GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

People have many differing views about what makes a person a good 
Christian or Jew. Please tell me how important is each of the 
following to you. Once again, please indicate where you would place 
your feelings on a scale from 1 to 5. How important is it 
A. To attend regularly religious services at church or synagogue.

People have many differing views about what makes a person a good 
Christian or Jew. Please tell me how important is each of the 
following to you. Once again, please indicate where you would place 
your feelings on a scale from 1 to 5. How important is it 
B. To believe in God without question or doubt.

People have many differing views about what makes a person a good 
Christian or Jew. Please tell me how important is each of the 
following to you. Once again, please indicate where you would place 
your feelings on a scale from 1 to 5. How important is it 
C. To follow faithfully the teachings of their church or synagogue.

People have many differing views about what makes a person a good 
Christian or Jew. Please tell me how important is each of the 
following to you. Once again, please indicate where you would place 
your feelings on a scale from 1 to 5. How important is it 
D. To follow one's conscience even if it means going against what the 
churches or synagogues say and do.

Here is another card with contrasting ideas. If you feel that 
"My faith is completely free of doubts," you would place yourself at 
1. If you feel "My faith is mixed with doubts," you would place 
yourself at 7. If you feel somewhere between these two, you would 
place yourself at 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Where would you place your 
feelings about your faith
A. From Free of Doubt to Mixed with doubts

Here is another card with contrasting ideas. If you feel that 
"My faith is completely free of doubts," you would place yourself at 
1. If you feel "My faith is mixed with doubts," you would place 
yourself at 7. If you feel somewhere between these two, you would 
place yourself at 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Where would you place your 
feelings about your faith
B. From Often felt agnry to Never felt angry at God

How often have these problems caused doubts about your religious 
faith- often, sometimes, or never. 
A. Evil in the world

How often have these problems caused doubts about your religious 
faith- often, sometimes, or never. 
B. Personal suffering

How often have these problems caused doubts about your religious 
faith- often, sometimes, or never. 
C. Conflict of faith and science

How often have these problems caused doubts about your religious 
faith- often, sometimes, or never. 
D. Feeling that life really has no meaning

How often have these events strengthened your religious faith-often, 
sometimes, or never. 
A. Death in the family

How often have these events strengthened your religious faith-often, 
sometimes, or never. 
B. Birth of a child

How often have these events strengthened your religious faith-often, 
sometimes, or never. 
C. Marriage

How often have these events strengthened your religious faith-often, 
sometimes, or never. 
D. Intense sexual pleasure