“Poll: What Evangelical Leaders Believe about the End Times”
A poll in 2011 by the National Association of Evangelicals showed that a majority of its board of directors believe in one of various end-times scenarios.
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“Survey: Few Americans see earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters as a sign from God”
A March 2011 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 44 percent of Americans believe recent natural disasters are signs of the end times. The number rises to 67 percent among white evangelicals.
“Concentrate on Jesus, not end-of-the-world prophecies, Pope tells audience”
Read a Nov. 19, 2012, article from Catholic World News about the reactions of religious leaders to the end-of-the-world mania. Mainstream religious leaders, like Pope Benedict XVI, said Christians should focus on Jesus and not on doomsday prophecies.
“In Panicky Russia, It’s Official: End of World is Not Near”
In Russia and elsewhere, the end-of-the-world predictions in December 2012 caused some to panic, as this Dec. 1 New York Times story reports.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Evil
See the entry on evil in the Catholic Encyclopedia, posted at New Advent.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Problem of Evil
Read “The Problem of Evil” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
“For the Worst of Us, the Diagnosis May Be Evil”
Read a Feb. 8, 2005, New York Times article posted by the web site s8int.com about how the scientific world approaches the concept of evil.
“Nature of Evil”
Listen to a National Public Radio segment on the nature of evil from April 8, 1999.
“The Problem of Evil”
Listen to a 12-minute American Public Media audio segment on “The Problem of Evil” from Feb. 15, 2002.