Topography Of Faith In The US *Map*
 

An interactive map showing the Faiths in each State:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphic...n-08/flash.htm

That cannot be right. Most Americans are atheist in my understanding :DL

Certainly no suprises with the Utah result :DL

USAToday forgot one important classification

People who claim to be christians but don't really make any effort to live like one except for Sundays and a few holidays a year. :yep:

I noticed that too Mormon majority.

There's a reason why Sinners aren't included in the map.

Some observations:

- The map only shows 96% of the states.
- Catholizism is on the rise (solely through immigration?)
- evangelical, mainline and black protestantism? D'oh! I will never understand the different fractions of protestantism - we call it all evangelical here, while the "evangelical christians" in the US sense are a small minority here (re-imported mostly);
- God hates Oregon (or vice versa)

If they would live like this on Sundays, they would have to put their priests to death, as those work on the holy sabbath ;) (Exodus 35:2)

Yeah it's a topography of religion or religious belief that one subscribes.

It's not a topography of spirituality :DL You can't measure that. Only God knows that.

I'll avoid Mississippi then - only 6% unaffiliated and almost the highest rate of evangelicals :o

You should see some of those mega-supersized churches in Texas.:o Talk about big business!

Actually I was surprised at the 58%. Last I heard Utah was 70% Mormon. On the other hand Salt Lake City is only about 50% Mormon (and 31% Catholic), which is mainly because of the suburban movement starting in the 1920s, when Mormons were the "old money" and moved out first.

That's one I always try to bring up in religious discussions. Just because someone claims to be something on a survey doesn't mean they practice it or even believe it.

Interesting to note as you start in Maine and move south the Catholic religion dominates to the Mid-Atlantic states. Keep going south and Evangelical start to over take all others.

I think the Civil War era dictated the religious structure of our nation.

Would be a interesting study! :hmmm:

35k accurately represents an entire nation of 300 million? Sounds like a bunch of bull to me...