forgiven for your sins?', a quarter of those who said they were Christians said they neither agreed nor disagreed.
17% of Christians said they disagreed that Jesus died on the cross to forgive sins.
Among those categorised 'Active Christians' though, agreement with the doctrine rose to 82% and only 3% didn't know.
The ComRes poll, comissioned by BBC Local radio, also asked wider questions about forgiveness to different groups, including: 'To what extent, if at all, would you be able to forgive someone who committed any of the following?' with the actions being murder, child abuse, sexual abuse, infidelity, verbal abuse, abuse on social media, lying, stealing, swearing [...]