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Majority of adults in US believe in afterlife, Republicans much more than Democrats, poll shows

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Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:53 UTC

A majority of adults in the United States believe in some form of an afterlife, but Republicans believe in it with a greater frequency than their Democratic counterparts, a Pew Research Centre report said on Tuesday.

"A majority of Americans believe in both heaven and hell, including 74% of Republicans and 50% of Democrats. But about a third (35%) of Democrats say that they do not believe in either heaven or hell, compared with just 14% of Republicans who say this. In fact, when given the option to express belief in some sort of afterlife aside from either heaven or hell, a quarter of all Democrats say that they do not believe in any afterlife at all, which is much higher than the share of Republicans who express the same view (9%)," Pew Research Assistant Justin Nortey said in the report.

The religious composition of the two parties, namely that a substantially higher share of Republicans identify as Christians than Democrats, helps explain the findings, Nortey said. While self-identified Christian members of both major political parties believe in some form of an afterlife, Democrats without religious affiliation are far more likely to believe in no sort of afterlife than religiously unaffiliated Republicans, Nortey added.

Democrats who believe in heaven are also more likely to say that those who do not believe in God can gain entry there than Republicans who believe in it, Nortey pointed out.

Similarly, Christian Republicans are roughly twice as likely as their Democrat counterparts to say that their religion is the "one true faith" leading to heaven, Nortey said.

The survey used to gather the report's data was administered online to 6,485 randomly sampled US adults in September 2021.

Reader Comments

bj0311 · 2021-11-24T01:14:56Z

If this clown show here is all there is, I want my money back because there has to something better.

LadyRad · 2021-11-24T14:07:58Z

bj0311 when I was explained the idea of heaven and hell as a 4YO, my reply was “there’s an even worse place than this one?”

earthwatcher · 2021-11-24T23:31:08Z

bj0311 I am going to warn you about afterlife. Be careful what you choose even when you find yourself out of your body. The tunnel/light is a trap; they will take you money and recycle you like garbage back here.

scrutinizer · 2021-11-26T12:29:18Z

bj0311 Amen to that and this one explains a lot.

Can you imagine what a shallow materialistic a-hole you would become if you truly thought this was the whole show?

Worse than the literal-believing christians, since the bible is nothing but a few truths mixed with a lot of duality/materialism.

scrutinizer · 2021-11-28T15:57:07Z

LadyRad Buddhist monk I can't remember said "there is no room for hell, it's all right here"

HVACTech · 2021-11-24T02:48:46Z

is there a substantial difference between reincarnation.. and an afterlife?

or are they the "same difference" (same difference is an HVAC term)

example; a 'Relay" and a 'Contactor" both do the same thing. they are just different... it just depends on what you are trying to do with them.

Good Optics · 2021-11-24T03:24:53Z

HVACTech

Is there a substantial difference between reincarnation.. and an afterlife?

Reincarnation is the process one goes thru to be incarnate once again. Here's a Google [Link] to 'incarnate' and a Wikipedia [Link]
Afterlife is taken up at this Wikipedia [Link]
You can directly do such searches w/o recourse to relaying intermediaries to, uh, start your mental motor :-)

HVACTech · 2021-11-24T04:22:20Z

Good Optics HA! that is the same conclusion that I came to!

there is no difference between the two.

they are one and the same

[Link]

Good Optics · 2021-11-24T06:15:46Z

HVACTech

HA! that is the same conclusion that I came to!

I didn't come to a conclusion but will say now that to be reincarnated hereabouts you need a physical body, whereas an afterlife requires that you shuck that b-a-a-a-d old mortal coil to get in door. No tiresome physical bodies allowed past the Pearly Gates . . . They won't stamp your wrist unless you've done the ashes to ashes gig.

earthwatcher · 2021-11-24T23:34:26Z

HVACTech You don't have to reincarnate back to this fake reality, you can just choose to go home. Don't play the stupid game anymore that there is a karma and you have to learn lessons in order to improve your soul so that one day you can go home. Karma is bullshit, there is nothing to learn, and when you see the light/tunnel just walk away and go home. It's that simple. And, no one will judge you, unless you expect someone to judge you.

HVACTech · 2021-11-25T01:09:58Z

earthwatcher It's that simple. And, no one will judge you, unless you expect someone to judge you.

you will be judged in the way that you judge? I like that idea!

earthwatcher · 2021-11-25T01:35:26Z

HVACTech The only way to be free is when you stop others controlling you, and that also includes the time when the body expires and the soul is released. No one can control you unless you let them and no one owns you ever.

