From: John Cuccia 

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:21:09 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>In article ,
>jcuccia{at}bigfoot.com says...
>> While only 36 percent of all Americans believe that the Bible is God?s
>> Word and should be taken literally, 59 percent say they believe that
>> events predicted in the Book of Revelation will come to pass. Almost
>> one out of four Americans believes that 9/11 was predicted in the
>> Bible, and nearly one in five believes that he or she will live long
>> enough to see the end of the world. Even more significant for this
>> study, over one-third of those Americans who support Israel report
>> that they do so because they believe the Bible teaches that the Jews
>> must possess their own country in the Holy Land before Jesus can
>> return.
>
>I find it interesting that "...only 36 percent of all Americans
>believe...", but "...over one-third of those Americans...". To me,
>there's three percent difference in the statistic, but a large
>difference in emphasis.
>
>How about this? "Over 36 percent of all Americans believe that the Bible
>is God's Word and should be taken literally. But only one-third of
>Americans who support Israel believe the Bible teaches that the Jews
>must possess their own country in the Holy Land before Jesus can
>return."

I think it's striking that more people believe Revelations to be prophecy
than strictly construe the Bible.

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