• Poll On Salvation

  Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010 (message contributor)

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POLL ON SALVATION

56% say a good person can earn their way into Heaven.

44% say if a person does not consciously accept Christ as savior, they will be condemned to Hell.

44% say all people experience the same outcome after they die, regardless of their religious beliefs.

34% say there are some sins that God cannot forgive.

31% believe that Hell is a literal, physical place, 37% say it is separation from God

39% say it doesn’t matter what faith you embrace because they all teach the same lessons

53% contend that if a person is good enough, or does enough good things for other people, they will earn their way into Heaven. One-third of all born again Christians (34%) accept this notion.

— Barna Research Group, Ltd., Oxnard, CA — (10,000 Sermon Illustrations)