61. 72-124 I believe that God will sometimes alter what would otherwise be the natural course of events to answer a prayer.
62. 40-161 I believe that the existence of God can be proven in a way that will elicit the assent of a rational person.
63. 111-93 I believe that the only way to know God is through an individual experience of His power or His love.
64. 159-45 I believe that undeserved suffering occurs in the world.
65. 57-144 I believe that correct ethical principles are grounded on religious faith, and that a genuine knowledge of man's moral obligations necessarily involves a belief in God.
66. 123-74 I believe that God is just.
67. 138-72 There has been a time in my life when my religious views could fairly have been called" "agnostic" or "atheistic."
68. 65-136 I believe that every human being inevitably becomes involved in sin and cannot attain salvation without God's intercession, even though man does not merit it.
69. 28-177 I believe that the idea of Hell is a true one in the sense that God will send some people to an eternity of pain if he sees fit.
70. 48-163 I regard active connection with a church or synagogue as essential to my religious life.
71. 91-104 I believe that God is benevolent and feels toward man much as a loving father to his children.
72. Do you attend religious services: 49 once a week; 22 twice a month; 15 monthly; 85 several times a year; 21 twice a year; 17 not at all.
73. How often, outside of formal religious services, do you pray to God? 52 daily; 36 several times a week; 51 only at specific crises in my life; 58 not at all.
74. Do you consider atheists or agnostics: (check two) 38 less likely than believers to hold ethical opinions with which you can agree; 164 just likely as believers to hold ethical opinions with which you can agree; 36 less likely than believers to do the morally right or kind thing; 3 more likely than believers to do the morally right or kind thing; 163 just as likely as believers to do the morally right kind of thing.
PART FOUR
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