Belief and Life Survey Welcome to your Belief and Life Survey What is your name (first and last)? What is your birth year? What is your sex?MaleFemale What is your marital status?Please select your answerMarried - monogamous heterosexualSingle - Never MarriedSingle - DivorcedSingle - WidowedMarried - other (homosexual, polygamous, etc.) What is your race or ethnicity?Please select your answerWhite or CaucasianBlack or African AmericanHispanic or LatinoAsian or Asian AmericanAmerican indian or Alaska NativeOther or unspecified What is your religious affiliation?Please select your answerChristian (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, or Other)Muslim (Sunni, Shia, or Other)Hindu (any variety)Buddhist (any variety)Jewish (any variety)OtherNo religion What is your political affiliation?Please select your answerConservativeLiberalSocialist/CommunistOther The greatest evil in the world is suffering and death.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree The primary purpose of sex is to procreate.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree “From each person according to his need and to each person according to his ability.”Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Governments should financially support unprofitable industries to save jobs and stabilize society.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I am spiritual but not religious.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I hesitate to approach members (talking, touching, dating) of the opposite sex because they may accuse me wrongfully.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Economic equality is more important than economic freedom to a stable society.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I read my holy book or other religious writings at least once per week.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Though feelings can come on in an instant, I can control those feelings, control my emotions, and control my mood.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Governments are responsible to ensure that each citizen has an education, health care, and transportation.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Love is an action more than a feeling. I can choose to love or not.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Private ownership of land, homes, businesses, and other means of production is essential to a healthy economy.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I have told other people about my religion with the hope that others will join.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree People who do not follow my religion will not go to heaven/paradise/nirvana/etc. after they die.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Individuals and families are responsible to care for their own children, parents, and extended families, including food, shelter, clothing, education, health care, and transportation.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Married couples are better off emotionally, financially, socially, physically, and sexually than single people.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Skills and experience are more important than race, gender, or other factors for setting pay and benefits in a job.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree The purpose of economic laws in government is to promote equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Non-governmental organizations such as churches are responsible to help their members achieve food, clothing, shelter, education, transportation, health care, and other necessities of life.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Men and women are responsible to marry for their own benefit and for a stable society.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree If physically possible, having children is the responsibility of each married couple for the benefit of themselves and society.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree People are intrinsically morally bad.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I would never forgive someone who deeply hurt me.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Religion is a source of comfort to me in trying times.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Miracles, events that are not explainable by modern science, are possible today and have happened in history.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Though subject to a myriad of influences for good and for ill, people are ultimately responsible for their own actions.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree The rules in my religion should be the laws of my country.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree What is good for individuals is more important than what is good for society.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Governments are responsible to ensure that each citizen has the basics of life, including food, shelter, and clothing.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Other people and social and governmental systems control my life more than I do.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Individuals and families are responsible to care for their own children, parents, and extended families, including food, shelter, clothing, education, health care, and transportation.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Regulations and other barriers to entry into markets for goods and services should be minimized to allow for competition.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree My view of myself is largely determined by others’ views about me.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Obstacles and injuries in life are a source of weakness, not strength. They are a curse, not a blessing.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree The husband is primarily though not exclusively responsible for the financial well-being of the family.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Morality cannot be legislated.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree The wife is primarily but not exclusively responsible for caring for the home and children and nurturing the family.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I would rather share my spouse (in a polygamous but legally married relationship) than stay unmarried for life.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree I wish that friends, family, and other trusted people would touch me more.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Doctrine, the details of what a religion teaches, is not important in day to day life.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree All people are not created equal before the law in society. Some groups should have more power, rank, or rights than other groups.Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly Agree Time is Up!