According to the Pew Research Center, roughly 72% of Americans believe in heaven.

If you live in the south, that number is more like 9 out of 10 people who believe in heaven.

That's a lot of people.

If one survey by UGov is accurate, it's a significantly higher percentage of people

than the percentage who have always believed the earth to be round.

And that high percentage is even more fascinating when you think about the fact that zero out

of 10 of those people that responded that you go to heaven when you die were dead themselves.

So where's all this belief coming from?

Why is heaven so mainstream?

If nobody who believes in it has gone there, I mean sure there are the near death experience

stories, some of which can sound very heavenly, very convincing.

I mean, I remember I read that one from the neuroscientist, claims to have died and went

to heaven.

I really enjoyed the story.

But honestly, why do I believe his story more than the guy who swears he was abducted

by aliens, an alienly probed in their spaceship?

Do I want to believe the neuroscientists, heaven guy, more than the alien anal probe guy

because of my own confirmation bias?

I mean, you know, if the neuroscientist is right, we all have infinite bliss awaiting

us when we die.

That's good news.

That's fantastic news for me.

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