Top Five Most Religious U.S. States

[Willy Woz]

This was taken from a SurveyUSA poll about church attendance:

Utah -56%
Alabama -53%
Louisiana -53%
Arkansas -52%
Mississippi -50%

It's funny TN or SC didn't appear at the top.

[Willy Woz]

Weekly church attendance does not equal religiousness.

Says you. Sure, any moron can claim  to be religious, and not really be. Why do you think Massachusetts is so strongly Catholic and yet is pro-choice and pro-gay.

[Willy Woz]

Weekly church attendance does not equal religiousness.

Says you. Sure, any moron can claim  to be religious, and not really be. Why do you think Massachusetts is so strongly Catholic and yet is pro-choice and pro-gay.

And says you that weekly church attendance equals religiousness? I've known alot of them that would sing the hymn in the church and stab you in the back after it was all over. Your assumption is laughable.

As is yours.

[Willy Woz]

That's actually quite debatable,

Not really. Your's wins pretty easily.

I don't know. Saying Mississippi and Arkansas are less religious than North Dakota is pretty ridiculous. A good way to tell is by looking at them by the perecentage who are evangelical (since evangelicals are the most religious group - definitely more than ND's Lutherans):

Mississippi
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee

[Willy Woz]

It does suggest strong (and probably likelier to be fundamentalist) religiousness, however.  The states listed there are ones that I do certainly associate with that description.

Yeah, certainly there is some sort of correlation to religiosity, but there are other factors, such as that some denominations are more likely to worship and home, some don't emphasize church attendance as much, etc.  And certainly more than 53% of people in Alabama are religious, irrespective of how fervently religious they may be.

Here's the ultimate list:

http://editthis.info/Alterealitiky/Atlasian_Bible_Study