How Bad Is It?

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Pretty bad. So bad that George Scialabba, writing in The New Inquiry and asking "How Bad Is It?", thinks the fact that seventy percent of Americans believe in angels is a symptom of "our civilization’s decline."

Whatever you think of angels, this is historical ignorance on a pretty stunning scale, since in whatever the earlier golden age from which he thinks we have declined, 95% or 98% of people believed in angels.

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  1. Bob Murphy11:03 PM

    He also laments the shriveling of church groups. Shouldn't that be a good thing? Might quell all the angel-talk.

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  2. Mike B.12:03 AM

    I don't get it, Gene. How is Scialabba showing his historical ignorance here? His point is apt, by your own admission: Over 95% of people used to believe in angels during the golden age, yet today only 70% of people believe. Clearly, civilization is in decline. ;)

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    1. gcallah12:35 AM

      Good one, Mike. That's exactly my view, of course.

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