Everyday Examples
I believe my coffee maker will turn on when I press the button.
What is a mundane belief?
(This example is predictable, practical, not tied to identity or meaning.)
I believe being created “in God’s image” means humans have inherent dignity and worth.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(This is interpretive, it's about what the story means, not just what it says.)
A belief formed through everyday experience, habit, or repeated observation rather than deep reflection.
What is a mundane belief?
(Mundane beliefs come from normal life patterns, not faith, doctrine, or interpretation)
I believe my phone will magically jump to 100% battery if I just “manifest it” while half-asleep.
What is a mundane belief?
(It’s based on wishful thinking and routine experience, not deep meaning or values)
I believe honesty is one of the most important values a person can have.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(This is a reflective stance tied to morals and identity.)
I believe God rested on the seventh day because the story says He finished His work.
What is a mundane belief?
(It's simply accepting the narrative sequence, not assigning deeper meaning)
A belief that involves interpretation, value judgments, or a deeper mental stance toward meaning or purpose.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(Cognitive beliefs involve reasoning, worldview, or faith, not simple routine)
I believe the bag of chips is “mostly air” but I still buy it anyway.
What is a mundane belief?
(This is a simple consumer expectation, not a cognitive judgment about meaning)
I believe people often face situations where telling the truth is difficult, and I see choosing honesty in those moments as morally better than lying.
What is both mundane belief and cognitive attitude?
(It’s both because it includes a simple fact about real-life situations and a moral judgment about honesty being better than lying.)
I believe the injured man in the Good Samaritan was left on the road because robbers attacked him.
What is a mundane belief?
(This is simply accepting the story events at face value)
A belief that cannot be confirmed through observation but is accepted because of faith, theology, or meaning making.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(These beliefs are based on doctrine or interpretation of God, not physical evidence)
I believe going to the gym once automatically makes me a healthier person overall.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(It’s an interpretation about identity and self-worth, not an everyday assumption)
I believe I will do well on the test because I studied consistently.
What is a mundane belief?
(Even though it relates to performance, it’s based on practical cause and effect, not values or interpretation)
In the Prodigal son the older brother believes he deserves more love because he followed all the rules.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(This is a moral perspective about fairness, merit, and the meaning of obedience)
A belief that includes a simple statement about reality AND a deeper personal interpretation of what that reality means.
What is both mundane belief and cognitive attitude?
(It combines a factual elements of mundane beliefs ,with a meaning-based element of cognitive attitudes.)
I believe the universe is personally targeting me when I hit every red light on the way to school.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(This assigns meaning to random events, deeper than a simple expectation)
I believe exercising daily makes me a more disciplined person.
What is a cognitive attitude?
(It sounds mundane, but it’s actually about self evaluation and identity, making it cognitive)
Eve believes the forbidden fruit can give knowledge of good and evil, and she sees this knowledge as something powerful and desirable.
What is both mundane belief and cognitive attitude?
(It’s both because it includes a factual belief about what the fruit can do and Eve’s personal judgment that the knowledge is powerful and desirable.)
A belief people accept because it lines up with common, everyday information that can usually be checked, even if they don’t personally check it.
What is a mundane belief?
(It fits a mundane belief because it deals with everyday facts people generally accept. There’s no interpretation or deeper meaning involved.)
I believe my professor will take 5 days to grade a quiz because that’s exactly how long they always take to answer emails.
What is a mundane belief?
(This is a simple expectation based on past behavior, not a deep value or personal meaning)