HVACTech · 2021-11-25T03:49:44Z

earthwatcher well, that is a little odd for me... you see people need what I do. and we are in short supply. I also work for myself nobody controls me..

when the body expires and the soul is released.

sorta like a genie in a bottle eh?

scrutinizer · 2021-11-26T12:36:05Z

Good Optics Wikipedia reminds me of a monty python skit How to play the flute: "Well you blow in this end and move your fingers up and down over these holes".

The whole point is you call the shots even though you have fear of this fact. If you remain thinking you're a jiva, and you die with desires or some retarded concerns about "what will happen to my stuff...?" then yes, line up and enter the prison. The newborn cries sensing "my god, what have I done". Desire lives on - and actually created this universe - I wonder if other worlds are going through the big Lie right now just like us.

PS- the sad part is future generations will all believe there was a "pandemic" - all history books will be written by the simon and shysters.

Good Optics · 2021-11-26T13:20:42Z

scrutinizer

If you remain thinking you're a jiva . . .

In Hinduism, the jiva is a living being or any entity imbued with a life force. [Link]
If we aren't jivas then what are we ?

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-24T02:54:55Z

I tell you, the first 40 years were great. Lucky timing, but this is getting painful to watch.

R.C.

Winternights3 · 2021-11-24T03:15:41Z

Rowan Cocoan Yup, 0 to 40 super, 40 to 50 hit the stratosphere, 50 +, well the less said the better.

60 going on 70, the jury's out?

HVACTech · 2021-11-24T03:17:32Z

Rowan Cocoan it is not like we had not known about it... may chance... the time is ripe? and we will see the end of the play?

ya, the 80's were a blast for me..

[Link]

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-24T03:31:30Z

HVACTech

The actors and jesters are here; The stage is in darkness and clear; For raising the curtain; And no-one-s quite certain whose play it is; How long ago, how long; If only we had listened in.; If we'd known just how right we were going to be.; For we dreamed a lot; And we schemed a lot; And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart.

(If everyone was listening you know; There'd be a chance that we could save the show; Who'll be the last clown; To bring the house down?; Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall

( Well, what is your costume today?; Who are the props in your play? ; You're acting a part which you thought from the start; Was an honest one.; Well how do you plead?; An actor indeed!; Go re-learn your lines,; You don't know what you've done; The finales begun.

( If everyone was listening you know; There'd be a chance that we could save the show,; Who'll be the last clown; To bring the house down?; Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall. Supertramp. If Everyone Was Listening. Great album.

Winternights3 · 2021-11-24T03:36:55Z

Rowan Cocoan Was playing Supertramp only this afternoon whilst making tea, singing like a good one to Give a little bit.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-24T03:40:35Z

Winternights3 Man, they were one of the soundtrack albums when we took off to California the summers I was 19 and 20 and also lived there until the Mid 80s. Great surfing.

RC

Winternights3 · 2021-11-24T03:49:07Z

Rowan Cocoan Whilst I don't decry today's music, I truly believe I was blessed by what the 60's and 70's had to offer musically.

Supertramp and the Eagles did cast a wonderful memory at a time in my life when life was most joyous.

HVACTech · 2021-11-24T04:56:24Z

Rowan Cocoan a hose was blown upon Alligator ally about the time this song came out... but we did make it to Hollywood beach... (Fla)

[Link]

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-24T04:59:40Z

HVACTech Great group. Warped video. I've never seen it before. RC

earthwatcher · 2021-11-24T23:38:33Z

HVACTech The 80's, bloody hell, those sure were great times.

Talking heads: this must be the place

[Link]

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-11-24T23:49:12Z

earthwatcher I saw Talking Heads in ~83 at an outdoor concert at UF. Talk about fun!! Their percussionist is great - one of the best concerts I've seen. Maybe top ten.

Re the 80s, the only reason I believe that they didn't get better was because on 3/30/21 Bush*t 1 had Reagan shot and told he was going to be a figurehead or else. Since that time (with the exception of Trump's first 2.5 years) the whole system has been run by Deep State assholes like Ollie North and Dick Cheney.

