What Percentage of People are Saved?

(Our Present Reality - Part 1 and The Mystery of Our Destiny - Part 2)

In a study published in September, 2003 by Barna Reserach cited by Chuck Missler, this was is the finding.

Do you believe in an after life?
81% Believe in an afterlife.
9% Not certain.
10% There is no afterlife.

If you ask the question another way, you get a slightly different result. Do you believe in heaven?
46% There is an eternal existence in God's presence.
30% An actual place of rest and reward.
14% It is just symbolic.
5% No such thing.
5% Not sure.

Do you believe in Hell?
39% Eternal separation from God's presence.
32% An actual place of torment and suffering.
13% Just a symbol of some bad outcome.
16% Not sure or unbelief.

Destination Anticipated
65% Going to heaven.
24% No idea what will happen.
1% Expect to go to hell.
5% Cease to exist.
5% Coming back in another life form.

Jesus Christ spoke more about hell than he did heaven.

Heaven Bound?
Because:
43% "They confessed their sins and accepted Christ as their savior".
15% "They have tried to obey the Ten Commadments".
15% "They are basically a good person".
6% "God loves all people and will not let them perish".

There are some serious contradictions:
Among those who call themselves Christians:
-10% who call themselves Christians believe in reincarnation.
-29% claim it is possible to communicate with the dead.
-50% contend they can earn their salvation based on good works.
-Many believe there are multiple options for gaining entry into heaven.

Contrardictory Findings of Atheists and Agnostics
-50% Claim every person has a soul, heaven and hell exist, and there is life after death.
-12% Admit believing Jesus makes life after death possible.
-Labels are not descriptive: they take their evidences from adopting simplistic views from movies, novels, etc.

Avoiding Truth and Path to Folly
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation" (Edmund Spencer).

"He that answereth a matter before he hear it, it is folly and shame unto him" (Prov. 18.13).