Lest anyone think Scalia is being singled out, here are some disturbing statistics from Pew, Newsweek and Gallup polls conducted 2012-2014:

* 76% of Americans (U.S.) self-identify as Christians. [so far, so good]

* 42 % of these believe in "creationism" - and that "God created humans pretty much in their present form, all at one time, within the last 10,000 years or so".

* 47% believe that "Jesus will return to earth in the next 40 years or so".

* 45% believe that "the world will end, as the Bible predicts, in a battle at Armageddon between Jesus and the Antichrist".

So, there's at least 101 million of 'em out there.

Gives one pause to think.