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In 1999-OCT, the Pew Research Center released a study called "Americans look to the 21st century." They confirmed the Princeton poll, finding- 44% believed that Jesus will probably return during their lifetime.
- 22% said that Jesus will definitely return before 2050 CE.
- 44% believed that Jesus will probably not return during their lifetime.
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Have you thought that maybe the 44% were the same people? "Probably" is a key word that doesn't mean they believe it actually will happen, but that it's a possibility. So, what that poll tells me is that 44% of the people polled believe in the second coming of Jesus and 22% have probably seen how just about every other prediction in the Bible has come true and are assuming it can't be far, or maybe they just thought it would be in 2000 and never really thought about the fine details, but it depends how the poll was carried out and of course the type of people polled. I don't assume it, I just say it could be any time and I look at potential predictable times as I'm doing with this thread. 2012 has the most compelling evidence I've ever seen, which is why I'm making such a big deal about it, but I'm not saying one way or another if I believe it really will happen.
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As for your second paragraph... OF COURSE! It just depends how high your standards are for "scientists". Those Mayan astronomers? Crazy advanced for their day. Still dumb as ****.
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I mean non-religious or anti-religious scientists.
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Humanity has been evolving for thousands and thousands of years, and there hasn't been a major extinction event for 65 million years.
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Evolution or the idea of the Earth being around for millions of years is just a theory, it's not proven. I sort of look at it as an anti-religious religion created by anti-Creation scientists. Sure, there may be evidence to support it, but there is also evidence supporting religion too, without that balance the whole Evolution vs. Creation debate would've been concluded long ago. So, can we make an agreement that if I don't push my unproven beliefs on people as fact, you don't push yours on me as fact?
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As for dying at any given moment... Yeah. It doesn't take an apocalypse to know that though. Any one of us can die for no good reason at the drop of a hat. You don't need to assign some arbitrary end-of-the-world date to enjoy life. Hell, growing up in the post cold-war area, with all the paranoia of nuclear obliteration coming at any time, how could you not have faced and dealt with this issue by the time you were 10?
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Let me more clear on what I meant. Of course I've always known I could die at any moment, but it's something that a large majority of people find hard to accept. They usually expect to grow up and have a family and die old, essentially denying the possibility of dying young. I'm hoping this whole thing passes over and I actually get to live a full life without such chaos, but I figured I might as well get my self mentally prepared for death so it's not such a scary thought.
Apparently I lived in a household that didn't really worry about nuclear obliteration. The Cold War ended when I was 5 and I don't even remember experiencing any news coverage or talk among the family or friends about it or anything of that matter. I had a relatively happy and unparanoid early life. Maybe it's because I didn't live very close to any likely targets such as a city.