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Brief Questionnaire to Assess Compatibility
With Worldview Themes #5A & 5B

Respond to each of the following below on a 1 to 5 scale, where
     1= strongly disagree      2 = disagree      3 = neutral      4 = agree      5 = strongly agree
If you don’t have understand, or are confused by a particular question, select 3= neutral.

Note: An * in front of the question indicates that this has been used in national public opinion surveys. 

*1. I sometimes think about the meaning and purpose of life.  

2. Knowledge based on something other than observation and reason -- such as being inspired by God, divine or mystic / New Age revelation, or intuition -- should be considered invalid.

3. The universe is like a giant machine with no intelligent design, no conscious intelligent Creator. Its functioning, life processes and long-term changes are consistent with natural physical laws and random chance. Lacking a conscious, intelligent creator, the universe also lacks any designed in purpose or notion of good and evil, other than the meaning and value that its conscious inhabitants give it.

*4. We trust too much in science and not enough in religious faith.

*5. Life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself.

*6. I believe that human beings and other living things have evolved over time through natural selection, rather than evolved over time guided by a Supreme Being, or having always existed in their present form.

7.  Life processes cannot be explained by physical laws alone. Complex organisms exhibit unique responses to their environment, responses that can be understood only by postulating their possession of a “vital spirit” and some degree of self determination.

*8.I believe that ghosts or spirits of dead people can come back in certain places and situations.

9. I am comfortable with the idea of a “life force” -- such as the Chinese call Ch’i, whereas in India it’s linked with prana or kundalini.

*10. I feel that I have been in contact with someone who has died.

*11.  I believe in angels.

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For Worldview Theme #5A, Scientific Materialism
Your Overall Score = On a 0 to 10 Scale
                   Your Survey Question Score = On a 0 to 10 Scale
Ave. USA Adult Survey Question Score = On a 0 to 10 Scale

For Worldview Theme #5B, Vitalism
Your Overall Score = On a 0 to 10 Scale
                   Your Survey Question Score = On a 0 to 10 Scale
Ave. USA Adult Survey Question Score = On a 0 to 10 Scale

Interpreting Your Worldview Theme Assessment Scores

Generally speaking, the score you get for a particular worldview theme (based on your responses to the brief questionnaire provided) can be interpreted as follows:

If your score is... Interpretation: Your worldview...
                         0  is totally incompatible with this worldview theme
                 0.01 -- 2.49 is very incompatible with this worldview theme
                 2.50 -- 4.49 is mildly incompatible with this worldview theme
                 4.50 -- 5.49 is neutral or undecided in relation to this wv theme
                 5.50 -- 7.49 is mildly compatible with this worldview theme
                 7.50 -- 9.99 is very compatible with this worldview theme
                        10 is totally compatible with this worldview theme

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