Faith

This Map Shows the Most and Least Religious Counties in America

A new comprehensive study of religious congregations in the United States has resulted in a detailed look at the most — and least — religious counties in the country.

The 2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, released this month, features a county-by-county assessment on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for 236 different faith groups.

Of metropolitan areas with populations over 1 million, Salt Lake City was deemed the most religious, with nearly 74 percent identifying as religiously adherent (defined as “all those within a congregation,” including members, children and attendees who are not members). At the other end of the spectrum was the Portland, Ore. area with just 32 percent identifying as such.

The following map shows a higher concentration of religious adherence (55 percent or higher, yellow and orange colors) in counties the Midwest and South, and a lower concentration (0 to 44.9 percent, blue and green colors) in counties in the West and Northeast.

Religous adherents by county

Image source: rcms2010.org

Get charts of the study’s breakdown of counties by faith group here.

Comments (278)

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  • 4thGenerationWarrior
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:53pm

    The take-away here is the LDS or Mormons are THE most faithful of ALL the religions…deal with it!

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    • mycomet123
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:14pm

      & apparently the most humble!

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    • Bible thumper
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:35pm

      It is inconsistent to state lds and mormons are the most faithful….they may be in attendance or “faithful” to their religion or church or false prophet BUT being faithful to anything other than Jesus Christ is rather like a waste of time…..” The ONLY way to the father is through the SON, I am the way the truth and the light”….He didn’t add or you could just follow some knuckle head CLAIMING to be as good as Jesus when he comes along latter…hate to burst your bubble boss BUT despite Glenn’s ravings about us all being ONE we are not. There are saved Christians who believe and love the lord and His plan, and there are the rest. Hopefully some day you will see the error of your statement and become one of us under the protection of the Shepard and we can meet someday in Dad’s house. Until then I’ll pray for you, Glenn, and all those being lied to and led astray, including those Christians being led astray by their RELIGION…..:}

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    • Bayhorselake
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:02pm

      I don’t know if 4THGENERATIONWARRIOR is LDS or not… But on behalf of all of the LDS people that are cringing at his remarks, please accept our apologies. Just like every family… every religion has a crazy uncle Bob that says things that make the whole group ask, “Are we really related to him?!”

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    • Anonymouse.
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:06pm

      lol

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    • Anonymouse.
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:08pm

      That map is hog wash. Just like religions are – especially Scientology and LDS.

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    • Anonymouse.
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:32pm

      Yes LDS brain washing victims are the most delusional of all the brainwashed religious cults. Science is like sunlight and in the future it will burn away the fog of religion for all humanity. I’m looking forward to that day. No more Islam will be the best part of it.

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    • BlesstheJews
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:57pm

      Sometimes people confuse legalism with faithfulness. Just sayin…..

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    • 4thGenerationWarrior
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 6:40pm

      To all who have commented upon my remarks: You all misunderstand the spirit in which I wrote them. Look at the map. Which state has the most prominent yellow and orange areas- UT! Home of the LDS Church. Since this study was to illustrate the faithfulness of the givne counties that make up America it can be rightly understood that the counties encompassed in the state of Utah as being the most faithful or “religious”.
      Yes, I am devotely LDS and BibleThumper I forgive your obvious ignorance and would challenge you to use the Bible to FACTUALLY refute the LDS faith.
      For all LDS commenters I am not some crazy nutbag, my comments were simply mischaracterized by the reader. As for my “deal with it” phrase it was sarcasm.

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:46am

      @BIBLE THUMPER

      I often wonder if people actually think about what they write…

      “The ONLY way to the father is through the SON…”

      Does the above statement, which I believe is true, imply TWO people?

      Aren’t Christians told that the two greatest commandments are:

      1) Love God with all your heart, and

      2) Love your neighbor as yourself?

      You may believe differently than the Latter Day Saints, but to continually disparage them and belittle them seems to be un-Christian.

      Do you rail against any other church who believes differently than you?

      Is it best to sprinkle, or dunk?

      Wine, or water?

      Saturday, or Sunday?

      Should women be priests?

      Did your preacher go to seminary, or did he have a dream?

      Do you even need a preacher?

      And on and on and on…

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 4:16am

      Non-LDS living in “Mormon Country” tend to also be more active in their religion, so that is probably a factor in the map as well.

