Today’s NY Post published the results of a recent poll of Americans. I was surprised only in one instance. I’ll offer a brief comment on each finding:
Do you believe in God? Yes: 74%, No: 12%, Unsure: 14%. The question is too narrow to cover my beliefs. I don’t know whether God exists, but I don’t believe, if He does, that He effects outcomes on planet Earth. The percentage of believers is down from 82% in 2009.
Those who believe in:
Miracles: 74%. I believe the miraculous does occur, but not by God’s hand. I believe they are flukes of great fortune or human benevolence.
Heaven: 68%. I suspect belief in the afterlife is the ego’s response to the possibility that one will cease to exist.
Jesus is the son of God: 68%. I don’t believe it’s true, but I’m pleased many think it is. It must gall the far left, which is great.
Angels: 68%. I believe only in those humans who have a large positive effects on our lives. I refer to complete strangers who buy my books on the street in this way. I know they’re not angels who have taken on human form, but it’s a pleasant explanation for an unexpected boon.
Hell: 58%. I don’t believe in it. Although I wish it weren’t so, I think miscreants who live a long life laugh all the way to the grave and get away with their sins.
Evolution: 47%. This is the one that surprised me. It seems a low figure in this age.
Ghosts: 42%. I’ve never felt the presence of any.
UFOs: 36%: I’ve seen no convincing evidence of their existence, but I believe the universe is too vast for there not to be life elsewhere.
Astrology: 29%. I stopped reading my horoscope decades ago.
When I professed my desire to make Adjustments available in Kindle, my literary angel, Victoria/January Valentine, sent me a PDF file of it. For some bizarre reason, I'd deleted all of my own, including the one on my flash drive. I converted it to Word, which the instructions at Amazon claim work best with its program, a huge task given that the sentences didn't extend to the margin and had to be made to do so manually. Last night I decided to try to upload the PDF file to see what would happen. To my delight, it looks good. I checked the entire novel for formatting errors this morning and found only an occasional unwanted space between paragraphs. It is eminently readable. I finalized and am now waiting for it to go live. It's another small step in building the brand. I promise that is the last time I will use that phrase, which I had heretofore avoided.
I had great luck with the weather. The rain held off until 1:45, so I was able to operate the floating book shop for a while. My thanks to the lady and gentleman who made purchases.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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