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1.88 | 59% | 25% |
Billions of dollars Americans gave to 9/11-related charities last year. | Americans who say the world will end in their lifetime. | Americans who say events in the Book of Revelation will come true. |
81 | 17% | 19% |
Billions of dollars Americans gave to religious groups last year. | U.S. Sunday school attendance in 2001. | U.S. Sunday school attendance in 2000 and 1999. |
Sources: AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, Time, Barna Research Group.
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The Bible and the Apocalypse—Time (June 23, 2002)
Barna Research Online—Christian Education
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