http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_percentage_of_population_claiming_no_religion
Rank - Percentage Claiming No Religion
45 South Dakota 8%
46 South Carolina 7%
46 Mississippi 7%
48 Alabama 6%
49 North Dakota 3%
and some of the most progressive States have the lowest percentage?
Rank - Percentage Claiming No Religion
1 Washington 25%
2 Vermont 22%
3 Oregon 21%
3 Colorado 21%
5 Wyoming 20%
2006-07-06 02:49:14 · 12 answers · asked by idspudnik 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My apologies and no offense if you live in one of these "backward" states.
2006-07-06 02:54:44 · update #1
You answered your own question.
Good observation!
2006-07-06 02:59:35 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your rhetoric and labels are interesting.
States where most people's values differ from your own are labelled "backward."
States where your values are more represented are labelled "progressive."
"Progressive" is nothing but a word hijacked by leftists to describe their political and social agenda because the root of the word is "progress" -- and how can anybody be against progress, right?
It's a very clever word play, but if the left's idea of "progress" is letting two men marry each other, or giving drug addicts free reign over public parks (like they do in San Francisco), then I guess we just have different ideas of what true progress is.
It also seems as if you're engaging in stereotypes about people who live in places like Mississippi and North Dakota, and seemingly looking down your nose at them.
Is such prejudiced and stereotypical thinking your idea of "progress"?
2006-07-06 02:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most Religions are based on a Creed. Tenets are inherently "static."
Static beliefs are doomed to extinction. However, before the end arrives, certain precursors must occur: stagnancy,atrophy and Decay.
In the interim, people, States and Countries continue to regress to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
2006-07-06 03:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Gray Matter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love how people who have a bone to pick with religion insult us. Who says that these states are "progressive"?
I'm from New York, and I have seen what happens to cities in this state that have turned from religion.
2006-07-06 02:54:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're insinuating there's a connection? But you also must weigh other factors like natural resources, population size, industry, etc.
BTW, I am a non-religious person from California, but I know there's just more to it than this.
2006-07-06 02:53:57 · answer #5 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a backward state? I think southern people tend to be more religious, because of their up-bringing. Southern people rock..
2006-07-06 02:54:17 · answer #6 · answered by tracienmark 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to read up on Sodom and Gomorrah. Sin is committed more frequently in areas where people don't have time for God.
2006-07-06 03:01:34 · answer #7 · answered by gordie4christ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your mind is in a backward state.
2006-07-06 02:52:48 · answer #8 · answered by T Time 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only imbeciles use wikipedia as a source.
Then to quote this source as fact is foolish.
2006-07-06 03:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please clarify 'backward'. Otherwise there's no basis for what you are trying to say.
Also there is a difference between claiming 'religion' and being 'spiritual'.
2006-07-06 05:54:51 · answer #10 · answered by dakotalover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What YOU call "backward", other folks call "backbone"
What YOU call "progressive", other folks describe as liberal hotspots of decay.
2006-07-06 02:52:15 · answer #11 · answered by MK6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