After reading about a poll on religious belief in America, I was suprised by the results, as were many other people. I decided to conduct a poll here to see if I get results similar to the actual one.
The survey can be found
here
This is an excerpt from a CBS article about the poll:
Quote:
America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don't feel their religion is the only way to eternal life - even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise.
The findings, revealed Monday in a survey of 35,000 adults, can either be taken as a positive sign of growing religious tolerance, or disturbing evidence that Americans dismiss or don't know fundamental teachings of their own faiths.
Among the more startling numbers in the survey, conducted last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: 57 percent of evangelical church attenders said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life, in conflict with traditional evangelical teaching.
In all, 70 percent of Americans with a religious affiliation shared that view, and 68 percent said there is more than one true way to interpret the teachings of their own religion.
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The entire article can be found
here
I do not believe in eternal life, but found this poll interesting because the results were not what I expected.