you?
1. God has made it clear to me that He exists.
2. God has made it clear to me that I need Him.
3. He loved me enough that I must love Him back.
