Religious World View Scale – RWVS

The work of the church could be just as effectively done by schools and social agencies.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

I believe that men working and thinking together can build a just society without supernatural help.

The writings of Plato, Aristotle, Dante, and Shakespeare are as much inspired as are the writings of Moses and Paul.

All miracles in the Bible are true.

In general, I consider church (or synagogue) attendance a waste of time.

Belief that in the end God's purposes will be achieved tends to destroy man's sense of social responsibility.

God is the great companion who shares with us the travail and tragedy of the world.

Jesus was born of the Virgin in a manner different from human beings.

The revelation of God's word in the Holy Scriptures is man's ultimate authority.

The attempt to believe in a supernatural being is a sign of a person's failure to accept responsibility for his own life.

I believe in the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

I believe Hell is a form of existence in a future life.

The four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, contain some legendary materials.

We live in a universe indifferent to human values.

We were made for fellowship with God and our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Man is saved by the free gift of God's grace.

The biblical writers were endowed with a divine wisdom which enabled them to foretell specific events in the distant future.

The fall of man in the story of the Garden of Eden is a myth symbolizing the problem of good and evil in the world.

Man is ultimately responsible to God.

God is only a symbol of man's ideal.

Jesus walked on water and raised the dead.

The biblical story of creation is probably based on one of the early Babylonian myths.

If I believed that any part of the Bible were unreliable I would no longer have confidence in its moral and spiritual teachings.