Attitude toward the Church Scale

I think the teaching of the church is altogether too superficial to have much social significance.

I feel the church services give me inspiration and help me to live up to my best during the following week.

I think the church keeps business and politics up to a higher standard than they would otherwise tend to maintain.

I find the services of the church both restful and inspiring.

When I go to church I enjoy a fine ritual service with good music.

I believe in what the church teaches but with mental reservations.

I do not receive any benefit from attending church services but I think it helps some people.

I believe in religion but I seldom go to church.

I am careless about religion and church relationships but I would not like to see my attitude become general.

I regard the church as a static, crystallized institution and as such it is unwholesome and detrimental to society and the individual.

I believe church membership is almost essential to living life at its best.

I do not understand the dogmas or creeds of the church but I find that the church helps me to be more honest and creditable.

The paternal and benevolent attitude of the church is quite distasteful to me.

I feel church attendance is a fair index of the nation's morality.

Sometimes I feel that the church and religion are necessary and sometimes I doubt it.

I believe the church is fundamentally sound but some of its adherents have given it a bad name.

I think the church is a parasite on society.

I feel the need for religion but do not find what I want in any one church.

I think too much money is being spent on the church for the benefit that is being derived.

I believe in the church and its teachings because I have been accustomed to them since I was a child.

I think the church is hundreds of years behind the times and cannot make a dent of modern life.

I believe the church has grown up with the primary purpose of perpetuating the spirit and teachings of Jesus and deserves loyal support.

I feel the church perpetuates the values which man puts highest in his philosophy of life.

I feel I can worship God better out of doors than in the church and I get more inspiration there.

My experience is that the church is hopelessly out of date.

I feel the church is petty, always quarreling over matters that have no interest or importance.

I do not believe in any brand of religion or in any particular church but I have never given the subject serious thought.

I respect any church-member's beliefs but I think it is all 'bunk.'

I enjoy my church because there is a spirit of friendliness there.

I think the country would be better off if the churches were closed and ministers set to some useful work.

I believe the church is the greatest institution in America today.

I believe in sincerity and goodness without any church ceremonies.

I believe the church is the greatest influence for good government and right living.

I think the organized church is an enemy of science and truth.

I believe the church is losing ground as education advances.

The churches may be doing good and useful work but they do not interest me.

I think the church is a hindrance to true religion for it still depends upon magic, superstition, and myth.

The church is needed to develop religion which has always been concerned with man's deepest feelings and greatest values.

I believe the churches are too much divided by factions and denominations to be a strong force for righteousness.

The church represents shallowness, hypocrisy, and prejudice.

I think the church seeks to impose a lot of worn-out dogmas and medieval superstitions.

I think the church allows denominational differences to appear larger than true religion.

I like the ceremonies of my church but do not miss them much when I stay away.

I believe the church is a powerful agency for promoting both individual and social righteousness.

I like to go to church for I get something worthwhile to think about and it keeps my mind filled with right thoughts.