Sin In America

[rachael]

[quote name='StColette' post='1951187' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:57 AM']As I agree completely with what Rachel says, I would like to add that you can make a poll say whatever you want it to. Many people call themselves Catholic, but aren't practicing. Many people call themselves Christians and aren't living very Christian lives. A large number of people in the South (I was born and raised in Louisiana) call themselves Christian but don't go to Church, don't keep the commandments, etc. The South may have the appearance of being the most religious compared to other parts of our country, but I believe the South is missing the actually "practicing" part of being religious.[/quote]

[tinytherese]

My home state of Iowa is sinless apparentally, despite how gay marriage is now legal there.

[Luthien]

[quote name='Chestertonian' post='1951174' date='Aug 17 2009, 02:34 PM']"PRINCETON, NJ -- An analysis of more than 350,000 interviews conducted by Gallup in 2008 finds Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas to be the most religious states in the nation. [b]Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious states[/b]."


[url="http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-States-YES%20Importance-Religion.aspx"]http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-St...e-Religion.aspx[/url][/quote]


Haha, big surprise there...

[Slappo]

That's okay, apparently I'm not even in America...

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='rachael' date='17 August 2009 - 12:36 PM' timestamp='1250526966' post='1951175']
Calling yourself religious doesn't mean you actually practice what you preach. Hence, the issue in much of the South.
[/quote]


As was the case with Jimmy Swaggart.

[eagle_eye222001]

Apparently atheists don't sin....

This study is so pathetic.

[Chestertonian]

[quote name='StColette' date='17 August 2009 - 10:57 AM' timestamp='1250528250' post='1951187']
<!--quoteo(post=1951174:date=Aug 17 2009, 12:34 PM:name=Chestertonian)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chestertonian @ Aug 17 2009, 12:34 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1951174"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->"PRINCETON, NJ -- An analysis of more than 350,000 interviews conducted by Gallup in 2008 finds Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas to be the most religious states in the nation. Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious states."


<a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-States-YES%20Importance-Religion.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-St...e-Religion.aspx</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

As I agree completely with what Rachel says, I would like to add that you can make a poll say whatever you want it to. Many people call themselves Catholic, but aren't practicing. Many people call themselves Christians and aren't living very Christian lives. A large number of people in the South (I was born and raised in Louisiana) call themselves Christian but don't go to Church, don't keep the commandments, etc. The South may have the appearance of being the most religious compared to other parts of our country, but I believe the South is missing the actually "practicing" part of being religious.
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I've never been one to call into question the sincerity of one's religious beliefs. Even when I was only attending mass at Christmas and Easter, I still considered myself a Catholic and my religious views shaped the way I lived my life. That said, I agree that the study is completely ridiculous.