RC

earthwatcher · 2021-11-24T23:54:26Z

Rowan Cocoan Lucky you, I love this band. At least we were surrounded by great music, terrible hairdos with lots of hairspray, but it was bloody fun. And on top of that we were free to think and be crazy.

oldschoolrider · 2021-11-25T09:01:01Z

well well, i tell you this temporary mortals,

im not yelling, but THERE IS AN AFTERLIFE, THERE IS A ALL OUT LOVING SOURCE WE ALL RETURN TOO WHEN WE FINISH OUT CONTRACT ON THIS BEUTIFUL ROCK WE AALL SHARE, THIS I KNOW, PROOF I CAN GIVE, I CAN SHOW, BUT THAT TIME I DO, AGAIN YOU SHALL DENY.. = MATERIALISM, = LIMITED= TRUTH HIDDEN AS THE MIND IS DIVERSED TO ANOTHER TRACK OF THE TEMPORARY PLEASURE OF TEMPORARY MORTAL LIFE,

FUCK RELIGION, = MAN MADE TO DIVIDE, TO CONQUER TO BECOME SELFISH AND POLITICALLY RUN, TO BE THE EGO BOSS MAN, = KEEPS MORTAL MAN FURTHER AWAY FROM THE TRUTH,

GOD IS AN ALL OUT LOVING POWER, WORDS I CANNOT DESCRIBE, MY MORTAL VOCABULARY IS LIMITED, BUT I TELL YOU, PARADISE IS THERE, WE MUST LIVE THIS LIFE = TO SERVE OTHERS, WITHOUT ABUSING POWER, LOVE, FORGIVE, UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT ALL LIFE, THAT INCLUDES THE NATURAL, =TREES, FLOWERS, BUGS, ANIMALS, MAMMALS ETC..= ALL OUT.. THE UNIVERSE IS PAIN, DESTRUCTION, REBIRTH, MAGIC, AND LOVE, ITS BEAUTIFUL, MAGIC BEYOND WORDS..

now, not yelling, not yelling before, i expect to be shot at, abused, insulted, put down and made a mockery, such is this attitude today, but, either either, life is awesome,

those abusing the power of authority, those enforcing jabs, those complicit in the worlds greatest scam, well =

they sorry to say, will experience every single individuals experience of the moment of heartache and pain, so, that they can never escape, because when the veil of forgetfulness is removed upon physical death, all is known and open, this is the veil to disallow you to remember past events from past life experiences, because in this current life, it wouldnt benefit you, some characteristics in this current life you have, in a way relative to past experiences, to further your training in this life..

we all are on the same path to that that give us life.. to return, clean, = pure as that we was born as..

go see hope paranormal on youtube, see joshuas work, i know the man, hes a brother in peace and truth, if you like to find this universal truth, simply follow the path, easy, awesome and beautiful..

love and peace to all..

let the games, ie, maybe insults begin..

hobnyeba · 2021-11-28T05:23:29Z

Well, what's the meaning behind that finding? Perchance concepts like love, conscience, free choice/real liberalism, and true moral behavior are inextricably linked with the afterlife, as they all would require the existence of consciousness. Simplistic and mawkish enough. That is my way

their religion is the "one true faith"

Nothing but emotions and simplifications there, whatever helps them make sense of the world. Good for them

L. Wood · 2021-11-28T13:40:11Z

Machiavelli wrote that it is the belief of an afterlife the helps keep people morally fit.

Knowing that you live eternally guarantees that you will be rewarded/punished for your deeds on Earth.

Yes, this explains why Dems are without moral guidance.

parzival · 2021-11-29T10:57:46Z

Just days ago during the holiday an old friend shared something with me he had not shared in over 50 years with anyone save for a psychologist...

He said to me, "When I was about 9 years old, I accompanied my father to the funeral of a friend of his, someone who I didn't even know.

When we got there, I stayed in a corner waiting for the time to pass.

Then a man approached me and said, 'Enjoy life kid, be happy because time flies. Look at me now, I didn't enjoy it.'

Then he passed his hand over my head and left.

My father, before leaving, forced me to say goodbye to the dead person.

When I looked in the coffin, I was horrified to see that the man in the coffin was the same man who had spoken to me!

I was so traumatized I couldn't sleep properly.

I had terrible nightmares. I was terrified of being alone.

I couldn't sleep without a night light for many years.

I saw many psychologists, endured much turmoil throughout my adolescent years.

It got better as I aged, but I would still occasionally wake up screaming in fear.

Years later, I discovered something incredible that changed my life.

The dead guy had an identical twin..."

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