A map about people who paid attention in history and government class vs those who didn’t.
Exactly. Grew up Christian and it convinced me to be agnostic. Even then, I still would never add religious beliefs to the teaching of children early in life, when they clearly lack intelligent decision making skills.
I think teaching about religion is fine and actually good for interacting with people outside your culture. Teaching of a specific religion is where you run into trouble.
I had a unit early on in school and another one in my early teens where we basically learned about the origins of a bunch of different religions and cultures surrounding them. Learned a lot about people that otherwise would seem unapproachable to me.
Yeah, are you ever convinced as an agnostic? I thought, that was the point.
i’d say it’s totally logical to be 100% convinced that you can’t be convinced of god’s existence or non-existence
I wouldn’t agree to the logical part, but sure. It was more a harmless joke than me trying to win an argument or something. =)
I didn’t need those classes to know forcing religion onto others is the exact opposite of what Jesus wanted
I thought that the deeply religious states were more of a minority. Yikes.
I grew up in one of those states and it’s part of why I’m a certified America Hater today. I genuinely don’t think people who haven’t been exposed to it, even within the country, but especially outside of it, really have a grasp on how prominent and powerful religion is in the US. Hell, I didn’t fully understand it myself until I lived outside of the country for a time and saw what normal is like. This country is a madhouse.
They are. Those areas are thinly populated.
Just over half of U.S. adults (52%) say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus
Nationwide, a slightly larger share of Americans say they favor allowing teacher-led prayers referencing God (57%)
It’s right there in OP.
Unfortunately it’s land that votes, not people.
I thought it was corporations…
Ohio and Florida are thinly populated? Texas has a large area but also population.
Ohio is mostly corn and “Hell is real” billboards.
Yeah but it also has the 7th highest population in the country and a higher population density than California, somehow.
California is also big.
You are forgetting about Grandpa’s Cheese Barn to. Also as another user mentioned it’s a highly populated state
To learn anything about American politics you need a county level map.
With size adjusted to account for population! It becomes useless as a map, but significantly more illustrative of the political realities.
The US 2020 Presidential Election Cartogram:
Oh, and here’s 2024
Relative to the US average. But the US is a very deeply religious nation compared to other developed nations.
Maine is the least religious state but for some reason is gray on the chart. I’m curious about how the question was asked in the study
The point of the establishment clause is that it shouldn’t matter what the majority says about religion. It should mean exactly nothing. Tyranny of the majority shouldn’t be allowed to make non-Christians into second class citizens.
That’s a lot of stupid morons who pretend to care about the constitution but don’t.
That’s a lot of stupid morons who pretend to care about the
constitutionbible but don’t.Pretty much.
“You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.”
I love blazing saddles
There’s your problem in a nutshell, America.
The United States had a good run. I hope I see the entire West Coast secede in my lifetime.
Interesting, places that many cultures and beliefs are coming led heavily oppose it, while states that are majority WASPs are for it.
Interesting that simply being around people of other beliefs can change your way of thinking.
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Just make them pay taxes every time they get even close to talking about electoral politics.
I live in Michigan, and it’s anecdotal because I tend to surround myself with secular people, but I find this hard to believe.
Agreed, also live in Michigan, and not that I know EVERYONE in this state, I find it really hard to believe that the state as a whole would go for this.
Tax the church!
Funny part is … it has absolutely no indication of how religious or moral any of these regions are
Horrifying
Jesus Christ.
And I say that without a hint of irony.
I’m saving this for when the civil war is about to break out and I need a rough estimate of where the front lines will be.
Also factor
Military, national & state guard, and LE bases project a zone of control
100 miles from any border is a zone of controlIf there’s a civil war, Michigan will quickly be appropriated to Canada.
The only states id maybe be interested in as a Canadian is California, New York and Washington (also Maine because why do they even extend so far into Québec?).
For real though, with the Democrats response to Trump, I don’t really want them anywhere near Canadian politics. They’d make our Liberals look socialist
Don’t forget Minnesota, they’re pretty good
Keep it, not interested.
I love maps that are basically just population density maps
Is it though? Florida is quite dense in US terms and states like Idaho and Montana are about as far from dense as you can get.
