{"id":7325,"date":"2008-12-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2008\/12\/24\/survey-most-americans-believe-in-multiple-paths-to-salvation\/"},"modified":"2008-12-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T12:00:00","slug":"survey-most-americans-believe-in-multiple-paths-to-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2008\/12\/24\/survey-most-americans-believe-in-multiple-paths-to-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Most Americans Believe in Multiple Paths to Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.abpnews.com\/index.php?\">www.abpnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">WASHINGTON, DC, USA, December 18, 2008: A majority of American Christians believe that at least some non-Christian faiths can lead to eternal life, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion &#038; Public Life.<\/p>\n<p>This inclusive belief is common even among evangelicals, a branch of Protestant Christianity whose doctrine specifically contradicts this more inclusive view.  Even in this group, a full 47 percent said many religions can lead to &#8220;eternal life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An earlier, similar poll with similar results had been criticized by many Christians. It asked about &#8220;other religions&#8221; bringing salvation, and critics felt it implied other Christian religions. This time, the survey was more specific, naming Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam as well as &#8220;no religious faith.&#8221; Still, a majority of the respondents found them to be valid paths.<\/p>\n<p>About one third of Americans say one&#8217;s beliefs determine who achieves eternal life, while an equal number say it depends on one&#8217;s actions. A tenth of the population say it is a combination of belief and action. The rest say something else determines salvation, they don&#8217;t believe in eternal life or they don&#8217;t know. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.abpnews.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, December 18, 2008: A majority of American Christians believe that at least some non-Christian faiths can,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}