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>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 perm
by 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 agoI 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).