Survey of what teens think. (percentage) (year of poll)
Two out of three teens (65%) say that the devil, or Satan, is not a living being but is a symbol of evil. (2000)
Three out of five teens (61%) agree that “if a person is generally good, or does enough good things for others during their life, they will earn a place in Heaven. (2000)
Slightly more than half (53%) say that Jesus committed sins while He was on earth. (2000)
30% of teens believe that all religions are really praying to the same God, they are just using different names for God. (1999)
In total, 83% of teens maintain that moral truth depends on the circumstances, and only 6% believe that moral truth is absolute. (2001)
When it comes to believing in absolute truth, only 9% of born again teens believe in moral absolutes and just 4% of the non-born again teens believe that there are moral absolutes. (2001)
Barna Research Group