[Jibaholic]

I really don’t know about Catholics in the north east, but that is not the only place catholics reside, nor a valid gauge of Catholic’s Christianity.

New England is the only place where Catholicism is the majority denomination. It is much easier for a Catholic in the south or midwest to be devout because all their friends are Protestants, and they are devout too. But get a bunch of Catholics together so that they can dictate the cultural norms, and you find apostasy.

[CTK YKC]

Wrong,

There are many place throughout the Midwest where Catholics are the majority.

Matter of fact, point to me a place in the US where there is a SINGLE religion that outnumbers Catholics. Don’t pull together all 30,000 of you Baskin Robbins find a flavor you like and call it Christian religions, but give me a single religion that outnumbers Catholics in an areae of the country.

[wideawake]

New England is the only place where Catholicism is the majority denomination.

As always, you are wrong.

Of the six New England states, only 41% of the population is nominally Catholic.

New England has no majority religion.

[muawiyah]

For many decades the only urban county in America without at least a 25% Roman Catholic presence was Marion County, Indiana (aka Indianapolis).

[Campion]

But get a bunch of Catholics together so that they can dictate the cultural norms, and you find apostasy.

Yeah, Poland and Malta are such thoroughly apostate nations. [lol]

Wake up; the rest of the world is not like New England and doesn't fit into such predictable categories. The least churchgoing state in the nation is Oregon. Oregon is 15% Catholic. Guess you'll have to find another scapegoat, huh?

And New England Protestants cooked up more than their fair share of strange religious ideas. A certain religion that has their world headquarters and "Mother Church" in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston wasn't founded by Catholics.

[conservonator]

New England is the only place where Catholicism is the majority denomination. It is much easier for a Catholic in the south or midwest to be devout because all their friends are Protestants, and they are devout too. But get a bunch of Catholics together so that they can dictate the cultural norms, and you find apostasy.

You need to get out more. Of all my family, friends and acquaintances, Catholic, Protestant and other, the Catholics are far more likely to attend service than any other group. This is by a wide margin, very wide. Could be because in the Midwest, it's typically Catholic or mainline Protestant, in this part of Iowa, it's basically Catholic or Lutheran. In this particular county, Catholics are the majority and our 1400 family parish church is usually 3/4 to overflowing for four services each weekend. Lent and Advent seasons are crazy packed.

BTW, your contention that the Yankee states are the only place where Catholicism is the majority denomination is silly.