Table 1. The percentage of selected belief pairs reported inconsistently.

Item A	Item B	Percentage of those reportingbelief in item A butnot in item B	Percentage of those reporting strong belief in item A but not in item B
Reincarnation (i.e. that when you die yoursoul is reborn in another body)	The soul or spirit survives death	41.6% (n = 159)	38.3% (n = 36)
Some people communicate with the dead	The soul or spirit survives death	22.6% (n = 91)	21.5% (n = 34)
Earth has been visited by aliens from other solar systems	Extra-terrestrial life	12.4% (n = 43)	8.3% (n = 5)
Some people are possessed by evil spirits	Demons or evil spirits	9.4% (n = 38)	4.2% (n = 4)
The theory of evolution	Humans share a commonancestor with apes	8% (n = 67)	5.6% (n = 26)
Humans share a common ancestorwith apes	The theory of evolution	7.7% (n = 64)	4.3% (n = 22)