Monday, September 22, 2008

Survey: Supernatural Experiences Common Among America's Religious

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080921/survey-supernatural-experiences-common-among-america-s-religious.htm

[The Christian Post] 22 Sep 2008--Nearly half of Americans report having at least two supernatural encounters, with conservative Protestants more likely than religious liberals to say they had such experiences, according to a survey recently published in a new book.

Among the most common religious and mystical experiences reported by Americans include protection from harm by a guardian angel (55 percent); calling by God to do something (44 percent); witnessing a miraculous, physical healing (23 percent); and hearing the voice of God (20 percent), according to the second part of the Baylor Religion Survey.

Researchers say they did not expect to find such high numbers of Americans reporting supernatural experiences, in particular, the guardian angel result.

“It was the biggest surprise to me in our findings,” sociologist Christopher Bader of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, said on Thursday.

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