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January
2, 2004
As Miracles fans can attest, popular culture is
fascinated with stories of the paranormal and the unexplained, but do
people really believe? The most recent Gallup Poll (2001) on the subject
found that Americans' belief in paranormal phenomena has increased in
the past decade. Overall, the study found that half or more of Americans
believe in psychic or spiritual healing, and extrasensory perception
(ESP), and a third or more believe in such things as haunted houses,
possession by the devil, ghosts, telepathy, extraterrestrial beings
having visited earth, and clairvoyance.
The
number of Americans who believe in paranormal phenomena has increased
significantly over the past decade with the number of people believing
in ghosts, returning spirits of the dead and haunted houses increasing
by 13%. The only category to experience a decrease was the belief in
demonic possession, which dropped by 8% in the ten-year period.
Do
you believe? Take our poll.
Gallup
Poll Results:
|
2001 May 10-14
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Believe
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Not Sure
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Don't Believe
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Sorted
by 'Believe'
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%
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%
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%
|
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Psychic
or spiritual healing or the power of the human mind to heal the
body
|
54
|
19
|
26
|
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ESP
or extrasensory perception
|
50
|
20
|
27
|
|
That
houses can be haunted
|
42
|
16
|
41
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That
people on this earth are sometimes possessed by the devil
|
41
|
16
|
41
|
|
Ghosts
or that spirits of dead people can come back in certain places
and situations
|
38
|
17
|
44
|
|
Telepathy,
or communication between minds without using the traditional
five senses
|
36
|
26
|
35
|
|
That
extraterrestrial beings have visited earth at some time in the
past
|
33
|
27
|
38
|
|
Clairvoyance,
or the power of the mind to know the past and predict the future
|
32
|
23
|
45
|
|
That
people can hear from or communicate mentally with someone who
has died
|
28
|
26
|
46
|
|
Astrology,
or that the position of the stars and planets can affect
people's lives
|
28
|
18
|
52
|
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Witches
|
26
|
15
|
59
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Reincarnation,
that is, the rebirth of the soul in a new body after death
|
25
|
20
|
54
|
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Channeling,
or allowing a "spirit-being" to temporarily assume
control of a human body during a trance
|
15
|
21
|
62
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