27%
Increase in Bible sales for the week of Sept. 16-22 compared to same week in 2000
462%
Increase in Left Behind sales between August and September
6%
Increase in attendance at religious services weekend after terror attacks
20%
Increase in attendance at religious services after John F. Kennedy's assassination
400
Couples in Harris County, Texas, who stopped divorce proceedings in the 10 days after the terror attacks
Sources: Family Christian Stores, Tyndale House Publishers, Time, Houston Chronicle
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