Chinese : 6 (Low Religiosity)

SET A: Daily Spiritual Exercise Scale 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL W. A

I feel God’s presence /

I experience a connection all life /

During worship or at other times /

connecting to God, I feel joy, which lifts
me out of my daily concerns
I find strength in my religion and /
spirituality
I feel deep inner peace or /
harmony
I ask for God’s help in the midst of /
daily activities
I feel God’s love for me directly /

I feel God’s love for me through /

others
I am spiritually touched by the /
beauty of creation
I feel thankful for my blessings /

I feel a selfless care for others /

I accept others even when they /

do things, I think are wrong
I desire to be closer to God or in /
union with him
TOTAL

In general, Not close at Somewhat Very close As close as W. A

how do you all Close 3 possible
feel close to 1 2 4
God?
/
SET B: SPIRITUAL SUPPORT SUBSCALE 1 2 3 4 5 6 W. A

1. I often feel strongly related to /

a power greater than myself.

2. My faith gives my life /

meaning and purpose.
3. My faith is a way of life. /

4. I often think about issues /

concerning my faith.
5. My faith is an important part /
of my individual identity.
6. My relationship with God is /
experienced as
unconditional love.
7. My faith helps me to confront /
tragedy and suffering.
8. I gain spiritual strength by /
trusting in a higher power.
9. My faith is often a deeply /
emotional experience.
10. I make a conscious effort to /
live in accordance with my
spiritual values.
11. My faith enables me to /
experience forgiveness when
I act against my moral
conscience.
12. Sharing my faith with others is /
important for my spiritual
growth.
13. My faith guides my whole /
approach to life.
Total
Questions: SET C
Spiritual Openness Subscale 1 2 3 4 5 6 W.
 I believe that there is only one true /
faith.

 Ideas from faiths different from my own /

may increase my understanding of
spiritual truth.

 One should not marry someone of a /

different faith.

 I believe that the world is basically /

good.

 Learning about different faiths is an /

important part of my spiritual
development.

 I feel a strong spiritual bond with all of /

human kind.

 I never challenge the teachings of my /

faith.

 My spiritual beliefs change as I /

encounter new ideas and experiences.

 Persons of different faiths share a /

common spiritual bond.

 I believe that the world is basically evil. /

Set D: D

Readiness to face existential questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 W.

without reducing their complexities A
 I was not very interested in religion /
until I began to ask questions
about the meaning and purpose
of my life.
 I have been driven to ask religious /
questions out of a growing
awareness of the tensions in my
world and in my relation to the
world.

 My life experiences have led me /

to rethink my religious convictions.
 God wasn’t very important for me /
until I began to ask questions
about the meaning of my own life.
Self-criticism and perception of religious /
doubt as positive
 It might be said that I value my /
religious doubts and uncertainties.
 For me, doubting is an important /
part of what it means to be
religious.

 I find religious doubts upsetting. /

Questions are far more central to /

my religious experience than
answers.
Openness to change

 As I grow and change, I expect /

my religion also to grow and
change.
 I am constantly questioning my /
religious beliefs.
 I do not expect my religious /
convictions to change in the next
few years.
 There are many religious issues on /
which my views are still changing.
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Questions: SET E
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AL
No.
 God has given humanity a /
complete, unfailing guide to
happiness and salvation,
which must be totally
followed.

 No single book of religious /

teachings contains all the
intrinsic, fundamental truths
about life.

 The basic cause of evil in this /

world is Satan. Who is still
constantly and ferociously
fighting against God.

 It is more important to be a /
good person than to believe
in God and the right religion.

 There is a particular set of /

religious teachings in this
world that are so true, you
can’t go any “deeper”
because they are the basic,
bedrock message that God
has given humanity.

 When you get right down to it, /

there are basically only two
kinds of people in this world:
the righteous, who will be
rewarded by God; and the
rest, who will not.

 Scriptures may contain /

general truths, but they should
NOT be considered
completely, literally true from
beginning to end.
 To lead the best, most /
meaningful life, one must
belong to one, fundamentally
true religion.

 “Satan” is just the name /

people give to their own bad
impulses. There really is no
such thing as diabolical
“Prince of Darkness” who
tempts us.

 Whenever science and /

sacred scripture conflict,
science is probably right.

 The fundamentals of God’s /

religion should never be
tampered with, or
compromised with others’
beliefs.

 All of the religions in the world /

have flaws and wrong
teachings. There is no
perfectly true, right religion.