What is the afterlife? What do people believe?
Recent research on religion has produced some interesting feedback on religious views and the afterlife.
- More than half of American Christians believe that at least some non-Christian faiths can lead to eternal life
- Shows that 7 in 10 Americans claiming a religious affiliation say that many religions can lead to eternal life. About one-fourth say theirs is the one true faith.
- 80 percent — gave examples of at least one non-Christian religion that they believe can lead to salvation; 61 percent named two or more non-Christian religions.
- 30 percent of Americans believe that whether one achieves eternal life is determined by what a person believes.
- 29 percent said eternal life depends on actions.
- 10 percent said the key to eternal life is a combination of beliefs and actions.
- 30 percent said something else is the key to eternal life; they don’t know what leads to eternal life; or they don’t believe in eternal life.