Does Humanity Still Believe in Magic?
June 7, 2018
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as posted by the channelAs far as science and technology goes, the 21st century is an exciting time to be alive. We are curing more and more diseases. We are developing better and better space travel. Some see these advances as evidence that religion and magic are losing their influence on society. Magic especially has been viewed as a debunked "proto-science" with little credibility in modernity. But sociological data suggests that many humans still practice and believe in magic.
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Pew Research, Is God Dead?
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