How Do You Reconcile Belief and Rationality?

What is your current religious view?

• Atheist
• Agnostic
• Religious
• I'm not sure. Somewhere in between.

Regarding religion, how were you raised?

Please select all that apply.

• atheist
• to question everything, no set beliefs
• religious, casual
• religious, strict
• religious, fundamental

Has your religious belief system changed since childhood?

• It's the same.
• Slightly or mildly different.
• Drastically different - lost religious beliefs
• Drastically different - gained religious beliefs

If you are an atheist, which category best describes you?

Please select all that apply.

• Natural - brought up atheist, never thought much about it.
• Apathetic - never had strong sense of faith, just defaulted to atheism, never had much conflict about it.
• Dissonant 1- grew up a believer and was curious about the incompatibility between faith and rationality. Became skeptical. It wasn't that hard.
• Dissonant 2- grew up a believer and was torn over the incompatibility between faith and rationality. Struggled with it.

What do you feel about other non-religious spiritual concepts?

Please select all that apply.

• I require scientific evidence. No evidence means it's not real, or at least needs more testing.
• I'm religious and I believe in ghosts, and other spiritual concepts.
• I'm religious and I don't believe in anything not in the bible.
• I'm atheist and I believe in spiritual concepts like karma, reincarnation, healing energies
• I'm atheist and I believe in ghosts and/or aliens, but not reincarnation, karma or healing energies
• I'm atheist and I believe in ghosts, aliens, reincarnation, karma, etc.

What do you think about alternative healing modalities?

Please select all that apply.

• They are pseudoscience. No evidence means more testing needs to be done, or it is not real. I'm skeptical.
• If it's from ancient cultures, I trust it more than conventional medicine. (ie. acupuncture, homeopathy, etc)
• I don't know, if it seems to work I trust it.
• If someone I trust says it works, I trust it and will try it.
• I'll try anything. I'm game. Usually this stuff is true.
• I think the government/drug companies keep cures and remedies away from people so they make more money.