A guy just said that in a recent survey 44% of Americans believe that Jesus will come back in the next 50 years or in their lifetime. Are you one of the believers?
2006-09-23 09:29:51 · 22 answers · asked by shamrock 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For the record, I do not believe this. But I wanted to do a mini poll myself as this percentage stunned me.
2006-09-23 09:44:23 · update #1
OK, according to MY poll, 33% of Yahoo Answers users (plus James Watt) actually do believe this - so maybe that other poll isn't as off as we think...
2006-09-23 22:25:15 · update #2
Another survey I read claimed 44% of Americans are simpletons.
The majority of Christians are getting ideas about the return of Christ from a fictional book series called Left Behind rather than the Bible. But what the books teach is entirely false, and easily disproven using logic and the Scriptures.
As has already been stated, christians have always believed they were living in the "last days." However, in the books of 1st and 2nd John, he tells his recipients, "little children, we are living in the last hour." Jesus said all the events described in Matthew 24 would happen during that generation, and Revelation is filled with time phrases like quickly, near, shortly, and at hand. So if John's readers were living in the last hour... the last hour has lasted a really long time. If Jesus' audience was the generation that would see the events he was describing, either he was lying, someone from that generation is still alive in Argentina somewhere with Elvis and the Hulk, or they actually happened 2000 years ago. Of course, most christians refuse to entertain this notion.
Hope this helps.
2006-09-23 09:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by Reasoner 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that. I bet if you took a poll of everyone throughout history, even a higher percentage of Christians have believed that Jesus would come within 50 years than believe that now.
2006-09-23 09:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by Developing Love 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US population being that ignorant and gullible is bad enough, but when clowns like the Smirking Chimp have power and think it's okay to destroy the environment, something needs to be done.
"What difference does it make if we destroy the Earth? Jesus is coming soon."
- James Watt, Ronald Reagan's Secretary for the *Environment*
Additional:
"Heard on fox news"? "Want to know"? Now THERE'S a contradiction in terms.
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2006-09-23 10:16:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not.
Every generation has had people who believed they were living in the "End Times." So far, they've all been wrong. What makes everyone today think they are so special?
The "predictions" of the Apocalypse are things that are always true. Floods, storms, plagues, earthquakes, volcanoes, and war have all happened throughout history. There is nothing special about them happening today.
2006-09-23 09:37:30 · answer #4 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone's been predicting that -- they especially think they're special and it will happen in their lifetime. The early church was convinced of it and it never happened. Bottom line: Jesus IS already 'back' because he's here whenever people share love. All the rest is magic and superstition.
2006-09-23 09:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did come back...and he fell behind the couch along with a Cheeto and some dust bunny's. Blah!
2006-09-23 09:35:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they lie each advertisement wreck while they declare they are "truthful and balanced" different than that there is the whole Obama start certificates element, ED Hill asking if a fist pound between then candidate Obama and Michelle Obama become a "terrorist fist jab" them reiterating Palin's declare that Obamacare may well be "pulling the plug on grandma" those are the super ones i will think of of. i'm going to seek the internet for extra. (i be attentive to there are extra)
2016-10-17 12:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by mcsweeney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What will you do after he's come back? Wait for Jesus 2.0 or scare away the same Jesus again just to keep the faith?
2006-09-23 09:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by johanna m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It will be far less then 50 years!
2006-09-23 12:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont have any set timeframe that Jesus will come back. Nor do the Angels in heaven know. Just be ready when it happens. :)
2006-09-23 09:34:12 · answer #10 · answered by yeppers 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