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 Clearly the Middle East seems the best candidate for that right now. Clearly the Middle East seems the best candidate for that right now.
  
-In [[http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl6.htm | particular]] :+In [[http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl6.htm | particular]] (see also [[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/at2000/stories/religion/ | CNN report]]):
   * A U.S. News and World Report poll in Nov, 1997 showed that 66% of Americans believe that Jesus Christ will return to earth some day.   * A U.S. News and World Report poll in Nov, 1997 showed that 66% of Americans believe that Jesus Christ will return to earth some day.
   * A Princeton Research Associates poll in Nov, 1999 showed that   * A Princeton Research Associates poll in Nov, 1999 showed that
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     * 22% said that Jesus will definitely return before 2050 CE     * 22% said that Jesus will definitely return before 2050 CE
  
-Belief in Armageddon, the imminent coming of the end-of-the-world and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture | Rapture]] are not just Christian Fundamentalist beliefs - they are //mainstream American beliefs//.+Belief in Armageddon, the imminent coming of the end-of-the-world and the Rapture are not just Christian Fundamentalist beliefs - they are //mainstream American beliefs//.
  
-[[http://www.religioustolerance.org/millenni.htm | More about Christian eschatology]] (end-of-world beliefs).+  * Wikipedia on the [[wp>Rapture]] and on [[wp>Christian Eschatology]] (end-of-world beliefs) 
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 +  * [[http://www.catholic.com/library/Rapture.asp | catholic.com on the Rapture]] 
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 +  * [[http://www.religioustolerance.org/millenni.htm | ReligiousTolerance.org on Christian eschatology]] 
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