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Source: Pew Research

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 93 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A map about people who paid attention in history and government class vs those who didn’t.

[–] OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Exactly. Grew up Christian and it convinced me to be agnostic. Even then, I still would never add religious beliefs to the teaching of children early in life, when they clearly lack intelligent decision making skills.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I think teaching about religion is fine and actually good for interacting with people outside your culture. Teaching of a specific religion is where you run into trouble.

I had a unit early on in school and another one in my early teens where we basically learned about the origins of a bunch of different religions and cultures surrounding them. Learned a lot about people that otherwise would seem unapproachable to me.

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I thought that the deeply religious states were more of a minority. Yikes.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 67 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They are. Those areas are thinly populated.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's land that votes, not people.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

I thought it was corporations...

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ohio and Florida are thinly populated? Texas has a large area but also population.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ohio is mostly corn and "Hell is real" billboards.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it also has the 7th highest population in the country and a higher population density than California, somehow.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

California is also big.

[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

You are forgetting about Grandpa’s Cheese Barn to. Also as another user mentioned it’s a highly populated state

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

To learn anything about American politics you need a county level map.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

With size adjusted to account for population! It becomes useless as a map, but significantly more illustrative of the political realities.

The US 2020 Presidential Election Cartogram:

Oh, and here's 2024

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[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Maine is the least religious state but for some reason is gray on the chart. I'm curious about how the question was asked in the study

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Relative to the US average. But the US is a very deeply religious nation compared to other developed nations.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 2 months ago (5 children)

That's a lot of stupid morons who pretend to care about the constitution but don't.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a lot of stupid morons who pretend to care about the ~~constitution~~ bible but don't.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

Pretty much.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

The point of the establishment clause is that it shouldn't matter what the majority says about religion. It should mean exactly nothing. Tyranny of the majority shouldn't be allowed to make non-Christians into second class citizens.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm saving this for when the civil war is about to break out and I need a rough estimate of where the front lines will be.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If there's a civil war, Michigan will quickly be appropriated to Canada.

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[–] eecobb@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

Also factor
Military, national & state guard, and LE bases project a zone of control
100 miles from any border is a zone of control

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As culture wars continue to brew in schools across the United States, one unconventional group is pushing for more representation in the classroom: Satanists. This has particularly caused controversy in states like Tennessee, where an elementary school formed a program for children called the "After School Satan Club." 

This program was created by an organization called the Satanic Temple, a relatively new religious movement that purports to teach "compassion and empathy toward all creatures." However, the introduction of these clubs has unsurprisingly made parents upset, while supporters of the Satanic Temple say they are working to improve the lives of children.

https://theweek.com/education/satanists-school-representation-after-school-satan-club

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

The Satanic Temple really is great. For those that haven't heard of them, check it out. Donate. Join. They use religious laws for the promotion of logic, reason, and empathy.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

What the fuck

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

What the fuck Michigan

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's your problem in a nutshell, America.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Lookit that. The states with religious indoctrination vs states with educational “indoctrination.”

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 9 points 2 months ago

Interesting, places that many cultures and beliefs are coming led heavily oppose it, while states that are majority WASPs are for it.

Interesting that simply being around people of other beliefs can change your way of thinking.

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is no way utah and idaho are neutral here

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

You’d be surprised. The non-Christian/Non-Mormon population of those states is extremely convinced of the need for separation of church and state.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Mormons know what would happen to them if a true Christian theocracy arose at the federal level.

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, evangelicals would suddenly be okay with Mormons because the Mormons have a lot of money (like, a lot). We all know the God they worship.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they want there is nothing stopping them from praying in school if they want, they just can't compel others to do it with them.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago

That's the thing. It's not enough that they're free to follow their religion, they need to force everyone else to follow it too.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

Tax the church!

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How was the research conducted? Their website talks about the sample size, but I didn't see how respondents were selected. They claim it's representative of the national population, but if they're cold-calling random people to ask the questions, I can almost guarantee there are going to be more older people responding because younger people tend not to answer unknown phone calls.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/religious-landscape-study-methodology/

A total of 205,100 sampled addresses were mailed survey invitations. Respondents were given a choice to complete the survey online, by mail, or by calling a toll-free number and completing the survey over the phone with an interviewer. Of the 36,908 U.S. adults who completed the survey, 25,250 did so online, 10,733 did so by mail, and 925 did so by phone.

It goes on to say the results were then weighted to get a representative demographic sample, e.g. if more older people answered, younger responders would count for more.

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[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

The United States had a good run. I hope I see the entire West Coast secede in my lifetime.

[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Jesus Christ.

And I say that without a hint of irony.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Why just Christian prayers? Why not prayer in general?

Use a generic "what do you think about prayer in public schools?" survey, and then where states vote YES create campaigns to make satanic and Muslim prayer programs at schools in the states that were all for prayer lol

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 2 months ago

Because most of these places have <1% non Christians in their communities. Anything else is scary

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I live in Michigan, and it's anecdotal because I tend to surround myself with secular people, but I find this hard to believe.

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[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love maps that are basically just population density maps

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is it though? Florida is quite dense in US terms and states like Idaho and Montana are about as far from dense as you can get.

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