|
Religion
|
Response
|
Religious Categorization Score
|
Religious Preference Score
|
|
Catholic
|
No
|
69.2
|
111.4
|
|
Catholic
|
Yes
|
61.2
|
97.9
|
|
Christian
|
No
|
71.7
|
115.5
|
|
Christian
|
Yes
|
61.1
|
96.0
|
|
Mormon
|
No
|
77.6
|
123.8
|
|
Mormon
|
Yes
|
77.8
|
127.6
|
|
Islam
|
No
|
71.8
|
117.3
|
|
Islam
|
Yes
|
52.4
|
83.6
|
|
Judaism
|
No
|
70.3
|
114.1
|
|
Judaism
|
Yes
|
70.9
|
110.1
|
|
Spiritual
|
No
|
57.7
|
88.8
|
|
Spiritual
|
Yes
|
52.3
|
78.7
|
If you
are moral, but don't believe in God, will you go to heaven? Religious
Categorization and Preference Scores by Religion
As
seen above, the Mormons had the highest propensity to both categorize
and prefer their own religion, but they also had no statistically significant
difference between No and Yes respondents,
which is consistent with the their interpretation of Biblical scriptures
that place a higher value on moral behavior for heavenly acceptance.
Overall, the Mormons were three times more likely to say Yes
than No.
Christians and Muslims had the highest differences between those indicating
No and Yes than the other religions. Overall,
the Christians and Muslims were over three times more likely to say
No than Yes, and were the only two religious
groups that favored the No response. Among the Conservative
Christians, that number jumps to eight times more likely.
The
Catholics and Jews were about three times more likely to say Yes
than No. consistent with their interpretation of Biblical
scriptures that places a higher value on moral behavior in heavenly
acceptance.
Whether
the earthly battle between American Christianity and Islam actually
materializes still remains to be seen. But one thing is for sure, when
these two adversaries get to heaven, they won't have to deal with each
other any more.
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Brack and Zhang, November 2006
Email: Brack@neuropolitics.org
Zhang@neuropolitics.org