Americans who attend church and trust science more likely to believe in ghosts and curses
October 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM MT · via The Salt Lake Tribune · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting

New research shows a counterintuitive pattern: Americans who regularly attend religious services and express trust in scientific consensus are significantly more likely to believe in supernatural phenomena like ghosts, curses, and psychic services than secular nonbelievers. The finding suggests compartmentalized thinking about faith and science, and has implications for how religious communities approach evidence-based reasoning.
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