Contrasting with a Biblical perspective, one commentator said, “People who practice religion are typically encouraged not to believe in the paranormal, whereas those who aren’t particularly active in religion are more free to believe in Bigfoot or consult a psychic.”
But on the religious angle, rather than getting clearer, it seems to get murkier.
“Christians and New Agers, paranormalists, etc. all have one thing in common: a spiritual orientation to the world,” said sociology Professor Carson Mencken of Baylor University.
