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Trouble in Paradise
Why are Americans so credulous about heaven?
By Johann Hari
Posted Sunday, April 4, 2010, at 9:14 AM ET
John Lennon urged us: "Imagine there's no heaven/ It's easy if you try/ No
hell below us/ Above us only sky ..." Yet
Americans aren't turning to Lennonism any faster than Leninism. Today, 81
percent say they believe in heaven—an
increase of 10 percent since a decade ago. Of those, 71 percent say it is "
an actual place." Indeed, 43 percent
believe their pets—cats, rat |
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