“Oy! I thought they would have moved on
with their lives by now. My bad.”
You can only hope that the methodology was bad, or that the Baptists were drinking heavily when this poll was conducted.
Associated Press-AOL News poll
Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster are among Americans’ grim predictions for the United States in 2007.
Only a minority of people think the United States will go to war with Iran or North Korea over those countries’ nuclear ambitions. An overwhelming majority of those surveyed think Congress will raise the federal minimum wage. One-third see hope for a cure to cancer.
These are among the findings of an Associated Press-AOL News poll that asked people in the United States to contemplate what 2007 holds for the country.
Six in 10 people think the United States will be the victim of a terrorist attack.
25 per cent anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Out of all the predictions addressed in the poll the entire post fixates on the Jesus: Show/No show issue. Maybe we’re all searching for that perfect, imaginary friend.
Second cumming? Only if she’s a good girl.
#7 – then those 25% lose faith in the tele-evangelists, and return to printed media.
Nice combination..
the AP and AOL.. can it get any worse than that?
#21Out of all the predictions addressed in the poll the entire post fixates on the Jesus: Show/No show issue.
It kinda stood out.
#4 – May we all be touched by His Noodly Appendages. (I wonder if they’re teaching that in Kansas yet.)
As for packing for the Rapture, as the bumper sticker says – Come the Rapture / Can I Have Your Car?
When he comes, a big fight will break up between christians & jews because the first will argue is jesus’ second coming & the latter will argue that is their prophet.
BTW Mr Fusion, Are you still waiting for the coming of the Good Sandinista? don’t wait up, that won’t happen. This is like a good Cuban. I don’t know if you’ve heard a latin american say that goes: A good Cuban is one that comes by land.
I just hope that if the Rapture comes while I’m flying, at least one of the flight crew on board is a sinner.
#27, Not to the Sandinistas.
I do care, very strongly too, that the death squads, or at least most of them, have been dismantled. Years ago when I lived in Canada, I met many from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Columbia that had fled their home because of the death squads. Yup, the same death squads trained by Americans at, I believe, Fort Bragg. Canada welcomed them as refugees. The US stopped them at the border.
Listening to the same stories from all these people kinda changed my outlook on any government that supports extra judicial police and army units. I don’t know how many times I heard of people made to work in factories for pennies, unable to have even washroom breaks. Where pregnant women were fired and labor organizers just disappeared.
So if Christ was to return to earth, I would think this is the environment he would return to. Instead of dealing with the Romans and Temple Priests, he dealt with the death squads and CIA. Instead of King Herod, he dealt with Ronald Reagan and his stooges. Only they never gave him a chance to be a martyr; they killed all the witnesses too.
Dec 22, 2012. You can safely ignore any other prognostications of doom before this date. The Mayans said so!
#29 let me tell you a story from a guy contemplating emmigrating from one country in the same region you talk about.
It is not the US’ fault. They could have been trained by aliens and the outcome could have been the same. And before this country started becoming the banana republic it is today, we participated in the cease fire & disarmanet of those rebels.
What happens in this region, forsaken by their own people is plain surrealistic. Here’s an example: In this country we had gone thru forced & voluntary military service. Most of the people getting on it are low income individuals. They get trained in the military arts & weapons manipulation.
Here’s the kicker, since in this places all government officials are just interested in getting rich (they treat the state as their private enterprise) and this low income individuals are, in a great percentage, looking for the path of least work the result is that the biggest percentage of organized crime like car thiefs, burglars, bank robbers are carried out by guys fresh out of military service. A lot of the times, politicians (especially left winged) take advantage of this groups and take care of them so they do not get into jail in exchange of some jobs here and there like especial hits to certain individuals, hit banks so they can get money for their party (it’s a proven fact that bank robberies increase near election times in this country).
So, as you can see, is not the US’ fault. You cannot help people who neither wanted to be helped nor really want to create a country were individuals can get on with their lives thru their work, especially if this work involves the use of at least 3 cc of brain matter.
I think something is wrong with this poll or the reporting on it — I just can’t believe that 25% of Americans believe Jesus is coming back specifically in 2007.
The return of Jesus is a widely held belief but not specifically in 2007.
#1, #10 – My back yard is completely fenced in and we have 3 Dobermans that run around there. No mole problem.
The real Jesus is here and He drives a Hummer.
25% Retarded
So should we hide the porn or not?
#28
I am a Christian and as I understand it, all of us sin.