Questionnaire 4

Thought and Doubt

Exploring childhood teachings about private thoughts, doubt, disbelief, questioning and whether a person was free to think differently.

There are no right or wrong answers.

These questions are concerned with what you remember being presented with, when you first became aware of particular ideas, and how your understanding may have changed.

You may answer Unsure, I don't remember, or Prefer not to answer whenever those responses better describe your experience.

Questionnaire: PS-TD-04 — Version 0.2

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Before your 12th birthday

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Question 1

Did anyone ever tell you that God knew your private thoughts and could judge or punish you for thoughts, doubts or questions that nobody else knew about?

Your answer

Question 2

Did anyone ever tell you that doubting or questioning God, Jesus, religion or a religious teaching was wrong, sinful, or showed a lack of faith?

Your answer

Question 3

Did anyone ever tell you that you should suppress or control thoughts that disagreed with religious teaching, or that thinking something forbidden could be as wrong as doing it?

Your answer

Question 4

Did anyone ever tell you that you should confess, disclose or seek forgiveness for private thoughts or doubts?

Your answer

Question 5

Did anyone ever tell you that trusting your own reasoning, evidence or judgement instead of religious teaching could lead you away from what was right?

Your answer

Question 6

Did anyone ever tell you that people who doubted or rejected the religion were bad, lost, dangerous or deserving of punishment, or that you should keep your own doubts and disagreements to yourself?

Your answer
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