RI is 10th among least religious states, but most devout in NE
April 3rd, 2012 at 6:00 am by Ted Nesi under Nesi's Notes, On the Main Site
Rhode Island is one of the least religious states in the country, but its residents are still more devout than those of any other New England state, according to a new Gallup survey.
The poll shows 32% of Rhode Islanders are “very religious,” tied with New York as the 10th-least religious state in the nation.
Another 31% of Rhode Island residents are moderately religious and 37% are nonreligious, meaning they say religion is not an important part of their daily lives and they seldom or never attend services.
Rhode Island is still a generally religious place, with 63% of all residents either very or moderately religious. That’s lower than the 68% of all Americans who are religious but higher than residents of other New England states: 57% in Connecticut, 53% in Massachusetts, 52% in Maine, 48% in New Hampshire and just 43% in Vermont.
New England is the least religious region of the country, according to Gallup, with Vermont and New Hampshire tied as the least religious states. Just 23% of their residents residents are “very religious,” according to Gallup.
“It appears there is something about the culture and normative structure of a state, no doubt based partly on that state’s history, that affects its residents’ propensity to attend religious services and to declare that religion is important in their daily lives,” Frank Newport, Gallup’s editor in chief, wrote in an analysis of the results.
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And yet, we have a general assembly that wants to pass virtual sharia law. And the tea party people call them liberals……
Puke Fish and to know that you work in the public schools and we pay your salary, no wonder Rhode Island public schools are so pathetic. It also explains why the public school students go to graduate school at the Advanced Correction Institute.
I love it when people like Mr. Fish completely destroy their credibility by using over the top analogies. To suggest anything any elected official in Rhode Island has pushed as comparable to Sharia law is an insult to the real victims of Muslim terror here and worldwide and shows you to be a fool.
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A forced state rape if I wanted an abortion sound a lot like sharia law to me…..
“RI is 10th among least religious states, but most devout in NE”
So, RI is filled with evil and athiests, but to say the ones who believe are the most dedicated to our faith? Kudos to the true believers!
What do you expect from a corrupt state that is filled with greedy state workers and they let a 16 year old girl cause havoc for a school to have a prayer banner gift ripped off the walls?
It’s a shame how our capital is named PROVIDENCE and our state is inudated by souless sickos!
Then why was prostitution “indoors” legal for so long and the churches never said a word.
Because that law wasn’t brought to the public’s attention until Ciccilini came out with it.
Did you know that it was until the story broke?
Good. We don’t need ancient bronze age fairy tails and the ignorance they spread in this day and age. People have been doing horrible things to one another in religious societies, and they’ll be doing terrible things to one another in post religious ones too. No amount of “Truth” will change that.
Oh, yes! Such a shame what religion does. It brings poeple hope, faith and healing. Yet, I bet you favor the “fairy tails” of the “hope” Obama still puts in your arrogant and egomaniac brain while you sip on his Kool-aid?
Ever wonder why we are up there with California and Nevada with the worst taxes and highest with unemployment? Hmmmm. Could it be that places like Providence and Hollywood are housing much of the scum of the earth? And are slaves to secular ways? Drugs, murder, rape, child abuse, crime is so high in our state. Every weekend there is a shooting or stabbing and a car crash brought on by drunk driving.
Maybe if people got their a** into a church and learned how to have a conscience, to learn morals and to value life from those “horrible” religious practices, maybe the world wouldn’t be the cesspool that’s it’s become!
Oh, yes! there are many liberals that dislike GOD. Look at how idiotic they have behaved with the likes of jumping the gun and accusing Zimmerman without getting the facts straight. Believing everything the media feeds you (Like NBC manipulating the 911 call?)
The truth shall set you free, Jimmy boy, if you won’t accept it, then good luck living a lie.
Oh, yeah, and sex–the thing that everyone is so pervertedly consuming everyone to the point of absurdity– is as old as those “ancient fairy tales”. Do us a favor, don’t have it–We don’t need you reproducing and bringing more idiots into the world!
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