• Do Americans Believe In Supernatural Healing?

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 9, 2024 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  James 5, 2 Corinthians 12

  Tags:  Faith, Hell, Healing, Heaven, America, Prayer, Miracles, Atheists  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Americans hold diverse spiritual beliefs when it comes to healing and the supernatural. Let’s explore some of these perspectives:

1. Belief in God or a Higher Power:

Over 90% of U.S. adults believe in God or another higher power. Among them:

54% believe in “God as described in the Bible.”

34% believe in some other higher power or spiritual force in the universe.

Only 10% do not believe in any higher power.

2. Belief in Spirits and Unseen Forces:

Two-thirds of Americans believe in spirits or unseen spiritual forces. This belief is more common among Protestants (72%) and Catholics (68%) than among Jewish Americans (33%.

3. Belief in the Afterlife:

Heaven: 71% of Americans believe in heaven, where people can be reunited with deceased loved ones, meet God, and have perfectly healthy bodies/

Hell: 61% believe in Hell.

Reincarnation: Fewer than 50% of Americans believe in reincarnation.

4. Supernatural Healing:

66% believe people can be physically healed supernaturally by God.

68% have personally prayed for such healing.

However, only 27% have actually experienced a miraculous physical healing that couldn’t be explained by normal processes or medical procedures.

Healing Power of Prayer?

Nearly 80% of Americans believe that prayer has healing power.

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