Most people believe in life after death, study finds

[Antaletriangle]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5144766/Most-people-believe-in-life-after-death-study-finds.html

A survey of 2,060 people showed 53 per cent believe in life after death, 55 per cent believe in heaven and 70 per cent believe in the human soul.

The study carried out between October and November last year for the public theology think tank Theos also showed nearly four in 10, or 39 per cent, believe in ghosts and more than a quarter (27 per cent) believe in reincarnation.


A further 22 per cent believe in astrology or horoscopes and 15 per cent believe in fortune telling or Tarot, the research revealed.

Half of people in London, the highest proportion in the UK, believe in ghosts, the survey showed.

Scotland had the highest number of people who believe in fortune telling or Tarot at 18 per cent and Wales had the highest proportion of people who believe in reincarnation at 32 per cent.

Theos said the comparison with the 1950s was "especially striking".

In 1950, it said, only 10 per cent of the public told Gallup that they believed in ghosts, and just 2 per cent thought they had seen one.

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[Brinty]

A survey of 2,060 people showed 53 per cent believe in life after death, 55 per cent believe in heaven and 70 per cent believe in the human soul.



Odd thing that can be construed from the above statistics - or the answers people give.

While 55% believe in Heaven, only 53% believe in life after death. Does that mean that the discrepancy of 2%, while they believe in Heaven, don 't believe they will go there?

[Antaletriangle]

Good point brinty-i suppose it goes to show how manipulative statistics can be!?

[EpiphaMe]

We will all find out.
I will ask, though, why it is that we think there is life after this life?
We have no memories of a former one...there are all sorts of speculations and downright convictive statements that some DO remember former lives... I say "good for you".... to me it's BS!!!
What difference does it make.

I've spend 56 yrs on this planet unlearning most of what I was taught, and I should be p'd off about it...

The word Believe is the point in this post is it not?
Beliefs are stagnant, not dynamic... I see beliefs as a trap.

But for sure, to me, if the vast majority of people hold something to be true, chances are it's not.

(smirk)