According to a recent poll, a full 25% of Americans believe that Jesus Christ will return to earth during the year 2007. That is an extraordinarily high number. There must have been something wrong with the way the question was asked. If it is a true reflection of American beliefs, it attests not only to widespread religious extremism, but to a high degree of mathematical illiteracy.

There are several blogs commenting on the insanity of it all, including this blurb by Cenk Uygur from the Huffington Post. The comments are worth reading as well.

Thanks to typo.twoday.net for drawing my attention to the poll.