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I am impressed that numbers are that high, looking from the outside the US doesn't look particularly religious. It might be lower still, I don't think young peo

I am impressed that numbers are that high, looking from the outside the US doesn't look particularly religious. It might be lower still, I don't think young people answer cellphone surveys all that much.

matsemann 6y ago
Surveys like that are often designed to get a representative group. It's not like they call thousand people on random and keep their responses outright. After a while a certain demographic will be "full" and as such the effort will be to get responses for the groups not adequately represented yet. Or another way is to weigh the answers. If you get 90% responses from elderly and 10% from young, you cannot just use the average. But can use models to apply those groups' answers to how big the group is in the demographic of the country.
ryneandal 6y ago
Much of the heartland is _very_ religious. Drive across the country and in the flyover states you'll see A LOT of anti-abortion/sin billboards.
- derwiki 6y ago
  “Hell is Real” was always my fave
- city41 6y ago
  It's not just the "flyover" states, its more rural areas. I've seem many religious billboards in Oregon and California.
Renaud 6y ago
>looking from the outside the US doesn't look particularly religious. I am genuinely wondering how you can get to this feeling about the US where religion permeates a lot of the social and political spheres. For a Western country, I am actually quite amazed at the prominence of religion in the US, and by religion, I mean Christianity and its various incarnations. Looking at it from the outside it's actually really weird.
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- veddox 6y ago
  > For a Western country That's the key. For a Western country, the US has a remarkable level of religious influence on social and political life. Many non-Western countries, on the other hand, are vastly more religious - the state is often officially aligned with a certain religion, and religion is permeates all parts of society.
- matsemann 6y ago
  I think it's because many deem compassion as one of the main religious messages, and that's not something a European would think it's much of in the US (based on media and the right leaning politics).
beaconstudios 6y ago
you're probably thinking of the main metropolitan and coastal cities, which I also associate with atheism. The heartland and southern states on the other hand are more religious.
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matsemann 6y ago

Surveys like that are often designed to get a representative group. It's not like they call thousand people on random and keep their responses outright. After a while a certain demographic will be "full" and as such the effort will be to get responses for the groups not adequately represented yet. Or another way is to weigh the answers. If you get 90% responses from elderly and 10% from young, you cannot just use the average. But can use models to apply those groups' answers to how big the group is in the demographic of the country.

ryneandal 6y ago

Much of the heartland is _very_ religious. Drive across the country and in the flyover states you'll see A LOT of anti-abortion/sin billboards.

derwiki 6y ago
“Hell is Real” was always my fave
city41 6y ago
It's not just the "flyover" states, its more rural areas. I've seem many religious billboards in Oregon and California.

Renaud 6y ago

>looking from the outside the US doesn't look particularly religious. I am genuinely wondering how you can get to this feeling about the US where religion permeates a lot of the social and political spheres. For a Western country, I am actually quite amazed at the prominence of religion in the US, and by religion, I mean Christianity and its various incarnations. Looking at it from the outside it's actually really weird.

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veddox 6y ago
> For a Western country That's the key. For a Western country, the US has a remarkable level of religious influence on social and political life. Many non-Western countries, on the other hand, are vastly more religious - the state is often officially aligned with a certain religion, and religion is permeates all parts of society.
matsemann 6y ago
I think it's because many deem compassion as one of the main religious messages, and that's not something a European would think it's much of in the US (based on media and the right leaning politics).

beaconstudios 6y ago

you're probably thinking of the main metropolitan and coastal cities, which I also associate with atheism. The heartland and southern states on the other hand are more religious.

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