Do you believe angels?
• Wishful Thinking
Most people believe in angels, invisible beings of enormous power and wisdom who have nothing better to do than hover over the average moron and … And help him do what? The only people who claim to have been helped by angels are people who clearly need help right now.
[Paul] Carroll says: "Traditional religions are not the only ones who love angels. New Age myth-makers have made an industry out of angels. Dozens of books connecting angels with everything from guidance in daily life to talking to the dead to psychic healing are published every year. Sales of angel figurines and other material products are brisk."
Paul Kurtz, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Buffalo and founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, adds: "This is all very disturbing, even tragic in a way. Angels have come back, as have other superstitions like a belief in vampires or satanic forces."
Ben McConville: We believe in angels