Community and Independence in Faith

Gender?

male

If answer to Gender is "other", please specify.

Date of Birth?

5-15-1955

Ethnicity/race?

European or White

If answer to Ethnicity/race is “Other,” then please specify.

What is your highest level of education?

Baccalaureate degree

Occupation?

Petroleum geologist

Are you a parent or guardian?

Yes

Religious affiliation?

Methodist

If answer to Religious affiliation is “Other,” then please specify.

Have your religious beliefs ever drastically changed or reversed at any point in your life?

No

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how did your beliefs change?

If you answered "yes" to question 11, when did your religious beliefs change?

Do you attend a place of public worship? (i.e. church, mosque, synagogue, etc.)

Yes

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how often do you attend this place of public worship?

several times a year

Do your religious beliefs, or place of public worship, require prayer or personal devotion of any sort?

Yes

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how often do you pray or have personal devotion?

less than once per month

Do you contribute to your place of public worship financially or through an alternative mean?

financial

If you answered "alternative" to the previous question, how do you contribute to your place of public worship besides through financial means?

If you answered "financially" to question 18, how much do you contribute?

$1500/year

Community and Independence in Faith

Do you prefer to practice your particular faith in the company of others, such as those who attend a common place of public worship, or independently?

both

If you answered "independently", "in the company of others", "both", or "neither" to the previous question, please explain why you prefer this way of worship.

It enhances my faith

"Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death." Leviticus 24:20-21, the Bible. Do you agree with this passage?

Yes

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

I do not agree literally but I do agree with this statment figuratively in that there should be consequences appropriate the severity of the crime. I also believe in the death penalty for capital crimes and death at the hands of terrorists.

"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39, the Bible. Do you agree with this passage?

Yes

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

I do not agree literally but I do agree with this statment figuratively in that there should be consequences appropriate the severity of the crime. I also believe in the death penalty for capital crimes and death at the hands of terrorists.

"Jihad" in the Islam religion is a social and personal spiritual struggle associated with defending the Islamic faith in the case of an unjustifiable attack, as well as an internal battle to submit to God's will. Do you agree with this aspect of Islamic faith?

No

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

The phrase "unjustified attack" has been interpreted to inlcude editorial page cartoons chiding muslims (Danish newspaper cartoons), authors whose books that don't agree with Islam (Salman Rushdie), and other expressions of speech that don't comport with Islam such as the film by Dutch film director Van Gogh (Van Gogh was assassinated). Mean while Islam schools teach hatred and violence towards Christians and Jews. The faith of Islam provides for and accomodates religous persecution and futhermore promulgates religous intolerance.

In Judaism, usually more emphasis is placed on practice and devotion within the family and at home, as opposed to community worship at a synagogue. Do you agree with this style of worship?

Yes

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

It better enhances my faith

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Survey Statistics: Community and Independence in Faith Survey (Respondent 131772)

Community and Independence in Faith

Gender?

male

If answer to Gender is "other", please specify.

Date of Birth?

5-15-1955

Ethnicity/race?

European or White

If answer to Ethnicity/race is “Other,” then please specify.

What is your highest level of education?

Baccalaureate degree

Occupation?

Petroleum geologist

Are you a parent or guardian?

Yes

Religious affiliation?

Methodist

If answer to Religious affiliation is “Other,” then please specify.

Have your religious beliefs ever drastically changed or reversed at any point in your life?

No

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how did your beliefs change?

If you answered "yes" to question 11, when did your religious beliefs change?

Do you attend a place of public worship? (i.e. church, mosque, synagogue, etc.)

Yes

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how often do you attend this place of public worship?

several times a year

Do your religious beliefs, or place of public worship, require prayer or personal devotion of any sort?

Yes

If you answered "yes" to the previous question, how often do you pray or have personal devotion?

less than once per month

Do you contribute to your place of public worship financially or through an alternative mean?

financial

If you answered "alternative" to the previous question, how do you contribute to your place of public worship besides through financial means?

If you answered "financially" to question 18, how much do you contribute?

$1500/year

Community and Independence in Faith

Do you prefer to practice your particular faith in the company of others, such as those who attend a common place of public worship, or independently?

both

If you answered "independently", "in the company of others", "both", or "neither" to the previous question, please explain why you prefer this way of worship.

It enhances my faith

"Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death." Leviticus 24:20-21, the Bible. Do you agree with this passage?

Yes

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

I do not agree literally but I do agree with this statment figuratively in that there should be consequences appropriate the severity of the crime. I also believe in the death penalty for capital crimes and death at the hands of terrorists.

"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:38-39, the Bible. Do you agree with this passage?

Yes

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

I do not agree literally but I do agree with this statment figuratively in that there should be consequences appropriate the severity of the crime. I also believe in the death penalty for capital crimes and death at the hands of terrorists.

"Jihad" in the Islam religion is a social and personal spiritual struggle associated with defending the Islamic faith in the case of an unjustifiable attack, as well as an internal battle to submit to God's will. Do you agree with this aspect of Islamic faith?

No

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

In Judaism, usually more emphasis is placed on practice and devotion within the family and at home, as opposed to community worship at a synagogue. Do you agree with this style of worship?

Yes

Please explain why you answered "yes" or "no" to the previous question.

It better enhances my faith