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Your personal experience living in a high-tourist city does not represent the rural, Evangelical majority that actually votes. Here's one poll with the 41% numb

• waterlesscloud 14y ago
  And here's another poll from the same organization, this one focused only on Christians, that says 20% of them believe in the rapture in their lifetimes. http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Issues/Politics_and_Elections/religion-politics-06.pdf http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Issues/Politics... 41% in no way jibes with my experience, even as someone who grew up attending white rural evangelical churches. You might get 41% (or much higher) to say it might occur, but I am seriously skeptical of "definitely" percentages. The survey I linked has some interesting facts about American Christian beliefs about science. Strong (79%+) majority believes global warming is a serious problem, for example. Even a slim majority believes in evolution.
  • il 14y ago
    Yes, but my poll is from 2010 and yours is from 2006. Whether the actual number is 40% or 20% or 11%, I'm sure it's much higher than other modern, secular countries. That's all I'm saying. In any case, that's not the scary poll. It's polls like this one that are scary: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/interracial-marriage-deep-south_n_1339827.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/interracial-marriag...