> Most of it is due to Fundamental Christian beliefs along with extreme right wing political beliefs.
I haven't read the methodology, but supposedly over 40% of Americans believe the rapture is coming by 2050. And the rapture and the apocalypse should be mutually exclusive, in the sense that if you really think Jesus is going to save you then there isn't much reason to be stockpiling cans of spaghettios.
No, but there are great business models based on the "rapture". Some guy somewhere sells insurance for pets: he says he's not Christian and therefore, in the event of rapture, he will be left on earth, where he will take care of your pets -- for a monthly fee that you have to pay right now.
I haven't read the methodology, but supposedly over 40% of Americans believe the rapture is coming by 2050. And the rapture and the apocalypse should be mutually exclusive, in the sense that if you really think Jesus is going to save you then there isn't much reason to be stockpiling cans of spaghettios.