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    • P8riot
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 12:52pm

      @BROTHER_ED – arguing the difference between a “trinity” and the “Godhead” using English never turns out well :) I’ve had that discussion on this site many, many times and whenever the word “trinity” comes into the conversation plural suddenly means singular and when this little fact is pointed out our Father in Heaven suddenly become “incomprehensible.” Then Matthew 3:16-17 really makes their heads spin (as well as their answers). But still – well said! :)

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    • mcsledge
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 3:14pm

      Bible thumper – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adheres to the entire New Testament and we are followers of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We don’t pick and choose from the doctrines.

      Christ taught that in the last days there would be false prophets. He also described the test for determining a true prophet from a false prophet. Time will reveal that Joseph Smith and all of those faithful prophets who have followed were called of God to lead Christ’s Church.

      What baffles me is that so many claim one of the few Churches that carries the name of Christ and believes in all of the teachings of the New Testament including divine revelation is not Christian. When truth be told, it will be hard pressed to find a more devout congregation of worshippers of the Lord Jesus Christ than temple worthy, temple attending members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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  • AverageLibertarian
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:43pm

    Religion is slowly dying out.

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    • 4thGenerationWarrior
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:55pm

      only amongst the unfaithful and Godless

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    • OhioRifleman
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:05pm

      Religion is not dying out. Organized religions have been hijacked and their adherents are waking up to the cold hard fact that their church no longer represents them, their beliefs, or God. I see it a lot around here.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:27pm

      Oh, it’s alive and growing. It’s just in an apostate, corrupt, and rebellious state right now.

      The Revival Hymn (FULL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec5dJHtMTSg

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    • sensibleadult
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:55pm

      I predict in the future this map will be solid yellow. “EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD”.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:42pm

    “At the other end of the spectrum was the Portland, Ore. area with just 32 percent identifying as such.”
    Yeah, Portland for the win!

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    • colt1860
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:28pm

      LOL. Isn’t that where one of the most violent, criminal, degenerate, obscene, rebellious crowds of OWS attendees were at? Yep.

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    • vox_populi
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:11pm

      “LOL. Isn’t that where one of the most violent, criminal, degenerate, obscene, rebellious crowds of OWS attendees were at?”

      …Yeah!

      PORTLAND FOR THE WIN!

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:12pm

      Uhh….no, I think you are thinking of Oakland.

      Have you ever actually even BEEN to Portland?

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:20am

      TTA – I’ve been to Portland and that city is a total dump. Crime and filthy streets everywhere and filthy degenerates. Not to mention the high suicide rates.

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  • joshuawoodz
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:33pm

    I would have thought So Cal would have been more blue than Northern Cal. Sad either way you look at it.

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    • chazmo
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:57pm

      This map is bull… I live in a southern calif inland area. 75% Hispanic and VERY Catholic community. And we are listed as Green.. What?? Don’t think so..

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    • jackbauer
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 8:01pm

      Chazmo,
      It could be because this was Census data. Illegal aliens wouldn’t have been counted. Just sayin!

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    • Jase
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:56am

      No way, NorCal is atheist central. There are LOTS of Christians in SoCal.

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  • freedom4ever
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:26pm

    That really amazes me after I took a cross country trip – how can you not believe in God? After seeing the beauty of the Rockies, the desert, ocean, and redwoods how can you even question that God doesn’t exist? It is sad seeing this map – shows where we are heading and it’s not good.

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    • slyswine
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Atheist’s can find beauty in nature without having a belief that a God is responsible. How many atheists do you know on a personal level? I’m asking because it seems you have some misconceptions that may distort your views and opinions.

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    • noesterdamos
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:37pm

      I too cannot understand why someone would refuse to believe in God after seeing His awesome creation. I can only guess that for an atheist or non-believer, having to indulge the possibility that nature’s awesomeness actually had a Creator behind it would place upon them the responsibility to seek Him out and His will for their lives. Never the less (and I don’t mean to be harsh here) at that last second before they draw their last breath and darkness begins to come upon them, I wonder what goes through a committed atheist’s mind (thoughts). It is in God’s heart that all would be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. The thief found salvation at the cross, so I’m compelled to believe it’s never too late.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 9:18pm

      You can believe in God and not be religious. Just because there is a God doesn’t mean that people thousands of years ago who claimed that He spoke to them and gave them a bunch of rules for the rest of us to follow were anything but liars or madmen.

