Miracles are real! (so Americans believe)

An extensive report released last week from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life is just now starting to be digested and broken into soundbites fit for the news. The first bit of news to come out: 79 percent of Americans believe in miracles. "The belief apparently spans generations, as the study found that young Americans are just as likely to believe in miracles as older Americans," ABC News reported. "Believers in miracles often explain good outcomes to catastrophic events as divine intervention. Several survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, for example, said they believe a miracle saved their lives." ABC News is calling for readers to participate on their Web site, asking "Do you believe in miracles" David Knowles, a contributor to True/Slant noted that the report also found that "18-29-year-olds of today are far less religious than their parents and grandparents were at the same age." Read the full, 29-page report on the Pew Forum site here.