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Go Figure

Get the numbers on AIDS victims saved under former President Bush, evangelicals who think President Obama is a Muslim, and pastors who expect their church’s income to increase.

1.2 million Lives saved by President George W. Bush’s President’s Emergency Plan for aids Relief (PEPFAR).

$2,450 Amount it cost to avert each death.

(Source:

Annals of Internal Medicine

)

11% Americans who think President Obama is a Muslim.

19% Evangelical Protestants who think this.

38% Evangelical Protestants who think Obama is a Christian. In October 2008, 45% thought so.

(Source: Pew Research Center)

53% Executive pastors who expect their church’s income to increase in 2009.

22% Executive pastors who expect their church’s income to decrease.

(Source: Leadership Network)

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