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...loves the Jews and abhors their enemies - to a belief that the Jews' return to their ancestral lands, and the "miraculous" victory of the Israelis over the Arabs in the 1967 war, is a harbinger of the Apocalypse and the Messiah's return. In a 2006 poll conducted by Pew Research Center, 35% of all Americans say that the creation of Israel is a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy about Jesus' second coming. And also that Armageddon is just around the corner. But for now, the only legions arriving on the battlefield are those traveling on tour buses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Evangelical at Armageddon | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...where the universal church is headed." In fact, the American church has not really shrunk much. At 24% of the population, Catholics remain a pivotal voting bloc, especially in swing states like Pennsylvania, where they appear to favor Hillary Clinton by sizable margins. A recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that a quarter of the country's cradle Catholics had left the fold. But they are being replaced by a few converts and a lot of (Mass attending!) Hispanic immigrants, and remarkably, such churn is about par across the American religious landscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The American Pope | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...long maintained, is bound to help his electoral prospects back home with American Jews and, more crucially, with Evangelical Christians who are a large part of the Republican party base, and who, until now, have regarded the twice-married McCain as too liberal and hard to pigeonhole. A recent Pew Poll says that 65% of Evangelicals believe that the state of Israel fulfills a biblical prophecy about Jesus' Second Coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Holy Land Pilgrimage | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...Protected Paradise compacts for face (left, $90) and eyes to not only educate consumers but also help reverse the impact of overfishing. The compacts' beautiful depictions of the underwater ecosystem illustrate the many layers that are threatened. Five percent of the proceeds from their sale go to the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, which funds important research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: True Beauty | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

White and black categories exclude Hispanics and Latinos Sources: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Pew Public Safety Performance Project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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