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Trouble in Paradise: Why are Americans so credulous about heaven?

By Johann Hari April 4, 2010.

Print: Slate

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.” America’s branch of heaven is crammed full, even as the European and Asian wings are long since dissolved by the brisk winds of reason and skepticism.