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Nov 23, 2021 · Among all Americans, about four-in-ten (39%) say that people who do not believe in God can go to heaven, while roughly a third (32%) say that nonbelievers cannot enter heaven. (Again, 27% do not believe in heaven at all.) Catholics are twice as likely as Protestants to say that people who do not believe in God can still go to heaven (68% vs. 34%).
Nov 23, 2021 · Today 73 percent of Americans believe in heaven while 62 percent believe in hell, similar to 2017 when Pew last asked the questions. Meanwhile, 1 in 4 Americans don’t believe in heaven or hell.
Dec 7, 2023 · Belief that people have a soul or spirit. Most Americans (83%) believe that people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body. Overwhelming majorities of Protestants (93%) and Catholics (91%) express this belief, as do smaller majorities of Jews (69%) and the religiously unaffiliated (67%). Older Americans are more likely to ...
- Reem Nadeem
Jul 20, 2023 · WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentages of Americans who believe in each of five religious entities -- God, angels, heaven, hell and the devil -- have edged downward by three to five percentage points since 2016. Still, majorities believe in each, ranging from a high of 74% believing in God to lows of 59% for hell and 58% for the devil.
Dec 7, 2023 · What do Americans believe about life after death? The survey finds that 71% of Americans believe in heaven, while somewhat fewer – 61% – believe in hell and 60% believe in both. These numbers have held steady in recent years. 1 But there is less consensus about whether the dead have various powers, such as the ability to follow what is happening in this world and to watch out for loved ...
- Reem Nadeem
Oct 13, 2022 · Of these 7% who believe in an afterlife but do not believe in heaven or hell, they describe the afterlife in various ways: 21% believe a person’s spirit or energy continues living on, 17% believe in some form of reincarnation, 11% believe their spirit will cease suffering and be at peace, 8% believe their spirit will “rejoin” the universe, and 4% believe an afterlife is a form of ...
Nov 24, 2021 · Combined with the 27% who said they don’t believe in heaven, that leaves only 32% of Americans saying that those who do not believe in God cannot go to heaven. (Another 2% didn’t answer the question.) Not surprisingly, evangelicals (71%) lead the pack in insistence that those who do not believe in God cannot go to heaven.
