They want to think something is behind everything that they can't explain. Like "dumb luck" isn't a factor. I'm accident prone. I know all about dumb luck and know well that mine will run out someday.

Becuase they want to.

WIshful thinking...like most of religion

An early version of a super hero .

I've had many encounters with, and been saved by "angels," but for all I know, they appeared because of my previous beliefs. For example, after a horrific car crash, where my dad was trapped in a burning car, my mom prayed aloud for god to help us, and suddenly two tall young men appeared, opened the car door, and removed my dad. When my mom turned to thank them, they had vanished, and nobody else had seen them. The front car seat was crumpled against the dashboard in such a way that my dad's removal was physically impossible. Since all matter is a form of energy, and energy can neither be created nor destroyed, energy beings can exist, and quantum physics already tells us different dimensions exist. Furthermore, we contribute to creating our own reality. “I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as derivative from consciousness." – Max Planck, theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics

Clutching at straws?

I can understand why people like them. Beautiful beings that look over us and protect us from harm? Nice idea.I like them. As for believe in them... well, that's a very different matter.

There's a sucker born every minute.

Just maybe people see their loved ones that have passed over as angels and find comfort from it.

Its a fad among friends-I ignore all their posts.