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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (9647)	4/18/2002 11:38:54 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

Jews are between 2 and 4 percent of the American population, depending upon definition. Few of them are fundamentalists. Many of them are not religious at all, or are barely so--- the majority are secular or Reform Jews. Evangelicals are a larger percent of the population, but still only a fraction of Christians, especially those who are intensely interested in Revelations. The largest denomination is still Roman Catholic, and after that the mainline Protestant churches. I think that the influence of "dispensationalists" is overblown. I do not think that apocalyticism is driving American policy........

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (9647)	4/18/2002 1:37:52 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 21057

Well, that is a truly scary article. I may not believe religion can affect reality... but I surely know that those who do believe can have all too baleful an effect. Of course, those prophecies sound like particular fun given the roles for Jesus. Presumably he'll appear in his fourth, or perhaps original, incarnation - sunfire (AKA a fusion ball...). Lovely. On the plus side, any surviving fanatics afterwards - assuming they've left enough of the planet sufficiently intact to survive - will have problems finding new converts. Who's your pick for the anti-Christ with the solution? Maybe someone Chinese? <gg>