Its the end of the WORLD !!!.............. Again?

32% of Americans Think the Syrian Crisis is Part of ‘End Times’

September 15, 2013 By Hemant Mehta 172 Comments

Not again what is it with people wanting to have the world end ...again?

Look that is your god not mine, just go and have your own end of the world in a small corner somewhere and leave me to enjoy the world without you and your crazy ideas of Armageddon.

Just what is it with Christians and wanting the world to end all the time.

Not Christian so no heaven no hell and no end of the world for me.

The controversy involving Syria has 32% of Americans thinking that it’s all part of the “end times” as told in the Bible.

32%!  A third of Americans seem to think there will be a Left Behind novel written about Syria.

Well this has to be crap as Americans can not be that stupid, try and say  (32%) of evangelical, born-again, fundamentalist Christians are so stupid that they could believe in this, yes ok I should not say you are stupid but heck someone has to tell you!

Face it if you start to use out of date religious fairy tails to plan world ends then stupid is the mildest term I can you for you.  

More specifically, 26% of Americans think that the Syrian conflict is foreshadowing Armageddon.

This is all according to Christian pollsters LifeWay Research:

Previous U.S. military action, like the war in Afghanistan or air strikes during 1990s war in Bosnia, didn’t get the same reaction, said [LifeWay Research President Ed] Stetzer. But the fact that Syria shares a border with Israel, and is specifically mentioned in the Bible, has people thinking about the end times.…

Most premillennial dispensationalists believe Christians will instantly disappear from the earth during an event called the rapture, followed by seven years of war and catastrophe. After the battle of Armageddon, Jesus will return and set up his kingdom on earth.A third of Americans buy into that bullshit.

If you looked at the demographics of those results, the stereotypes were in full force: Poor people and Southerners were far more likely to believe this nonsense than rich people and Northerners (not that their numbers are anything to brag about):

Those in the South (40 percent) and with household incomes under $25,000 (41 percent are more likely to see Syria’s woes in the Bible. Those in the Northeast (24 percent) or with incomes over $75,000 (20 percent) are more skeptical.

I’m so embarrassed for mankind right now…
More demographic breakdowns:

Women (36 percent) are more likely than men (28 percent) to see a link between current events in Syria and the Bible.…
Those who attend worship once or twice a month are more likely to see a tie between Syria’s trouble and the book of Revelation (51 percent agree), as are evangelical, born again, and fundamentalist Christians (58 percent agree.)


Fewer of those who rarely (25 percent) or never attend (14 percent) agree.…

Older Americans are more likely to think U.S. airstrikes could lead to the battle of Armageddon, with 34 percent of those over 65 agreeing. Only 21 percent of those 18 to 29 agree.Millennials shouldn’t pat themselves on the back yet, though. Check out how many young people think the world will end in their lifetime:


Younger Americans, however, are more likely to think the world would end in their lifetime. Twenty-four percent of those 18 to 29 agree, as opposed to only 15 percent of those over 65.


About a third (32%) of evangelical, born-again, fundamentalist Christians believe the world will end in their lifetime.


Remember this guy?

A quarter of Millennials think he was on the right track!


You know what? If you live outside of America, you should seriously send all of us atheists here amazing Solstice presents because we have to deal with these people on a daily basis.


The poll was conducted via a phone survey of 1,001 Americans earlier this month. No word on what the margin of error was.

Many Americans link U.S. military strike in Syria to end times

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 1 COMMENT

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By Bob Smietana

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The threat of airstrikes against Syria has more than a few Americans thinking about the end of the world.

A recent poll from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found that almost one in three Americans see Syria’s recent conflict as part of the Bible’s plan for the end times.

One in four think that a U.S. military strike in Syria could lead to Armageddon. One in five believes the world will end in their lifetime.

Those results surprised Ed Stetzer, president of LifeWay Research.

Previous U.S. military action, like the war in Afghanistan or air strikes during 1990s war in Bosnia, didn’t get the same reaction, said Stetzer. But the fact that Syria shares a border with Israel, and is specifically mentioned in the Bible, has people thinking about the end times.

“We weren’t talking about Armageddon during the air strikes on Bosnia,” he said.

Israel and the End Times

Israel plays a major role in biblical prophecy, particularly in the Christian theology known as premillennial dispensationalism.

That theology inspired the best-selling Late Great Planet Earth in the 1970s as well as the Left Behind book series. A big budget remake of Left Behind is currently in the works.

Most premillennial dispensationalists believe Christians will instantly disappear from the earth during an event called the rapture, followed by seven years of war and catastrophe. After the battle of Armageddon, Jesus will return and set up his kingdom on earth.

Stetzer said he could see why linking Bible prophecy to Syria is appealing to many Christians.

It’s not that Christians want the world to end or want to see airstrikes, which will lead to suffering, Stetzer said. But they do want Jesus to return to set things right.

“For Christians, the end of the world doesn’t mean despair,” he said. “The end is really a new beginning.”

Differing opinions

LifeWay Research asked three questions about Syria and the end of the world as part of a telephone survey of 1,001 Americans conducted September Sept. 6-10, 2013.

Thirty-two percent of those polled agree with the statement, “I believe the battles in Syria are all part of the prophecies of the Book of Revelation,” Forty-nine percent disagree.

Twenty-six percent of those surveyed agree with statement, “I believe that U.S. military intervention in Syria might lead to the Battle of Armageddon that’s spoken about in the Book of Revelation.”

Women (36 percent) are more likely than men (28 percent) to see a link between current events in Syria and the Bible.

Those in the South (40 percent) and with household incomes under $25,000 (41 percent are more likely to see Syria’s woes in the Bible. Those in the Northeast (24 percent) or with incomes over $75,000 (20 percent) are more skeptical.

The biggest difference came when people responded to the statement, “I believe the world will end in my lifetime.”

Overall, 18 percent agree while 70 percent disagree.

But 30 percent of those with under $25,000 in household income agree. By contrast, 9 percent of those in households over $75,000, agree with that statement.

Religion and age also played in a role in how people responded to the poll.

Those who attend worship once or twice a month are more likely to see a tie between Syria’s trouble and the book of Revelation (51 percent agree), as are  evangelical, born again, and fundamentalist Christians (58 percent agree.)

Fewer of those who rarely (25 percent) or never attend (14 percent) agree.

Older Americans are more likely to think U.S. airstrikes could lead to the battle of Armageddon, with 34 percent of those over 65 agreeing. Only 21 percent of those 18 to 29 agree.

Younger Americans, however, are more likely to think the world would end in their lifetime. Twenty-four percent of those 18 to 29 agree, as opposed to only 15 percent of those over 65.

About a third (32%) of evangelical, born-again, fundamentalist Christians believe the world will end in their lifetime.

The Rev. Mark Hitchcock, pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmond, Okla., believes the Bible does predict future events in the Middle East.

But Hitchcock, who teaches about Bible prophecy at Dallas Theological Seminary—an institution historically connected to dispensationalism– and authored The End: A Complete Overview of Bible Prophecy and the End of Days, doesn’t think the trouble in Syria was predicted in the Bible.

Hitchcock believes people want answers in troubled times. Economic hard times, political unrest and violence overseas have many Americans fearful, he said.

That makes them more likely to see unrest in the Middle East as a sign that God is acting in the world.

“They want to know that God is in charge,” he said. “They want to know that someone has his hands on the wheel.”

(via Christian Nightmares)