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Survey: Angels have helped U.S. adults
Fifty-five percent of 1,648 respondents to a random survey said they had been "protected from harm by a guardian angel," representatives of the Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion said at a Washington news conference.
"That was something that was a complete surprise because this is not a question, do you believe in guardian angels or do you believe in angels," survey director Christopher Bader said.
"This is a very specific question: Do you believe you have been protected from harm by a guardian angel? Do you believe you avoided an accident through the agency of a guardian angel? To find out that more than half of the American public believes this was shocking to me. I did not expect that," Bader said.
Evangelical and black Protestants are more likely than mainline Protestants, Catholics or Jews to report religious or mystical experiences, the survey found.
Women, African-Americans and Republicans are also more apt to have mystical experiences than the average, the survey found.
Even 20 percent of those saying they have no religion said they experienced angelic intervention, the survey found.
The phone and mail survey, conducted for the institute by the Gallup Organization in October and November 2007, has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International.
This news arrived on: 09/19/2008
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09-28-2008 16:16
Gillian wrote:
Angels
God uses angels sometimes to help people. It is God who protects us by His power. God gives the angels the power to protect people. God is all- powerful and He is in control over all.
09-23-2008 09:31
Earl wrote:
We in a heap of trouble, Willis!
09-22-2008 14:11
Louise wrote:
I don't think there can be a mother out there who doesn't call on the aid of angels. Many years ago, when my oldest son had just turned 2, my husband worked night shifts which left us alone in that old shack, way back in a deep hollow. I was born and raised in the country, so usually it never bothered me. I'd always keep the 22 shells in a top drawer just in case. But this one particular day, I kept having uneasy feelings like pending doom. I dreaded to see my husband finish his dinner and get ready to leave for the night. I tried to argue with myself that I was just being silly. Minutes after he left, I suddenly glanced at the screen door in the kitchen, there sat the most beautiful white shepherd like dog engulfed with the setting sun's golden glow. Its dark brown eyes were lovingly looking down at my boy and kitten playing on the floor. I gasped at the suddeness of it but instantly felt better. The dog kept silent vigil at that door for a couple more hours. I looked out the bedroom window before turing in and could see the dog relocated to the corner of the house. I felt safe. The next morning, I awoke determined I'd make friends with the dog, but it was no where to be found...I realized it never left any paw prints in the dewy earth. There were cat, posssum and coon tracks, from where all the aniamls would come out of the woods to drink from the little stream by the house. The food I had left for it was still untouched. I am convinced some unknown evil (either human or aniaml nature) had been lurking and God sent me an angel of a dog. Just several years ago, my son mysteriously asked about the white dog we used to have. I laughed with delight that he remembered, for I had always assumed he was too young to remember.
09-22-2008 08:09
JEAN wrote:
Yes Jesus always does HELP me
Yes Jesus always does HELP me thanks JESUS !
My LORD JESUS says in Hebrew 23:5,he would never leave me alone in this life. So he does not just protect me, but is always with me. I feel,I believe, I know and I am sure of it.
My LORD JESUS says in Hebrew 23:5,he would never leave me alone in this life. So he does not just protect me, but is always with me. I feel,I believe, I know and I am sure of it.
09-21-2008 00:45
debbie lumas 9-20-2008 wrote:
angels have helped U.S. adults
the first time had an encounter with an angel was here in Houston, TX. in my apartment i had a beer bottle on the table and the angel attempted to knock the bottle down and he said i should stop drinking alcohol but the bottle did not fall down. his hand went right through the beer bottle. i experienced another angel or angels one time when i was in my car driving the angel took over the wheel a one point and lead me in the right direction because i was for sure lost. and i am very spiritual i can actually see the angels in human form. yes! angels really do exist in heaven and in our world!
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