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Religious Beliefs Survey Results
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Hope 4 The Future team members visited visited homes in St Mary Cray and St Paul’s Cray during our week of Community Activities, 5th-13th April 2014, with a door-to-door religious beliefs survey. The questionnaire contained just five questions but gives a fair idea of what people in our community believe about God, Jesus and what happens after we die.
Approximately 230 surveys were completed and an analysis of the responses is included below.
Question 1 What do you believe about God:
Distant 8%
A personal God 41%
A force 11%
Non-existent 15%
Other 25%
Question 2 What do you believe happens at the end of our lives:
We die and that's it 13%
We come back to earth in another form or as another person 18%
We all go to heaven 11%
Some people go to heaven, some to hell 30%
Not sure 15%
Something else 13%
Question 3 What do you believe about Jesus:
He didn't exist at all 5%
He was just a man 17%
He was a prophet or messenger from God 22%
He was God's only Son 43%
Other 13%
Question 4 If you could ask God one question, what would it be:
Why don't you show yourself, so that everyone believes? 6%
Why am I on earth? 14%
Why is there so much suffering in the world? 42%
Why did you make the world in the first place? 14%
Something else 24%
Question 4 What do you think happened to Jesus at Easter:
He didn't die - someone took his place 1%
He did die - someone stole the body 13%
It is just a story 17%
He did die and rise again 58%
Something else 11%
Question 5 Would you be interested in knowing God personally:
No 13%
Yes 65%
Not sure 21%
Some other response 1%
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