Religious Belief Scale (RBS)

Religious Belief Scale (RBS)
Martin and Nichols‚ 1962
سیاهه باورهای مذهبی مسیحی
1.    Religious faith is better than logic for solving life’s important problems.
2.    I don’t think it makes any difference if one is a Christian as long as he has good will for others.*
3.    I often think that I couldn’t do without my religion.
4.    I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
5.    I think there were many men in history as great as Jesus.*
6.    God is constantly with us.
7.    Christ’s simple message of concern for your fellow man has been twisted by superstitious mysticism.*
8.    I attend church to worship God with devotion and to gain guidance for everyday life.
9.    A person can be happy and enjoy life without believing in God.*
10.    I believe that eternal life is a gift of God to those who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
11.    Man can solve all his important problems without help from a Supreme Being.*
12.    It is through the righteousness of Jesus Christ and not because of our own works that we are made righteous before God.
13.    I don’t think prayers go above the ceiling of the room in which they are uttered.*
14.    I am sometimes very conscious of the presence of God.
15.    “God” is an abstract concept roughly equivalent to the concept of “Nature.*
16.    I think that the Bible is full of errors‚ misconceptions‚ and contradictions.*
17.    If I were without my religion and my understanding of God‚ I would have little left in life.
18.    I think God is revealed in every person who feels and acts unselfishly.
19.    I believe that men working and thinking together can build a just society without superhuman help.
20.    I believe that God exists as Father‚ Son‚ and Holy Spirit.
21.    The Bible in many ways has held back and retarded human progress.*
22.    I think of God as present wherever there is genuine beauty.
23.    I am not a religious person.*
24.    Science makes me doubt that man has a soul.*
25.    When in doubt‚ it is best to stop and ask God what to do.
26.    Christ was not divine‚ but his teachings and the example set by his life are important.*
27.    I believe that following the gospel of Christ is the only way for mankind to be saved.
28.    God exists in all of us.
29.    I think that God’s purposes are best shown by Christ.
30.    God cr‎eated man separate and distinct from the animals.
31.    I can take religion or leave it.*
32.    I think that Jesus was born of a virgin.
33.    I think that God may possibly have cr‎eated the world‚ but he does not show Himself or interfere in it today.*
34.    I think there is no life after death.*
35.    As science advances‚ religion will fade out in importance and eventually no religion will be needed.*
36.    God is very real to me.
37.    A person should follow his own conscience-not prayer-in deciding right and wrong.*
38.    I believe there is a Heaven and a Hell.
39.    Because of His presence we can know that God exists.
40.    Religion gives meaning to my life.
41.    I don’t believe that history reveals the working out of God’s plan.*
* indicates items that are reverse scored
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شواهد روان سنجی: ضریب کودر- ریچاردسون 0.95
نمره گذاری:
True/ False
چگونگی دستیابی
This instrument can be found at:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bob-Lew/post/How_to_measure_Religiosity/attachment/59d63ba779197b8077998ace/AS%3A419378475618305%401476999028454/download/Measures+of+Religiosity%2C+Hill+%26+Hood+%281999%29%2C+pp+001-100.pdf#page=45
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
Martin‚ C.‚ & Nichols‚ R. C. (1962). Personality and religious belief. Journal of Social Psychology‚ 56‚ 3-8.
Hill‚ Peter C. and Hood Jr‚ Ralph W. (1999). Measures of religiosity. Religiou Education Press.