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  • Yaya2
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:18pm

    What a non-surprise that the left coast is so blue! What a sad time for our country when we need the mercy of God more than ever.

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  • conservatype
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:12pm

    So there are actually a third of the citizens in Portland who HAVE a clue? Funny, I would have believed far less than THAT……….

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Or alternatively, the majority of Salt Lake City ADULTS have imaginary friends.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:22am

      TTA – At least Salt Lake City doesn’t have as many degenerates running around the streets or high suicide rates or government dependency like you want.

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  • wvernon1981
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:50pm

    Ahhh Portland, I‘m glad I’m in the unchurched Northwest

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:09pm

      With all of those lovely suicide rates, LOL. Not to mention high crime and dumpy downtown.

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    • conservatype
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:18pm

      The town isn’t dumpy, the weird CITIZENS are dumpy…….

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:49pm

      @VERN

      And we are glad for that too Vern.

      Please stay there.

      Hows come no link to your cute little critical thinking website Vern.

      You are a critical thinker wanna-be.

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    • Jase
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:42am

      Now I know why Oregon is so depressing.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:25am

      Conservatype – It’s the citizens that have made that city dumpy, crime ridden, and depressing. Same thing with San Fransicko.

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  • Liberal Basher
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:39pm

    God is for children. Grow up, sheeple.

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    • snyggys
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:45pm

      How about you grow up and show some respect for people who have faith in something greater than themselves.

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    • Robert Hawk
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:50pm

      Amazing that your very words are written in prophecy (2nd Peter chapter 2). You have been deceived by the doctrine known as Athenian philosophia. Paul warned about this in Colossians chapter 2. The worst part is if you live until after the war with Persia (coming soon) then you will be too ignorant of the written word to slect the correct Christ (yep there are two, one of them is Satan playing Jesus). There will not be enough time for you to learn who the correct one is after the war will persia ends. Just remember there will be a 1000 years of teaching where you can choose to learn the truth.

      Your comments are the direct reflection of your education through Ahtenian Sophist based doctine of Hegel and his students Marx & Engels

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:57pm

      I’m not prone to tolerate stupid, but I can make an exception in your case.

      You seem to be a prime example of the “tolerate ME” crowd that has ZERO tolerence for others. And I’m not taking it any more. EMS! (eat my shorts!)

      I’m going to be as “tolerant” as you sniveling dogs.

      Religion “IS” dogma. It has ZERO to do with faith in God. It’s not about Religion. It‘s about ’faith’. And “religion” has scuttled it’s own ship with “tolerance” to the unrepentent and intolerant who desire to compromise the foundation of ‘faith’ in support of unapologetic sin.

      I practice no ‘religion’. I DO have ‘faith’ in God, however. Just as the “tolerate ME” crowd have faith in government protections for their “special needy” lifestyles that require funding from tax payers for ‘special programs’ designed speifically to force opinion to be squelched.

      Can’t practice what you preach? Then don’t come to me looking for sympathy for or understanding for your views, opinions, feelings or lifestyle. Because you are barking up the wrong tree.

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    • bigmel754
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:58pm

      Another liberal hate baiter!

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:01pm

      God is for children. Grow up, sheeple… well said… as it is written:

      milk (religion) for children, meat (reality) for those that can handle it… alas, there are far too few meat eaters among us and far too many hanging from the teat.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:10pm

      I live in the Bible belt. If you lived here i would take off that belt and whip your snotty nosed little butt with it…

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:37pm

      @baddoggie

      what ever happened to your biblebelt teaching of “turn the other cheek”… you must be another of those demanding respect but can’t follow your own dribble beyond the pew… able to regurgitate cherry picked verses but not able to walk the path… and that is why there is less and much less respect for the so-called religious pretenders… they don’t play well with others… and everyone else is tired of it… yawn… laughing at the inferior dogmas from before the age of “reason”.

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:42pm

      @baddoggie

      For the record, I not only live in the bible belt… I am thinking about redecorating it (hahaha). The jehovah witnesses have me on their training route for promising missionaries… they always leave in tears… very few of them have actually read the book (typical christians) and when I force them to pull one out of their holsters (attempting to prove me wrong) they quickly leave with their tales (deliberately spelled that way) between their legs.

