Great post, Karen!
Actually, I'm not surprised by the data. For example, Catholics are over 70% and mainline Protestants even higher--no surprise considering how large a role both groups have played in initiating interfaith dialogue.
I'm also not surprised to see that Jews are at 82% and 89%. Deed thoroughly outweighs creed in Judaism
And, of course, Hinduism and Buddhism are both known for their religious pluralism, so no surprise on their high percentages.
But I wonder how one of these questions played out. So many Jews don't believe in an afterlife--Reconstructionist Jews, for example, have even removed references to an afterlife from their liturgy--so what do you do with the first question? And does that question even make sense in the context of most of Buddhism? Or Hinduism, for that matter, where the goal is not eternal life, per se, but reunification with the divine?
An Orthodox Jew would have no problem answering that first question. She would say yes and quote the Talmud: "The righteous of all nations have a place in the world to come." But what do you say when you're not so sure there is a world to come?
I suppose you just consider the spirit of the question and say yes--but, really, this is a very Christian-centric poll!