http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25030/survey-public-remains-conflicted-over-islam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25030/survey-public-remains-conflicted-over-islam#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:03:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25030 The American public continues to express conflicted views of Islam.

Favorable opinions of Islam have declined since 2005, but there has been virtually no change over the past year in the proportion of Americans saying that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25030/survey-public-remains-conflicted-over-islam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24495/jesus-will-return-by-2050-say-40-per-cent-of-americans http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24495/jesus-will-return-by-2050-say-40-per-cent-of-americans#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:14:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24495 Jesus Christ will return to earth by 2050. About four-in-ten (41%) expect Jesus Christ to return while slightly more (46%) say this will definitely or probably not happen. Opinions about the return of Jesus Christ are little changed from 1999 when 44% said it would definitely or probably happen.

Fully 58% of white evangelical Christians say Jesus Christ will definitely or probably return to earth in this period, by far the highest percentage in any religious group. Only about a third of Catholics (32%), and even fewer white mainline Protestants (27%) and the religiously unaffiliated (20%) predict Jesus Christ’s return to earth. The poll was conducted by the Pew Research Center For The People and The Press/Smithsonian Magazine. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24495/jesus-will-return-by-2050-say-40-per-cent-of-americans/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24275/survey-72-of-millennials-more-spiritual-than-religious http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24275/survey-72-of-millennials-more-spiritual-than-religious#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:41:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24275 Most young adults today don't pray, don't worship and don't read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows.

Among the 65% who call themselves Christian, "many are either mushy Christians or Christians in name only," Rainer says. "Most are just indifferent. The more precisely you try to measure their Christianity, the fewer you find committed to the faith."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24275/survey-72-of-millennials-more-spiritual-than-religious/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22408/poll-attitudes-jews-muslims-europe http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22408/poll-attitudes-jews-muslims-europe#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:31:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22408 The Washington-based Pew Research Center’s global attitude survey found that 46 percent of Spanish, 36 percent of Poles and 34 percent of Russians viewed Jews unfavorably, while the same was true for 25 percent of Germans, and 20 percent of French.

Opinions of Muslims are also worsening compared with previous years, with 52 percent in Spain, 50 percent in Germany, 46 percent in Poland and 38 percent in France having negative attitudes toward them.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22408/poll-attitudes-jews-muslims-europe/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21684/religious-religion-trends http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21684/religious-religion-trends#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:13:02 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21684 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21684/religious-religion-trends/feed 0