Every second resident of Russia believes in religious miracles
Over the past quarter of a century, Russians have begun to hope more for help from above and are twice as likely to talk about God's predetermination of a person's fate, sociologists said following a poll conducted by VTsIOM.
According to the poll results, two-thirds (67%) of Russians rely to one degree or another on God's help in everyday life, which is 18% more than in 1991 (49%).
14% of respondents do not believe in God against the previous 21%, 11% do not hope for the help of the Almighty. 3% of respondents answered differently, 5% found it difficult to answer.
Since 1991, Russians have begun to believe more in religion-related phenomena. Thus, every second (50%) respondent believes in religious miracles, which is 18% more than 25 years ago (32%). 46% of respondents versus the previous 33% are confident in the existence of life after death. 40% each believe in the devil and hell, this belief in 1991 was shared by 25 and 24% of the respondents, respectively.
When asked whether a person's life is predetermined by higher powers, almost every second (48%) Russian gave a positive answer, this indicator has almost doubled over the past 25 years (25% then).
In a survey in 1991, a comparable share of respondents (45%), on the contrary, argued that the fate of a person does not depend on God's plan; now only one in four (26%) survey participants hold this opinion. 18% of the respondents noted that they equally agree and disagree with the statement that the course of a person's life is predetermined by God.
When asked whether it is worth prohibiting works containing attacks on religion at the legislative level, more than half (58%) of Russians answered in the affirmative. This figure has not changed since 1991 (58%). Every fourth (25%) survey participant spoke out against such a ban, 17% found it difficult to answer.
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The survey was conducted on April 23-24 among 1600 people in 130 settlements in 46 regions of the country.