美國(guó)民眾認(rèn)為極端天氣暗示世界末日將至
Nearly four in 10 US residents blame weather on "end times"
Nearly four in 10 US residents say the severity of recent natural disasters such as Superstorm Sandy is evidence the world is coming to an end, as predicted by the Bible, while more than six in 10 blame it on climate change, according to a poll released on Thursday.
The survey by the Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with the Religion News Service found political and religious disagreement on what is behind severe weather, which this year has included extreme heat and drought.
Most Catholics (60 percent) and white non-evangelical Protestants (65 percent) say they believe disasters like hurricanes and floods are the result of climate change.
But nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of white evangelical Protestants say they think the storms are evidence of the "end times" as predicted by the Bible.
Overall, 36 percent point to end times and 63 percent to climate change.
PRRI research director Daniel Cox said that some respondents - including 75 percent of non-white Protestants - believe extreme weather is both evidence of end times and the result of climate change.
"No one really knows how (end times) would look and how God would bring it about," Cox said.
Politics also color perceptions of the weather, the survey found. More than three-quarters of Democrats and six in 10 independents believe that the weather has become more extreme over the last few years, while less than half of Republicans say they have perceived such a shift.
"Their political leanings are even affecting how they experience weather, which is pretty fascinating," said Cox.
The January-to-November period in the United States this year was the warmest first 11 months of any year on record for the contiguous states. And 2012 will likely surpass 1998 as the warmest year on record for the nation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
本周四公布的一項(xiàng)最新調(diào)查顯示,近四成美國(guó)居民表示,最近發(fā)生的桑迪颶風(fēng)等自然災(zāi)害的嚴(yán)重性正是世界末日即將到來(lái)的證據(jù),就像《圣經(jīng)》中預(yù)言的那樣。而超過(guò)六成的受訪者認(rèn)為這是氣候變化所致。
公眾宗教研究機(jī)構(gòu)與宗教新聞通訊社聯(lián)合開(kāi)展的這項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示,不同政治派別和不同宗教信仰的人們對(duì)于惡劣天氣的觀念存在分歧,今年已經(jīng)發(fā)生了多起嚴(yán)重的高溫和干旱災(zāi)害。
多數(shù)天主教徒(60%)和非福音派白人新教徒(65%)表示,他們相信颶風(fēng)和洪災(zāi)等自然災(zāi)害是氣候變化所致。
但近2/3(65%)的福音派白人新教徒認(rèn)為這些暴風(fēng)雨是“末日”即將到來(lái)的證據(jù),就如《圣經(jīng)》中預(yù)言的那樣。
總體來(lái)看,36%的人相信末日論,而63%的人相信是氣候變化的結(jié)果。
PRRI研究總監(jiān)丹尼爾-考克斯說(shuō),一些受訪者(包括75%的非白人新教徒)相信惡劣天氣既是末日論的證據(jù),也是氣候變化的結(jié)果。
考克斯說(shuō):“沒(méi)人真正知道末日是什么樣子的,上帝又會(huì)如何讓末日降臨?!?/p>
政治也對(duì)氣候的認(rèn)知有所影響,超過(guò)3/4的民主黨人和六成獨(dú)立派人士認(rèn)為在過(guò)去幾年中氣候越來(lái)越極端,而不到半數(shù)共和黨人認(rèn)同這種轉(zhuǎn)變。
考克斯說(shuō):“人們的政治傾向甚至影響到他們對(duì)氣候的認(rèn)知,這真有趣。”
根據(jù)美國(guó)海洋和大氣管理局的數(shù)據(jù),美國(guó)本土今年1月至11月的氣溫是有史以來(lái)每年前11個(gè)月的最高記錄。2012年還將超過(guò)1998年,成為美國(guó)有記錄以來(lái)最熱的一年。
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