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Article: Faith healers outdo God in terms of popularity.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- April 5, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Wellington, April 5 (ANI): People have started to show more faith in soothsayers and faith healers than God, say researchers at New Zealand-based Massey University.
The researchers came to this conclusion after conducting a poll of 1027 people, which reflected an 11 per cent rise in the number of people having no religious affiliation as compared to a decade ago.
They said that only 27 per cent of the people polled reported strongly believing in the existence of God, while 39 per cent in fortune-tellers and faith healers.
According to them, 40 per cent of the people did not have any religious affiliation, up 29 points from ...