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LDS Members Have the Highest Belief in Afterlife of Any Christian Group

95% believe in afterlife. 80% absolutely certain. Higher than Evangelicals and all other groups.

Pew's 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study found that 95% of LDS members believe in an afterlife, with 80% saying they are absolutely certain — the highest rates of any Christian group measured.

LDS theology includes a detailed afterlife cosmology (three degrees of glory, family sealings for eternity) that may contribute to unusually high conviction rates. The certainty gap between LDS members and the average Christian is significant across every measure of belief.

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