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120.00%
0.00% 0.00%
0.00%
100.00% 0.00% 0.00%

80.00%
Strongly
63.64% 62.96% 60.98%
60.00% Situational
100.00% 100.00% A little
40.00% Not at all

27.27% 29.27%
20.00% 33.33%
4.88%
9.09% 3.70%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 4.88%
Catholicism Hinduism Islam Protestantism Seth

Figure 3.6. Conviction to religion among respondents who have converted.

The responses from the Catholic, Protestant and Muslim respondents indicate that

their religions have influenced their life significantly, as 72.72 percent of the Catholic
respondents think their religion has significantly influenced their life while more than 50
percent of Muslim and Protestant respondents think so too (see Figure 3.7). These

responses differ from the responses of the TCR adherents. Almost 50 percent of the TCR
adherents believe their religion does not really influence the way they live.

120.00%

0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00% 0.00% 0.00%
29.63% 26.83%
80.00% 36.36%
Very significantly
Significantly
60.00% 22.22%
31.71% Quite significantly
100.00% 100.00%
36.36% A little
40.00% Not at all
22.22%
31.71%
9.09%
20.00%
14.81%
18.18%
11.11% 7.32%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2.44%
Catholicism Hinduism Islam Protestantism Seth

Figure 3.7. Influence of religion on the life of respondents who have converted.

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