The poll is accurate to within plus or minus 3.2 percentage points 19 times out of 20. And there was no significant difference based on marital status. Belief was highest among people with only an elementary school education and lowest among university graduates. The next highest groups were the five per cent expecting the second coming of Christ, four per cent expecting a return of people to church and the three per cent expecting the world to end. They can be small miracles, like being saved from a car accident, being almost struck by a bus or your parents were sick and you prayed and they got better.
People are open-minded in that regard.
They just don't express it by going to church every Sunday. The poll found religion and spirituality are somewhat important to 36 per cent and very important to 39 per cent. Sixty-one per cent said the importance of religion in their lives is remaining stable while 31 per cent said it is increasing. Only seven per cent said religion is becoming less important to them. Four in 10 never or rarely attend organized religious services.