Source:\u00ac\u2020http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2009-12-10-1Amixingbeliefs10_CV_N.htm<\/p>\n
UNITED STATES, December 10, 2009: Elements of Eastern faiths and New Age thinking have been widely adopted by 65% of U.S. adults, including many who call themselves Protestants and Catholics, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to the survey, syncretism — mashing up contradictory beliefs — appears on the rise. And the survey’s other major finding, devotion to one clear faith is fading. Of the 72% of Americans who attend religious services at least once a year (excluding holidays, weddings and funerals), 35% say they attend in multiple places, often hop-scotching across denominations.<\/p>\n
Even so, says Pew researcher Greg Smith, “these findings all point toward a spiritual and religious openness — not necessarily a lack of seriousness.”<\/p>\n
Among the findings: 26% of those who attend religious services say they do so at more than one place occasionally, and an additional 9% roam regularly from their home church for services. 28% of people who attend church at least weekly say they visit multiple churches outside their own tradition. And 59% of less frequent church attendees say they attend worship at multiple places.<\/p>\n
Pew says two in three adults believe in or cite an experience with at least one supernatural phenomenon, including: 26% find “spiritual energy” in physical things. 25% believe in astrology. 24% say people will be reborn in this world again and again. and 23% say yoga is a “spiritual practice.”<\/p>\n
The survey of 2,003 adults measures Protestants, Catholics and the unaffiliated; there were not enough people of other faiths surveyed for analysis. For the full, lengthy article, see source above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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