Most Britons 'believe in heaven'

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Most Britons 'believe in heaven'


Some 15% believe in fortune telling or Tarot

The majority of Britons believe in heaven and life after death, new research suggests. The survey of 2,060 people showed 55% believe in heaven, while 53% believe in life after death and 70% believe in the human soul.
The study was carried out between October and November last year for the public theology think tank Theos.
It also suggested that nearly four in 10 people, 39%, believe in ghosts and 27% believe in reincarnation.
A further 22% believe in astrology or horoscopes and 15% believe in fortune telling or Tarot.
The think tank said the findings were "especially striking" when compared to the 1950s.
Then only 10% of the public told Gallup that they believed in ghosts and just 2% thought they had seen one.
More sceptical
In 1951, only 7% of people said they believed in predicting the future by cards and 6% by stars.
But the latest research showed an increase in scepticism about certain aspects of the supernatural, the organisation said.
In a 1998 Mori poll, 18% of the public said they believed in fortune telling or tarot, and 38% in astrology. A further 40% said they believed in ghosts, and 15% said that they had personal experience of ghosts.
Theos director Paul Woolley said: "The enlightenment optimism in the ability of science and reason to explain everything ended decades ago.
"The extent of belief will probably surprise people, but the finding is consistent with other research we have undertaken.
"The results indicate that people have a very diverse and unorthodox set of beliefs. Our research may point to a slight increase in scepticism about aspects of the supernatural over the last 10 years."



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7996187.stm

[BBK]

Proof the majority of Britons are morons.

[GTI]

Proof the majority of Britons are morons.

We have scientific measures of intelligence, and I don't think its ever been proven that believers occupy the lower end of the IQ scale

Anyway I would wager that most people who profess to be aetheists know very little about Darwinian evolution, mutagenics etc... hell, they wouldn't even know the differece between LeMark and Marky Mark.

[Undertaker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wo...y_Religion.png


interesting

[BBK]

Stupidity can never be measured scientifically as far as I'm concerned - IQ tests measure a very small portion of a human brain, not its real function. Simple fact as I see it though is anyone who believes in an afterlife is just plain stupid. And yes, thats a personal opinion based on only my own personal observations

[Greyfox]

I certainly dont.

[dpSparhawk]

I believe in heaven....

A room full of naked ladies all sorting each other out and providing me with lots of attention. THAT is heaven!!


As for the fluffy clouds version, fuck that!... unless it's full of naked ladies

[BBK]

A room full of naked girls all sorting each other out and providing me with lots of attention. THAT is heaven!!

And about as likely as there being a real heaven

[face]

Amazing what some people will believe, and even more amazing what the majority will >>

[doughboy]

The afterlife and religion aren't related.

Afterlife is possible, religion is mass delusion

[BBK]

The afterlife and religion aren't related.

Afterlife is possible, religion is mass delusion

I disagree. To me, for their to be an afterlife, you have to believe that humans have a soul, or what is it that "passes over" to the "other side"? And a soul is purely a religious concept.