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To: Katelew who wrote (251346)	5/28/2014 5:10:34 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 542149

Well, whatever, but I expect America to follow other western democracies which shows a constant decline in religion. And it still does not explain (I don't think) why the most racist part of the country is the bible belt. I would like to see those guys address that one. As people get more educated they realize that religion is not real, but simply a primitive myth and they turn away from it. Every other western democracy has done that. Ours will to over time. As they mention we are the most religious nation of the western democracies. I think the reason for this is simply that we do not have the cultural diffusion Europe experiences. And the religious south has kept us primitive. E.g. we also have the largest prison population, are the only nation that still has the death penalty, and don't have universal health care. We are more religious because we are more primitive than other western democracies, IMO.