A new Ipsos MORI poll has found that religion still matters to most people in the world.
The global survey looked at the views of over 18,000 people across 24 countries, including the U.K. and U.S.
Seven in 10 of those surveyed said they had a religion but there was a marked difference between Christians and Muslims when it came to the importance they placed on their faith.
In Muslim-majority countries, 94 percent of those with a religion agreed that their faith was important in their lives, compared to 66 percent in Christian-majority countries.
Muslims were far more likely to believe that their religion was the only true path to salvation, liberation or paradise – 61 percent compared to 19 percent in Christian-majority countries. In the U.S., 32 percent said their faith or religion was the only true path.
They were also more likely to say that their faith or religion was a key motivator in giving time and money to people in need – 61 percent compared to 24 percent in primarily Christian societies
Overall, 30 percent said that their religion motivated them to give their time or money to people in need, while more than half (52 percent) said that their religion made no difference to their giving because they saw it as important in any case.
Globally, faith was found to be important to young people. Almost three-quarters (73 percent) of under-35s said their religion or faith was important in their life.
“Religious faith is there in every age group. It’s not tailing off amongst younger people,” said Tony Blair, a practicing Catholic and patron of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, on Tuesday.
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article courtesy of TheChristianPost.com