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    • AzThunder
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:04pm

      @Baddoggy

      Don’t threaten we with a good time ;)

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    • chazmo
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:07pm

      @Ruler4You I could careless if someone likes or dislikes my beliefs. If zealot religions goons or zealot obnoxious whiner Atheists don’t like what I believe then no sweat off my back. I know what I know in my heart. That’s all that matters in the end. So everyone, believe on what you will…

      If the Atheists would get off their high horse and the religious nutters would stop being offended by those dolts we would all be happier. If you are a true faithful man, you wouldn’t care what some little pretentious anal retentive Atheist says. Go in Peace…

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:34pm

      The thing is that i dont have to spnak your little bottom…God will do it eventually. I was hoping to wake your non believing soul up maybe…Aw go back to sleep….You will wake up in hell one day. Guarantee it.

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    • AzThunder
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:57pm

      @Baddoggy

      it was a joke! this world needs to lighten up sometimes

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:28am

      Soul Leister – Then explain why when people turn away from religion, they turn to the government to take care of them in life? Looks like there are more teet suckers under an atheist society than under a religious society.

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  • slyswine
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:34pm

    @BOMUSTGO- I respect you for your service and no matter what our differences are, we‘ve both volunteered to support and defend the constitution and our nation’s people. Thank you.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 8:39pm

      SLYSWINE:
      I appreciate your service and that of all the military. Forget DOMA for a minute, can you cite for me all the federal laws that exist specifically and solely for marriage?

      “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:28pm

    …
    Look at all that blue and green.
    No wonder America has fallen out of favor with God.

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    • wvernon1981
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:51pm

      What makes you think that it has?

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:48pm

      …what ever made you think it ever was (in his favor)??? Its been one stupid thing after another (war with indians, slavery, war with allies, slavery, war with our own (north and south), world wars, mahntazuma, tripoli, indochina, korea, war on drugs, war on capitalizm, war on women (I don’t practice wife beating but I understand it), cold wars, star warz, war war war… very little peace (WHICH DO YOU THINK RELIGION IS DOMINATING? ANSWER: WARS).

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:27am

      Soul Leister – Then explain why communism (an atheist based ideology) has killed more people than any religion has.

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  • BOMUSTGO
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:28pm

    God did some awesome things for me while I spent ten years in the USAF.

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  • ModerationIsBest
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:21pm

    I love the “No atheists in foxholes” line.

    Not only is it an untrue statement that the religious use to try to score points in an argument and make themselves feel superior, but it also denigrates the men and women serving in our armed forces.

    I applaud you.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:44pm

      Hey MOD,

      As long as they keep their mouth shut about it, I imagine that no one would care much either way.

      But if atheists are as annoying in the foxholes, as you are in here, I don’t think it would go over very well.

      Just sayin’

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:58am

      You mean as annoying as being told you’re going to burn in a lake of fire for eternity for not having the same viewpoint on life as me? Or as annoying as being told you have to look at a human sacrifice 2000 years ago and think it was necessary to cure you of being born evil?

      I don‘t think I’ve ever made such outlandishly evil claims as that on here.

      Yet you people claim to be the ones with better morals? Completely asinine.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:31am

      Then explain why the atheist based ideology of communism has killed more people and done more evil to this world than any religion has.

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    • slyswine
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 10:59am

      Atheism has nothing in it which prescribes any actions or dogmas that should be followed. Beliefs inform your actions, so how can not believing in a god lead someone to take any actions? There is no logical progression from not believing in a deity to the outcomes of what communist dictators accomplished. If you hold no positive belief about something, how is that going to make you do anything? This myth about atheism causing the atrocities of soviet russia, or other similar regimes is nothing more than that, a myth.

      Atheism is simply not theism, there is nothing to atheism other than a rejection of god claims. In order to determine causality, you must demonstrate that atheism is both neccesary and sufficient to be identified as the cause. Please demonstrate this logically.

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 11:35am

      Atheism isn’t a political ideology.

      You can have atheist who are Communists

      You can have atheists who are Socialists

      You can have atheists who are Capitalists(I am one of them).

      Also, look at who ran those regimes.

      Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Lenin, the Kim’s of North Korea

      Do any of those guys come across as someone who doesn’t believe in the existence of a higher power?

      Hitler constantly wrote about a Creator in his book. You had to swear an oath to the almighty to be loyal to Hitler. The belt buckles of Nazi’s read “Got Mitt Uns” or “God with us”

      When Kim Jong Il was born, legends are that the mountains shook and the birds sang. Another legend of his is that during his first round of golf he had 11 holes in one. Do any of these scenarios sound like men who only thought of themselves as men?

