I read an interesting article about a poll of people's supernatural beliefs. I was surprised that the belief rates were as high as they are. In particular:
48% believed in ESP
23% believed they've seen or felt the prescence of a ghost
17% believed 4 leaf clovers bring good luck
Why do you think these rates of belief are as high as they are?
Do you believe in these types of supernatural things? Why or why not?
Here's the link to the article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_re_us/ghosts_ap_poll
2007-10-26 02:56:47 · 13 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because people in general need something to "believe" in.
That is why religion is so popular, it is because peoples belief needed to be fulfilled and religion came and did exactly that.
2007-10-26 03:03:03 · answer #1 · answered by Blue 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why don't you believe in these things? Does there have to be a logical answer for anything? If a man heals himself from a terminal illness through faith of God, you know the first thing an atheist would say? "He was misdiagnosed." The main reason why I'm Christian is because miracles are everday occurences, but to an atheist, a miracle usually does not exist within his/her perspective.
2007-10-26 10:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't believe in spirits (also known as ghosts) then why do you believe in the afterlife. Are you planning on bringing your body to heaven....? An why pray to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost?
People have different interpretations of what a ghost is. A ghost is not a spook! lol
2007-10-26 10:20:42 · answer #3 · answered by Kay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rate is high because these things are real and exist. People who can communicate with different levels of matter are finally speaking out without fear. All the TV shows, both fiction and nonfiction, on at the moment help.
2007-10-26 10:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Believing in the supernatural is the foundation of religion. It seems pretty obvious that anyone who is religious is also superstitious and believe in ghosts.
2007-10-26 10:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Superstitions are passed down from mother to child in most cases . Many , like Zodiac and star gazing are the result of weak minds .
Religious superstitions come from he fear of what common sense tells us will happen .
No , I personally believe only in nature. I , you , and everybody are all part of nature , just as all living things are , both animal and vegetable .
2007-10-26 10:12:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
um, they just always have been. These concepts and ideas have been passed down from before traditional science, and since science has not been able to debunk them, they still remain in people's beliefs.
2007-10-26 10:00:58 · answer #7 · answered by centexdance 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Napoleon said something like, "It is amazing what people will believe as long as it's NOT in the Bible."
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2007-10-26 10:08:06 · answer #8 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.) People are ignorant and superstitious.
2.) People WANT to believe.
3.) Human beings have a hard-wired instinct to assign intent, and even consciousness, to random events and inanimate objects. Richard Dawkins devotes almost a whole chapter to it in "The God Delusion".
2007-10-26 10:00:02 · answer #9 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I believe they are all natural laws of the Universe as God created it.
Brightest Blessings
2007-10-26 10:01:01 · answer #10 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