Polls
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90% believe in divine retribution.
10% believe in the 10 Commandments.
82% believe in afterlife.
45% believe in ghosts.
10% of us claim to have seen a ghost.
49% believe in ESP.
57% have had deja vu.
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Newsweek Poll:
Most Americans Believe in Miracles
Newsweek, May 1, 2000
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that God performs miracles and nearly half say they have personally seen or experienced one, according to a new Newsweek poll.
Eighty-four percent of Americans said that God performs miracles. Seventy-nine percent say they believe that the miracles described in the Bible actually took place, according to the Newsweek poll. Sixty-three percent say they know someone who claims to have experienced a miracle, and 48 percent believe they have experienced or witnessed one.
It is overwhelmingly Christians (90%) who believe in miracles, compared to 46 percent of non-Christians. Faith in miracles among Evangelical Protestants is 98 percent. And 87 percent of those polled said that miracles can happen to people of religious faiths different than their own.
About two-thirds of Americans (67%) say they have prayed for a miracle. Strong majorities of Americans believe God or the saints cure or heal sick people who have been given no chance of survival by medical doctors (77%). People who face death in accidents or natural disasters can be saved by a miracle, say 72 percent of those polled.
The poll data appears as part of a new Newsweek story on miracles, available on newsstands Monday and online on Newsweek.com on Sunday. Religion Editor Kenneth L. Woodward provides accounts of modern-day miracles and profiles the role of miracles in each of the world’s leading religions.
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Woodward’s story is adapted from his new book,
“The Book of Miracles”
(Simon & Schuster, 432 pages).
@ 2000 Newsweek, Inc.
5th Jan 1999
USA Today
Five times as many Americans think that biblical prophecies can predict the future better than pollsters.
Percentage who say each of these can predict the future: Biblical prophecies 49%; The Farmer’s Almanac 22%; Astrologers 21%; Psychics 16%; Pollsters 10%; The Ouija Board 3%; The Magic Eight Ball 2%.
December 1998
LIFE Magazine
Ninety-six percent of Americans believe in God, compared with 70 percent of Britons.
Thirty-three percent of Americans believe that the bible is the actual word of God.
Eighty percent of Americans believe in an afterlife: 72 percent believe in heaven, 56 percent in hell.
Seventy-nine percent of Americans pray to God and feel that he has helped them to make decisions.
February 9th 1998
The Sun
MORI interviewed 721 adults aged 18 and over by phone across Britain on February 4 and 5. Data was weighted to the national profile.
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Which of the following do you believe in? |
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| God | 64% |
| Premonitions/ESP | 64% |
| Life after death | 45% |
| Fortune telling/tarot | 18% |
| A soul | 67% |
| Deja-vu | 66% |
| Heaven | 54% |
| Out-of-body experience | 31% |
| Astrology | 38% |
| Reincarnation | 24% |
| Ghosts | 40% |
| Near-death experiences | 51% |
| Telepathy | 54% |
| Psychics/mediums | 28% |
| Guardian angels | 31% |
| Faith healers | 32% |
| Dreams predict future | 30% |
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Have you had any experience of psychics/mediums? |
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Yes |
Men |
Women |
North |
Midlands |
South |
18-35 |
35-54 |
55+ |
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37% |
50% |
31% |
31% |
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Have you had any experience of faith healers? |
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| 24% | 16% | 22% | 30% | |||||
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Have you had any experience of dreams predicting the future? |
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| 42% | 47% | 39% | 38% | 50% | 41% | |||
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Has your experience given you Proof there is life after death? |
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| 20% | 18% | 25% | 19% | |||||
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Have you experienced deja-vu? |
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| 79% | 80% | 79% | 85% | 81% | 69% | |||
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Have you had any experience of premonitions or ESP? |
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| 41% | 29% | 42% | 51% | |||||
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Have you ever based a decision on your belief in fortune telling or tarot? |
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| 28% | 17% | 32% | 36% | 23% | 8% | |||
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If you believe, have you experienced? |
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| Deja-vu | 79% |
| Fortune telling/tarot | 60% |
| Dreams predict future | 42% |
| Premonitions/ESP | 41% |
| Psychics/mediums | 37% |
| Ghosts | 37% |
| Telepathy | 35% |
| Guardian angels | 31% |
| Faith Healers | 24% |
| Out-of-body experiences | 21% |
| Near-death experiences | 17% |
| Astrology | 17% |
| Reincarnation | 8% |
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Do you believe in life after death? |
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| Men | Women | ||
| Yes | 45% | 36% | 53% |
| No | 42% | 51% | 34% |
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Do you believe in telepathy? |
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Yes |
No |
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| Capr |
36% |
55% |
| Aqua |
52% |
37% |
| Pisc |
52% |
37% |
| Aries |
58% |
34% |
| Taur |
57% |
37% |
| Gem |
58% |
37% |
| Canc |
61% |
31% |
| Leo |
48% |
36% |
| Virgo |
58% |
32% |
| Libra |
61% |
30% |
| Scorp |
50% |
41% |
| Sagit |
64% |
30% |
| Total |
54% |
37% |
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