American Poll shows Belief in God Down, Belief in Ghosts Up
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[quote][B]A new Harris Poll finds that while a strong majority (74%) of U.S. adults do believe in God, this belief is in decline when compared to previous years as just over four in five (82%) expressed a belief in God in 2005, 2007 and 2009.[/B] Also, while majorities also believe in miracles (72%, down from 79% in 2005), heaven (68%, down from 75%), that Jesus is God or the Son of God (68%, down from 72%), the resurrection of Jesus Christ (65%, down from 70%), the survival of the soul after death (64%, down from 69%), the devil, hell (both at 58%, down from 62%) and the Virgin birth (57%, down from 60%), these are all down from previous Harris Polls.
[B]Belief in Darwin's theory of evolution, however, while well below levels recorded for belief in God, miracles and heaven, is up in comparison to 2005 findings (47%, up from 42%).[/B]
The survey also finds that 42% of Americans believe in ghosts, 36% each believe in creationism and UFOs, 29% believe in astrology, 26% believe in witches and 24% believe in reincarnation - that they were once another person.[/quote]
[url]http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/mid/1508/ArticleId/1353/Default.aspx[/url]
it's true there's a ghost who splashes water on my balls when i'm sitting on the toilet
They literally have them on their money.
Fucking tilt that up to the lights, shits spooky.
[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;43218448]it's true there's a ghost who splashes water on my balls when i'm sitting on the toilet[/QUOTE]
its the butt ghost
(it haunts your butt)
That's rather odd.
well yea the idea of god is silly.
but ghosts? no, that's some serious shit man
[QUOTE=yawmwen;43218579]well yea the idea of god is silly.
but ghosts? no, that's some serious shit man[/QUOTE]
"SOMEBODY KNOCKED OVER MY FUCKING POT AND NOW IT'S BROKEN"
"WAIT MAN, WHAT IF IT WAS A SOME[I]THING[/I]"
Admit it, if you're a ghost, you'll probably just spend all your time fucking with people for shits and giggles.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;43218616]Admit it, if you're a ghost, you'll probably just spend all your time fucking with people for shits and giggles.[/QUOTE]
Unless it's the kind of bullshit you have to deal with in Beatlejuice.
Wait, only 47% of people believe in evolution? What the hell?
[QUOTE=AaronM202;43218616]Admit it, if you're a ghost, you'll probably just spend all your time fucking with people for shits and giggles.[/QUOTE]
i'd spend my time haunting people just enough so that they know something is up, but never enough to 100% positively conclude that they are being haunted.
It's because god died and now he is haunting all those believers who failed him
perfectly logical explanation
If I was a ghost, I'd constantly put people's socks inside-out.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;43218683]If I was a ghost, I'd constantly put people's socks inside-out.[/QUOTE]
i'd hide in dryers and steal some of the socks while the machine was running.
Belief in God across education levels.
[quote]Education
High school or less
%60
Some college
%55
College graduate
%48
Post graduate
%37[/quote]
Now, regardless of what my beliefs are and yours we can see a trend here. I'm not really sure what its saying, but I think this kind of information in kinda cool
How the fuck do 26% believe in witches? Fucking witches? What is this, Halloween world?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;43218771]How the fuck do 26% believe in witches? Fucking witches? What is this, Halloween world?[/QUOTE]
i had sex with a witch once.
like she legitimately thought she could cast spells.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;43218783]i had sex with a witch once.
like she legitimately thought she could cast spells.[/QUOTE]
Was she impressed by the way you used your wand?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;43218771]How the fuck do 26% believe in witches? Fucking witches? What is this, Halloween world?[/QUOTE]
Yeah how offensive some of us are warlocks too y'know
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;43218798]Was she impressed by the way you used your wand?[/QUOTE]
i'm still alive aren't it?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;43218771]How the fuck do 26% believe in witches? Fucking witches? What is this, Halloween world?[/QUOTE]
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca]Just because someone's a witch doesn't necessarily make them the traditional Halloween witch.[/url]
[QUOTE=TurtleeyFP;43218640]Wait, only 47% of people believe in evolution? What the hell?[/QUOTE]
America's education system
[QUOTE=T553412;43218982]America's education system[/QUOTE]
I dont think you have any idea what youre talking about, because last time i checked, public highschool biology was required to teach evolution
[QUOTE=EnlightenDead;43219043]I dont think you have any idea what youre talking about, because last time i checked, public highschool biology was required to teach evolution[/QUOTE]
how well individual schools carry out that task is a whole other matter
[QUOTE=EnlightenDead;43219043]I dont think you have any idea what youre talking about, because last time i checked, public highschool biology was required to teach evolution[/QUOTE]
depends on the state
I never can understand atheists who believe in ghosts. And I've run into quite a few.
So, I could be wrong here, but why do more people believe in heaven than believing in the soul surviving after death. Isn't the latter sort of a requisite for the former?
[QUOTE=.Lain;43219056]how well individual schools carry out that task is a whole other matter[/QUOTE]
The same could be said about British schools.
[QUOTE=TurtleeyFP;43218640]Wait, only 47% of people believe in evolution? What the hell?[/QUOTE]
"Well I've never seen a monkey give birth to a person!/I've never seen a monkey turn into a man!/If we evolved then why are there still monkeys?/But the Bible says Adam and Eve!/Macro-evolution doesn't exist!/Evolution is just a [I]theory[/I]!" are all actual reasonings you will find
Well this explains something.
Got a random email about a month back from one of the long dead Digimon beleiver forums stating that they were switching over to ghosts and the paranormal. [img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-ghost.gif[/img]
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