Compared to Russia, and most of the former soviet block, the US is a fairly religious place. In most of the "importance of religion" surveys we rank in the ~50

Compared to Russia, and most of the former soviet block, the US is a fairly religious place. In most of the "importance of religion" surveys we rank in the ~50% "yes" category whereas Russia is consistently ranked as one of the least religious places on Earth. (See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_country http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_cou...). It seems only natural that the US would have a lot of metaphysical threads woven thru its work on conciousness. <caveat, writing from a town w a 10 block long street that's pure churches, so...bias>