Gator Country

**ThePlayer** · 02-13-2013, 12:32 PM

But if you threw out Miami...that figure probably goes up to 50%.

I guess we're still the least religious southern state in the union...no surprise.

http://www.livescience.com/27087-mos...us-states.html

scubadude007 · 02-13-2013, 12:42 PM

A religious thread in the pub, hmmm. Keep it on topic and we'll give it a chance.

Itssaul · 02-13-2013, 12:52 PM

Surprising with so many Hispanics and retirees

Dreamliner · 02-13-2013, 12:53 PM

Wash, DC shocks me. I thought the district was about 70% blacks, wherein blacks tend to be quite religious.

On Miami, I suspect there are LOTS of Catholics down there.

**gatorman_07732** · 02-13-2013, 01:00 PM

Perhaps it's due to an agnostic influx of transplants.

**lurkingator1** · 02-13-2013, 01:00 PM

It depends on what you mean by religious???? meaning they go to church ? or they
Believe in a god ?

Dreamliner · 02-13-2013, 01:03 PM

Well, it said "highly religious." I suspect that generally translates to church-going, since more and more modernists typically find the term "religious" embarrassing and opt for "spiritual" instead.

**gatorman_07732** · 02-13-2013, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by lurkingator1

It depends on what you mean by religious???? meaning they go to church ? or they
Believe in a god ?

From the link

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About 40 percent of Americans said they were "very religious," meaning religion is an important part of their daily life and that they attend religious services every week or nearly every week. Some 31 percent indicated they were nonreligious, or that religion wasn't an important part of their daily life and they seldom or never attend such services.

**myamiG8R** · 02-13-2013, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePlayer

But if you threw out Miami...that figure probably goes up to 50%.

I guess we're still the least religious southern state in the union...no surprise.

http://www.livescience.com/27087-mos...us-states.html

not sure what the miami reference is all about, but i would say this town, with the extremely catholic latin community (there is more ash on foreheads today than perhaps anywhere in the fifty-nifty) and a very active jewish community is among the more religious places...

Dreamliner · 02-13-2013, 01:35 PM

I'm guessing that Miami-Dade is much more religious than Broward or Palm Beach or, for that matter, the Southwest coast.

**myamiG8R** · 02-13-2013, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreamliner

I'm guessing that Miami-Dade is much more religious than Broward or Palm Beach or, for that matter, the Southwest coast.

yep!

**ThePlayer** · 02-13-2013, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by myamiG8R

not sure what the miami reference is all about, but i would say this town, with the extremely catholic latin community (there is more ash on foreheads today than perhaps anywhere in the fifty-nifty) and a very active jewish community is among the more religious places...

It was partly tongue-in-cheek, Myami....but smaller, more family-oriented towns
tend to have a larger percentage of those calling themselves "very religious".

Hey, I live out here in Los Angeles...and God left this place a long long time ago.

(don't let the illegal immigrants convince you otherwise).

**FrankGator627** · 02-13-2013, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreamliner

Wash, DC shocks me. I thought the district was about 70% blacks, wherein blacks tend to be quite religious.

On Miami, I suspect there are LOTS of Catholics down there.

I thought with all the politicians it would be 100%.

g8r925 · 02-13-2013, 03:42 PM

Being a pastor, I can say that the word "religious" is a term that is thrown around quite loosely now days. If we could determine those that claim a religion compared to those that actually practice, I think the numbers would be on totally different ends of the spectrum. Just something I have noticed in my community.

Dreamliner · 02-13-2013, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by g8r925

Being a pastor, I can say that the word "religious" is a term that is thrown around quite loosely now days. If we could determine those that claim a religion compared to those that actually practice, I think the numbers would be on totally different ends of the spectrum. Just something I have noticed in my community.

Oh, I have little doubt that the percentage of serious believers is comparatively quite small. Decades ago, Billy Graham described America as a, "... pagan nation in which many Christians reside."

g8r925 · 02-13-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreamliner

Oh, I have little doubt that the percentage of serious believers is comparatively quite small. Decades ago, Billy Graham described America as a, "... pagan nation in which many Christians reside."

Yes sir, I remember hearing such a statement, even from my late grandfather who was also a pastor for 40 yrs.

Gator515151 · 02-13-2013, 05:54 PM

Well I for one would find it a little easier to believe in Dog if he hadn't cursed me with dyslexia from birth.

**lurkingator1** · 02-13-2013, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Gator515151

Well I for one would find it a little easier to believe in Dog if he hadn't cursed me with dyslexia from birth.

my dog is an awesome dog

bakaduin · 02-13-2013, 06:29 PM

I'm curious to see where religion will be in say 50 years. I'm guessing a shrinking minority.

mfpardnor2 · 02-13-2013, 07:06 PM

I consider myself highly Spirtual with a distrust of "Organized Religion"