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| Poll reveals belief in Doomsday and Second Coming Forty percent of Americans believe supernatural intervention will bring an end to the world. Of the 40 percent believers in a 'doomsday' two- thirds say it is "very likely" Jesus Christ will return. Another 15 per cent said a second-coming was "somewhat likely." One thousand people were polled by Barna Research Group. The most fervent believers in a physical return of Christ were evangelical Christians (75 percent), followed by mainline Protestants (69 percent), then Catholics (55 percent). Several of those polled said the world would end either through an environmental disaster or by war. When asked if countries in the Middle East would be entangled in events surrounding the end, 48 percent said it was "very likely" and 26 percent said it was "somewhat likely." Of those who believed in the world's end, half said it was "very" or "somewhat" likely it would happen in their lifetime. Just over 60 per cent of those who believed in a world's end said they would go to heaven. Protestants far outpolled Catholics (71 percent to 53 percent) as confident they would go to heaven. Back to Culture 25th October 2001 |
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