Posted on 03/30/2013 5:35:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Provo-Orem, Utah, is the most religious of 189 U.S. metropolitan areas Gallup surveyed in 2012, with 77% of its residents classified as very religious. Burlington, Vt., and Boulder, Colo., are the least religious, with 17% meeting that threshold. Most of the top religious cities are in the South -- the exceptions are Provo; Ogden-Clearfield, Utah; and Holland-Grand Haven, Mich. The least religious cities are clustered in the Northeast and on the Pacific Coast, with the exception of Boulder and Madison, Wis.
The cities referred to in this article are based on the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. In many cases, more than one city is included in the same MSA, and some MSAs cross state borders. All reported MSAs encompass at least 300 completed surveys, and Gallup has weighted each of these MSA samples to ensure it is demographically representative of that MSA.
Throughout the country in 2012, 40% of Americans were classified as very religious -- based on saying religion is an important part of their daily life and that they attend religious services every week or almost every week. Thirty-one percent of Americans were nonreligious, saying religion is not an important part of their daily life and that they seldom or never attend religious services. The remaining 29% of Americans were moderately religious, saying religion is important in their lives but that they do not attend services regularly, or that religion is not important but that they still attend services.
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Boulder CO is next to last on this list - I could believe that!
There seems to be a correlation between low religiosity and liberalism.
I’m a bit surprised Nashville didn’t rank up there.
Most people know nothing about this religion.
Now isn’t that speshul? Looks like my hometown Ogden, Utah is also on that list. Now I realize why I left.
But isn’t Provo full of them cultists??
And damp cold NE and NW states
Yeah, ‘cause if they did, they’d learn to hate them too
Jackson, MS - 64% very religious
Burlington, VT - 17% very religious
Yet crime rates in Jackson are way higher than in Burlington. I guess high religiosity doesn’t equal lower crime rates or vice versa. Something else must be at play. But, of course, no one is allowed to talk about it.
But when it comes to generic "religiosity," then all you have to do is go to some "world religion adherent" Web site that might break down % of adherents by country...click on a given country like Afghanistan (99.7% Muslim) or Saudi Arabia ... or even a small European country like Kosovo (89..6% Muslim)...and you'll see that attempting to match up "religiosity" %s to devotion to the one TRUE God is a relatively meaningless exercise.
Jackson, MS - 64% very religious
Burlington, VT - 17% very religious
Yet crime rates in Jackson are way higher than in Burlington. I guess high religiosity doesn’t equal lower crime rates or vice versa. [Hout8475]
Well, here may be the highest contrast on that "religiosity" list: The Birmingham-Hoover (AL) area came in at #4 of "religiosity" on that list (56%).
Yet when I go to this Web site & see this June 2012 article, I "wonder":
Birmingham ranks in the top five American cities for incidences of rape and property crime and No. 7 for violent crimes, according to a report by 247WallSt.com.
Source: Birmingham ranks high for violent crime
Going back at least 8-10 years, Birmingham has had a significantly high murder rate!
Hey, we've all heard about "jailhouse 'religion'"...While ALL jails have some genuine Christians in them, and many authentic transformations occur there, could it be that 60% of the Birmingham-based inmates are "religious" -- and wind up driving up the rate of "religiosity?"
Provo is SO “religious” that circa late 80s or early 90s, a female BYU student asked to remove her name from LDS church membership lists (she wasn’t the first BYU student to do that), but she was the first BYU student to be expelled for such a request.
Provo is "so religious" that 31 years ago this month, Lds "apostle" Bruce R. McConkie was speaking to BYU students at Provo on the subject of: Our Relationship With the Lord
Under a sub-topic section entitled, "Heresies Among Us, McConkie spouted:
In an effort to be truer than true they devote themselves to gaining a special, personal relationship with Christ that is both improper and perilous. I say perilous because this course, particularly in the lives of some who are spiritually immature, is a gospel hobby which creates an unwholesome holier-than-thou attitude. In other instances it leads to despondency because the seeker after perfection knows he is not living the way he supposes he should. Another peril is that those so involved often begin to pray directly to Christ because of some special friendship they feel has been developed. In this connection a current and unwise book, which advocates gaining a special relationship with Jesus, contains this sentence: Because the Savior is our mediator, our prayers go through Christ to the Father, and the Father answers our prayers through his Son. This is plain sectarian nonsense.
Wow!
How "fitting" on this Easter weekend to "wow" with wonderment a belittling by the Provo-based cultists regarding those who seek a "special relationship with Jesus" and who commit the supposed "error" of praying to Jesus...
(I guess Mormons should take some scissors out and cut out those portions of their "scriptures" where Jesus is prayed to DIRECTLY ... Acts 7:58; 3 Nephi 19 in the Book of Mormon...)
I live in the Portland Maine metro area. Our evangellical church has grown from 650 active attendees to over 900 in three months, and ours isn’t the largest in the area. I see signs that the Lord is working here. I challenge you all to please pray specifically for the lost in the Portland ME area... Thank you and God bless!
RE: Something else must be at play. But, of course, no one is allowed to talk about it.
By all means, talk about it... we’re waiting to hear your thesis.
Most religious people are criminals?
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