...and ghosts, and reincarnation, among other things. A new Pew religious poll, from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, has found that the American perception of religion is changing. The findings of the poll include a surprising number of individuals who feel that they've been spiritually touched by a ghost (some three in ten) or feel that they've seen a ghost (18%).
What really surprised me was that the number of Americans professing to believe in astrology was roughly the same number that identified themselves as Roman Catholic. That's a big number. And even more surprising, of those Roman Catholics, 30% believe in astrology.
Having been raised as Roman Catholic, I was