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UK: “Adults under 40 are much more likely than older people to call themselves atheists, but also to say that they believe in hell” according to World Values Study

Hell, yes: younger Britons more likely to believe in damnation, study finds

You may think the idea of hellfire belongs to an age when people’s lives were shaped by the threat of eternal damnation.

Wrong, it seems: generation Z and millennials in the UK are significantly more likely to believe in hell than baby boomers, according to a new study by the Policy Institute at King’s College London.

Younger people are also more likely to believe in life after death than older generations, despite being less religious generally.

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