WASHINGTON - America remains a deeply religious nation, but a new survey finds most Americans don't believe their tradition is the only way to eternal life -- even if the denomination's teachings say 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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I read this today for my American Church History class. All I can say is... we are a nation of idiots. Sad.
There is a lot of good Christianity in the US but there is also a lot of terrible Christianity. Up to 90% of people that make decisions at evangelistic campaigns/crusades fall by the wayside. 2% of Christians in the US do any serious reading. The rest of the world is also to blame for making the US some kind of Christian capital. It is time for people in first world nations where possible to fall on their own resources.
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