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Jun 30, 2021 · Some segments of the public are more likely than others to believe that intelligent life exists on other planets. This view is especially pronounced among younger Americans. About three-quarters (76%) of adults under age 30 say intelligent life exists on other planets, versus 57% of those 50 and older. Men are more likely than women to believe ...
- Views on the afterlife among U.S. adults | Pew Research Center
Additionally, Americans who live in the South are more...
- Views on the afterlife among U.S. adults | Pew Research Center
Jun 28, 2022 · First, the good news: 84% of Americans indicated that they’ve always thought the world is round. But as the age of respondents decreased, the numbers of persons who were always sure the world is ...
Jul 28, 2021 · For example, U.S. Christians are far less likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to say that their “best guess” is that intelligent life exists on other planets (57% vs. 80%). And U.S. adults who attend religious services on at least a weekly basis are considerably less likely than those who seldom or never attend services to say that intelligent life exists elsewhere (44% vs. 75%).
- Katherine Schaeffer
May 13, 2021 · Sixty-six percent of Americans now believe that there is intelligent life on other planets — an increase of 10 percentage points since the last time CBS News asked this question in 2017. As ...
- Majorities of U.S. Adults Say They Believe in Heaven, Hell
- Believers Largely See Heaven as Free from Suffering, Hell as Just The Opposite
- Fewer Than Half of Americans Believe in Reincarnation, Fate
- Most Americans Believe People Can Communicate with God Or Other Higher Power
- Most Believe Some Interaction Is Possible Between The Living and The Dead
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say they believe in heaven. (The survey did not immediately offer a definition of heaven, though subsequent questions explored what respondents think heaven is like.) Large majorities of all Christian subgroups say they believe in heaven, while belief is much less common among religiously unaffiliated Americans ...
In addition to asking about general belief in heaven and hell, the survey asked about specific characteristics of these two destinations to determine what Americans think they are like. In the case of heaven, respondents were presented with nine prospective traits, and asked whether heaven is “definitely like this,” “probably like this,” “probably ...
The survey also asked respondents about a few other concepts associated with the afterlife or the supernatural. Though the share of adults who believe in reincarnation – i.e., that “people will be reborn again and again in this world” – is much lower than the share who believe in heaven or hell, it is a view held by a substantial minority of the po...
The survey also gave examples of various supernatural occurrences and asked respondents to say whether they think each is possible, and if so, whether they had ever personally experienced it. Fully two-thirds of U.S. adults believe it is possible for people to receive a “definite answer to a specific prayer request,” and the same share (67%) think ...
About seven-in-ten Americans say it is possible to feel “the presence of someone who has died,” while roughly half say that living people can be helped by those who have passed (51%) or communicate with them in some way (47%). When asked about their personal experiences with the deceased, 44% of U.S. adults say that they have felt the presence of s...
Aug 10, 2022 · Cultural Bias Distorts the Search for Alien Life. “Decolonizing” the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) could boost its chances of success, says science historian Rebecca ...
Dec 1, 2007 · Are Aliens Among Us? In pursuit of evidence that life arose on Earth more than once, scientists are searching for microbes that are radically different from all known organisms. By Paul Davies ...
