Those polled were also asked whether or not they believed in some kind of life after death. Forty-six percent of said they did while another 46 percent said they did not. Options of life after death in the survey included reincarnation, Heaven, and Hell, and others like “we go to a parallel universe/the astral plane of existence.”

One in four people who identify themselves as “Christians” in England say that they believe that the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ did not happen, according to a new poll.

ComRes conducted the survey of 2,010 British adults by telephone for 10 days at the beginning of February, asking them a series questions about their beliefs on the Bible and Easter. BBC local radio commissioned the survey for Palm Sunday, measuring the responses of the “General Public,” “All Christians,” and “Active Christians,” which refers to Christians who attend religious services at least once per month.

When it comes to the specific event that Christians around the world will celebrate on Easter Sunday, Christ’s resurrection, half of the general public replied they do not believe that it happened, as did a quarter of people who identified as Christians.

Seventeen percent of all respondents believed that the resurrection occurred exactly as it is described in the Bible, while 31 percent of Christian respondents and 57 percent of active Christians agreed. Nine percent of non-religious respondents said they believed in the resurrection and, 1 percent of whom said they believed the Bible version.

Exactly half of those surveyed did not believe in resurrection whatsoever.

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