2007-12-30 04:41:05 · 12 answers · asked by tashr94 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A lot of the Anabaptists from the Netherlands and England sort of took over there when they came over to evangelize, some as early as the 1500s.
In a nutshell, educational levels were low and despair was high, so their message of mindless fundamentalism, and "blind faith" was appealing to people who were suspicious of analytical thinking. Most of them had bad experiences with the Church, corrupt as it was back then, and so they had already developed a suspicion of any spirituality that involved rites and rituals.
The Anabaptists came in and said the Church was evil and needed all the nonsense "reformed" out of it. And lots of people along that part of the South (where I'm from, btw) were primed to hear that message.
2007-12-30 04:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because of the sheer density of Fundamentalists living in the area. In the 1970s people traveling through the Southern States From South Carolina all the way to Arizona found it very useful to have a large KJV version of the Bible with a large Golden Cross sitting on the dashboard. It is astounding how many hassles from the "County Mounties" it prevented.
2007-12-30 04:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! So much bigotry and stereotyping!
The Bible Belt is simply a geographic term. It refers to the area from about Virginia across to Oklahoma and southward where the predominant faith is drawn from churches and people who draw their understanding of God and life from the Bible as the primary source. Also, a higher percentage of people in that area tend to go to church and rate faith as very important to them, as compared to other parts of the U.S.
It has nothing to do with illiteracy or intelligence. BTW, college degrees don't guarantee a person is smart.
2007-12-30 05:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by Randy B 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because that area of the south has the largest population of southern Baptists which are very vocal.
2007-12-30 04:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you work all day for a loaf of bread to feed your family, remember what it was like when the USA was called a Christian nation. Without Christ, the ungodly quickly oppress the poor and less fortunate. This is also true of Britain that we once called Great Britain!
For the ungodly that continually type in hateful messages against the Lord, you will see the day that you go hungry. Without the Lord that you so easily blaspheme good turns quickly to bad, evil and ugly.
2007-12-30 04:52:43 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because the geographic shape of the area where there is a large concentration of Bibile believing, church going Americans is reminiscent of a belt girded about the waist of the North American continent.
2007-12-30 04:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because if you disagree with them, they take off their bibles and beat you with them, not unlike they do with their belts to their children within walmart's holy walls.
2007-12-30 04:49:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was kinda wondering that myself considering my mom moved us from Missouri down south and I have heard that many many times. Good question!
2007-12-30 09:16:51 · answer #8 · answered by fatima35121 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Protestantism is so prominent there. There are places where you can't buy alcohol on Sundays, when I was in Oklahoma it was illegal to have any beer stronger than 3.2% alcohol, and nearly everything revolves around their religious beliefs.
2007-12-30 04:45:15 · answer #9 · answered by stumped at math 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cuz people there are super religious, read and memorize the Bible but, apparently, it doesn't prevent many of them from being racist and intolerant
2007-12-30 04:45:15 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Speaker 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