      You can have religious people who are good and bad’
      You can have atheists people who are good and bad

      A religious person who murders might do so because they think their God told them to, they might get a reward of they feel their faith is under attack. They are still psychopathic murderer.

      A atheist person who murders does so simply because he/she is a psychopathic murderer. They don’t do so because their atheism told them to, or that they might get a reward in the afterlife.

      The common denominator is evil.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:59pm

      @MOD,

      You use your atheist talking points almost as good as JZS uses Alinsky’s tactics.

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 2:45am

      Yup, that’s a good refutation of what I said. Those were some very well thought out arguments against my claims.

      Good job trying to link what I said in some way to Saul Alinsky, automatically triggering dislike of my arguments to someone who might be reading our conversation.

      Your tool of demonizing my arguments by associating them to a radical is well known and would make Joseph Goebbels proud.

      See, it can work both ways.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:56pm

      @MOD,

      It’s getting kind of “annoying” in this foxhole.

      It’s all yours.

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:52pm

      Then by all means, stop following me around. That option has been and always will be open to you, yet I continue to see you on almost every article I post on.

      If you think I am silly as I am, and I make no coherent arguments time after time after time, one would assume you would stop taking me seriously and stop wasting your time responding to me. After all, this is only a message board. Even during the time span when I would not respond to you(and you KNEW that I wouldn’t), you would continually direct comments and questions at me.

      Yet you claim that I’m the one that has no logic, common sense, or rationality.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:05pm

      Your choice. The sacrifice made was his choice I just choose to believe. But by being at war with Christianity you show you do believe. You don’t put so much energy fighting something you do not believew. That would be foolish. The fool in his heart says there is no God.

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:10pm

    ‘Oregon’s suicide rate is 35 percent higher than the nationwide average, the Oregon Department of Human Services reports.
    In a report from Portland, the agency said Sept. 9 that the rate is 15.2 suicides per 100,000 people compared to the national rate of 11.3 per 100,000′….’

    Thats a sad statistic but it is the truth….makes you wonder.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Sadly, that number will increase with today’s indoctrinated, Facebook-raised youth.

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    • LemonyFresh
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:36pm

      When you are taught, and believe, that we are all meat sacks begotten from monkeys with no purpose and nothing to look forward to that is bound to happen. There is a part of humanity that longs for a connection to God.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:42pm

      Even in countries with the highest secular populations have some of the highest suicide rates in the world.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:49pm

      @COPATRIOTS…I agree 100%…too many self absorbed people rolling around in our Nation…aside from lack of morals and integrity, I believe VANITY is crushing our societies weakest individuals…too many media venues for the vain to appear ‘normal and sane’….Its all so obvious yet so elusive to so many.

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    • LouC57
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:49pm

      For a number of reasons, probably the most significant reason is the very long rainy season.

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    • saranda
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:50pm

      According to the SLC. Tribune, Utah has the 8th highest rate. And the Utah office of vital stats says the state has the highest percentage of people who have suicidal thoughts.

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    • wvernon1981
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:00pm

      “Religious affiliation is associated with less suicidal behavior in depressed inpatients. After other factors were controlled, it was found that greater moral objections to suicide and lower aggression level in religiously affiliated subjects may function as protective factors against suicide attempts.”

      http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=177228

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:11pm

      WV – So you’re just backing up the case that atheists have higher suicide rates than religious people. No wonder atheists are such miserable people to be around.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:13pm

      @Saranda….your info is correct…but Oregon leads by a huge margin…there are no winners in this topical thread….it is all sad, but Oregon blows the doors off the rest of the nation….. By the way, a thought never killed anyone…only ‘action taken’ does that…Oregonians take a lot of action in regards to suicide…a lot.

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    • wvernon1981
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:21pm

      Git, it seems there is evidence that religion protects against suicide so why would I try to deny it.

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    • saranda
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:31pm

      @marko331 – I only point out Utah because not only do they rank highly in both charts but also because so many jumped to comment on its high religious rate and someone tried to correlate the religious numerous to suicide rates, Utah is proof the correlation is difficult. I do not know why Oregon rate is so high, it might be weather related as my own personal time in the Pacific NW was tough mentally on me. Btw, thoughts do count when it comes go suicide and that number matters. And those thoughts might contradict the comment above my original from gitrdone I think who suggested atheists were more miserable. It might appear more Christians are because they stay alive with their dark suicide thoughts whereasbthe atheists might act on those thoughts.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 9:23pm

      Super-religious Utah is almost as high.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:29am

      Chet – No proof to back up your claims. Explain why countries with high atheist populations have higher suicide rates compared to those countries that are religious.

