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Line 107: − [[File:Laying on of hands.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Ninety-four percent of [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]] believe in an afterlife according to a survey of the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture.<ref>Study, Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture: [http://relationshipsinamerica.com/religion/do-people-still-believe-in-life-after-death Do people still believe in life after death?]</ref>]] − According to the original Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture report: − {{cquote|Mormons reported the highest rate of belief in a conscious afterlife (98 percent), followed by [[evangelicalism|evangelicals]], [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], and fundamentalist Protestants (94 percent). Even mainline Protestants only trailed slightly, at 93 percent. Nine in ten Muslims indicated their agreement, while varieties of Catholic American trailed them (with traditional Catholics peaking at 85 percent). Jews (58 percent) and Hindus (59 percent) were the least likely among religious Americans to believe in life after death. Predictably, those without a religious affiliation (or who called themselves atheists or agnostics) were least confident in life after death, at 32 percent. By contrast, Americans who identify as spiritual-but-not-religious, which represents nearly eight (8) percent of the population, were far more confident in life after death (79 percent).<ref>Study, Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture: [http://relationshipsinamerica.com/religion/do-people-still-believe-in-life-after-death Do people still believe in life after death?]</ref>}}
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I found these results to be quite surprising. Having been immersed in circles of atheists and agnostics for the past 20 years, the numbers revealed by this study are higher than I would have guessed, by quite a lot. What stands out the most is that 6% expressed a belief in resurrection. It could be a statistical anomaly of some sort (perhaps the respondents did not understand the question about bodily resurrection?) Why an atheist or agnostic would believe that a dead person could come back to life seems entirely contrary to their worldview.<ref>[http://www.theskepticsguide.org/one-third-of-atheists-agnostics-believe-in-an-afterlife Survey: 32% of Atheists & Agnostics Believe in an Afterlife]</ref>}}
I found these results to be quite surprising. Having been immersed in circles of atheists and agnostics for the past 20 years, the numbers revealed by this study are higher than I would have guessed, by quite a lot. What stands out the most is that 6% expressed a belief in resurrection. It could be a statistical anomaly of some sort (perhaps the respondents did not understand the question about bodily resurrection?) Why an atheist or agnostic would believe that a dead person could come back to life seems entirely contrary to their worldview.<ref>[http://www.theskepticsguide.org/one-third-of-atheists-agnostics-believe-in-an-afterlife Survey: 32% of Atheists & Agnostics Believe in an Afterlife]</ref>}}
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and death]]
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and death]]