{"id":10374,"date":"2012-05-01T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/one-in-seven-thinks-end-of-world-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2012-05-01T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:30:16","slug":"one-in-seven-thinks-end-of-world-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/one-in-seven-thinks-end-of-world-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"One in seven thinks end of world is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Chris Michaud<\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW YORK<\/span> May 1 (Reuters) – – Nearly 15 percent of people
\nworldwide believe the world will end during their lifetime and
\n10 percent think the Mayan calendar could signify it will happen
\nin 2012, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n

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The end of the Mayan calendar, which spans about 5,125
\nyears, on December 21, 2012 has sparked interpretations and
\nsuggestions that it marks the end of the world.<\/p>\n

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“Whether they think it will come to an end through the hands
\nof God, or a natural disaster or a political event, whatever the
\nreason, one in seven thinks the end of the world is coming,”
\nsaid Keren Gottfried, research manager at Ipsos Global Public
\nAffairs which conducted the poll for Reuters.<\/p>\n

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“Perhaps it is because of the media attention coming from
\none interpretation of the Mayan prophecy that states the world
\n‘ends’ in our calendar year 2012,” Gottfried said, adding that
\nsome Mayan scholars have disputed the interpretation.<\/p>\n

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Responses to the international poll of 16,262 people in more
\nthan 20 countries varied widely with only six percent of French
\nresidents believing in an impending Armageddon in their
\nlifetime, compared to 22 percent in Turkey and the United States
\nand slightly less in South Africa and Argentina.<\/p>\n

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But only seven percent in Belgium and eight percent in Great
\nBritain feared an end to the world during their lives.<\/p>\n

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About one in 10 people globally also said they were
\nexperiencing fear or anxiety about the impending end of the
\nworld in 2012. The greatest numbers were in Russia and Poland,
\nthe fewest in Great Britain.<\/p>\n

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Gottfried also said that people with lower education or
\nhousehold income levels, as well as those under 35 years old,
\nwere more likely to believe in an apocalypse during their
\nlifetime or in 2012, or have anxiety over the prospect.<\/p>\n

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“Perhaps those who are older have lived long enough to not
\nbe as concerned with what happens to their future,” she
\nexplained.<\/p>\n

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Ipsos questioned people in China, Turkey, Russia, Mexico,
\nSouth Korea, Japan, the United States, Argentina, Hungary,
\nPoland, Sweden, France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Australia,
\nItaly, South Africa, Great Britain, Indonesia, Germany. \t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Chris Michaud; editing by Patricia Reaney)<\/p>\n

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