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    • saranda
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:51pm

      @gitrdone – yes there’s plenty of evidence. And Utah has the highest of people with suicidal thoughts according to Utahs office of vital stats. Do you read? Or does all your info come from the radio idiots that tell you what to think?

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  • slyswine
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:10pm

    McConnell AFB, KS atheist here. There are more non believers in our military than many think or know about. Many have been in foxholes and similar battle environments.

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  • SekndAmendment
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:57pm

    Utah wins :) Go Mormons!

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  • slyswine
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:55pm

    McConnell AFB, KS atheist here. There are plenty in the military who don’t recognize any one particular god.

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  • P8riot
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:50pm

    That’s a lonely county in California with a high percentage of religious folks :)

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:13pm

      No yellow nor orange… in my State: puke!

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:49pm

    Least religious? Let me guess. Dane County, Wisconsin. (The county that holds the “Moscow On The Mendota”, Madison.)

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  • copatriots
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:48pm

    How did Oregon become almost entirely blue? Did atheists all decide to move there?

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    • muhamed
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:05pm

      You ever been to Oregon? Oregon is a FAR FAR FAR left state full of atheist progressive “forward” thinking LGBT smelly dirty hippies, especially the valley in cities like Portland (metro), Salem, Eugene, Ashland, Medford. I’m kinda shocked about the counties in eastern Oregon…it’s very cowboy, farmer, family oriented, rancher, conservative, Christians.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:25pm

      This is the saddest thing… that I have considered in some time!

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    • copatriots
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:31pm

      Right there with ya, Luke. It is quite a graphic and phenomenally sad. I wish we had charts dating back to the founding of the country.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:15pm

      Same reason why CA is so blue. The city people screw over the country people.

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    • llowell
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:34pm

      I live in Oregon and have for my entire life. In the 1970s we painted a sign on the highway tarmac: Welcome to Oregon, Now Go Home. That’s when the lefties started coming. They’ve come and taken away our forests with the spotted owl and stolen our simple farm/forest/fish way of life. We’ve been outvoted ever since. As for eastern Oregon. It can be over 100 miles to the nearest church out there. Please don’t judge Eastern Oregon by its color. I suspect this map might look a little different if they adjusted for population density.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:03pm

      God bless ya, LLOWELL. I’m truly sorry about the loss of your state. Sadly, the country isn’t far behind.

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  • copatriots
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:46pm

    Wow…..what an amazing visual! What stands out most to me is the the coasts seems to be advancing on (almost squeezing) the “flyover” states.

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  • completehorsesense
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:46pm

    I find this interesting being this is Pentacost week,Jesus Christ accending in Heaven. KJV JOEL Chapter 2 verse ten, The earth shall quake, April 11th this yr we had a perfect pacific ring of earthquakes,notably one name caught my attention was near the town of CONCEPTION Chile. The heavens shall tremble: the SUN and MOON shall be dark,and the stars shall with draw their shining. Interesting that we have a ring of fire eclipes this sunday. This sunday is the 20th, 20 means redemption. It’s also interesting to note what happen on this week 32 yrs ago, Mt St Helens erupted,verse 30, And i will show wonders in the Heavens and in the earth,blood,man on the moon. and fire,and pillars of smoke,Mt St Helens. Helen in the Greek means light. The number 32 means GODS covenant.

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    • BOMUSTGO
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:11pm

      Also something to note. The Olympics start on the Ninth of Av (AB) on the Hebrew calendar (Both Temples were destroyed on this day, Jews expelled from Spain, Hitler’s final solution started on the ninth of AV.Many more events happened to the Jews on this date in History) The Olympics will start on the tenth day of Ramadan.(Muslims fast during the hours of daylight for a thirty day period.).They are protesting about this already as it will give them an unfair advantage to their athletes.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:45pm

    Yup… we bring out Faith… into the Voting Booth!

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  • Max jones
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:34pm

    Tornado alley lots of yellow….There are no atheists in the foxhole……

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  • Hickory
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:32pm

    What really stands out is the relationship of the colors relating to political parties.

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