Startling Numbers of Americans Believe World Now in the 'End Times'

PITTSBURGH, Penn.

Christian Newswire/ -- According to its Summer 2013 OmniPoll, a well-respected faith and culture research company in Ventura, CA, found that 41% of all U.S. adults, 54% of Protestants and 77% of Evangelicals believe the world is now living in the biblical end times. 

When asked: "do you, personally, believe that the world is currently living in the 'end times' as described by prophecies in the Bible, or not?" a startling 41% of participants said yes. 

The number was even higher for Protestants with a figure representing just over one in two protestant adults. The highest number registered was by Evangelicals with three out of four evangelical Christians in America believing the world is living in the end times. 

Catholics were at the other end of the spectrum, however, with 73% saying no; though practicing Catholics registered quite a bit higher at nearly 45% saying yes to now living in the end times. 

To reach their surprising findings, th ...

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