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- ThinkBox, on 03/17/2009, -5/+41Religion is in a sad state. I'll say this though, the New Testament has a lot of great quotes and fascinating philosophy. Even if you don't believe, I'd say that everyone should read the Bible (as well as the Koran) during their lifetime.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
When I read that and think about my life, I honestly think it makes me a better person. Recite that to yourself before troubling situations, or happy times. It helps me keep things in perspective.
I'm guessing I'll get buried for quoting scripture, but hey, this is Digg, we shoot the messenger, bury the message, and then screenshot the triumph and submit it for more ridicule. Am I the only person on Digg who things it could use a little more love? - Lucas123, on 03/16/2009, -10/+46I believe this is a trend based on a generally higher level of education, and therefore, intellectualism in the region. New England has many of the country's oldest and most prestigious universities - Harvard, MIT, Yale, Bowdoin, Wellesley etc., etc., etc. So it goes without saying that if belief in God is based on scientific and philosophical platforms instead of faith, it's less likely you'll believe.
- mu0p, on 03/16/2009, -14/+34Common Sense coming to America!
- Khast, on 03/18/2009, -8/+27on the contrary, it means people are finally getting out of their fantasy world.
Maybe there is hope for the future after all. - diggproof, on 03/18/2009, -0/+14Give me a ham on Easter, a roast on Christmas, throw some presents in there and that's good times. The common thing with all three of those is your family, which is a good enough religion for me, even if I never go to church.
- erixmix, on 03/17/2009, -1/+13I'm an athiest, and I can agree with you here -and that is a lovely piece of prose from the bible BTW- we need more love in general.
- digghans, on 03/16/2009, -1/+10I think the correlation to Catholicism nailed it. Unfortunately that group of Christians has suffered not only from the molestation scandals but from a lack of relevance to parishioners. High level studies like this that don't take into account the variety of very personal issues that drive a choice like faith, and categorize it as 'religion' are designed to achieve some end, but I don't know how productive that end is.
- GlassAgate, on 03/18/2009, -2/+11Not sad times. Good times. It will be great times when the
non religious outnumber the religious. - NateHKA, on 03/18/2009, -0/+9I bet these numbers spiked when Tom Brady went down this season.
- Doubledown, on 03/18/2009, -1/+10I live in Mass too.... haven't met an atheist yet. However, it doesn't matter. If people believe in a religion, that is their choice. Don't force your religion on me, and I won't force mine on you.
- philosophyzombi, on 03/16/2009, -7/+15Go team! Yeah! Northeast represent! :-)
- slayermet420, on 03/18/2009, -1/+8I grew up in Mass, and after getting stationed in Georgia in the military, I am appalled. There are billboards for churches down here.
- BossKey, on 03/18/2009, -1/+7> Don't force your religion on me, and I won't force mine on you.
Dugg for respecting the intentions of your colonial founders. - sugarazor, on 03/18/2009, -1/+7Well it's not all we think about. We're often occupied with lattes, arugula and different ways to kill unborn babies.
- onwardknave, on 03/18/2009, -0/+6In a perfect world, people would have freedom of religion, but know better than to want one.
- diggproof, on 03/18/2009, -1/+7"Christ died for our Dunkin Donuts" actually happens a few hundred times in New England.
- l4lucas, on 03/18/2009, -1/+6Thats so ironic that you would say that, because many of the old schools in NE were actually founded for the purpose of religious education. Unlike the colonies further south, New England was focused on sustainability and family life. A big part of the culture was religion, so they had to create schools to educate their citizens about it.
- wtrwlkr, on 03/18/2009, -0/+5Not at all, actually. We (i'm another atheist in the military) have nothing against homosexuals serving in the military. The only people who do have a problem with it are those who believe that their magical sky fairy told them homosexuality was an abomination.
- TruthKid, on 03/18/2009, -1/+6That's one thing I love about living in the Northeast, you get to avoid the phony publicity of religion that plagues the south. Go super church!
- falcon1, on 03/18/2009, -0/+4Shouldn't it have always been the least religious then? Having the oldest schools doesn't account for a recent increase in people claiming no religion.
- Marvelboy, on 03/18/2009, -0/+4Who are you calling we?
Except for the quahogs part. - inactive, on 03/18/2009, -0/+4Great Odin's Raven!
- footodors, on 03/18/2009, -2/+6you just like typing, right?
- enantiodromia, on 03/18/2009, -1/+5age of enlightenment > dark ages
- inactive, on 03/18/2009, -1/+5New England has seen the light....
- cuervoman914, on 03/18/2009, -0/+4its a good week in general for SCIENCE!!
- sibos, on 03/18/2009, -0/+4Sweet! There is a high education level here, and a fair amount of technology in the Boston area, but I think there's been a major decline in religion since the Pats lost Superbowl XLII.
Actually, probably the biggest change has been that we've got a large Catholic population, and that denomination in particular has seen a lot of people leaving the faith over the last decade. Dare I say that the church's recent scandals has pushed a lot of people to reconsider their beliefs. - Yage2006, on 03/18/2009, -0/+4My car runs on unborn babies and the tears of republicans.
- footodors, on 03/18/2009, -4/+7We believe in the red sox, the patriots, the celtics and quahogs!
- Dierte, on 03/18/2009, -0/+3"I'm guessing I'll get buried for quoting scripture, but hey, this is Digg, we shoot the messenger, bury the message, and then screenshot the triumph and submit it for more ridicule. Am I the only person on Digg who things it could use a little more love?"
Don't be so quick to assume that everyone with an opinion or message will be buried on digg. especially when the message is a positive one. Bury brigades tend to bury negative comments, yours was on love. As in the quote "love never fails". - internetcoward, on 03/18/2009, -3/+6I noticed this when I went back to see friends in North Carolina (I live in Mass.) and how vocal they are about the old Jesus. It made me pretty uncomfortable. I guess I was used to it when I had lived there for a short time. Actually now that I think of it... pretty much everyone I know here is an Atheist. Go Mass!
- homercles337, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Aw, how about you turn that frown upside down?
- wontstoptalking, on 03/18/2009, -5/+7Why can't people learn to coexist? It's what freedom is all about! The choice to choose whatever you want to do. You are obviously not religious. That's fine. In fact, that's great, because it shows that you can do whatever you want.
But do you really need to be such an ***** about it? The way you put it, in one simple sentence, you seem like you are summarizing every single religious person as an idiot. And that's being dumb, because I know plenty of religious people that are wonderful people whom I like very much.
I am not a religious person, but I don't go about being such a way by saying that everyone who does not think like me is a moron.
Come on, Bill O'Reilly does that every night! I thought Digg agreed about what we think about O'Reilly? And being hypocritical- that doesn't get any more O'Reilly.
My simple message can be purchased on a bumper sticker: coexist. - AGONYTUESDAY, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2looks like I'm not leaving Mass and VT after all.
- Kestrel, on 03/18/2009, -1/+3Atheism = Freedom of the mind from the shackles of religion
- djbon2112, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2I agree completely. The New Testament, and parts of the Old, have some beautiful passages and messages. But, other parts of the Bible are not so nice, and it's those parts that tend to be most played by fundies. Unfortunate, really.
- gianpo, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Yes we do need to be such **** about it to try to get the message across that we are sick of the religious nutbags trying to force feed there false morals down our throats.
- Yage2006, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2That's still pretty good. Considering.
- JantjePietje, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2lol in my province we have like 80% atheists
- CrankMyBlueSax, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Take comfort religtards. You'll always have Mississippi.
- doctorgrim, on 03/18/2009, -2/+4That's good news to my ears. Some people are coming to their senses.
- Wakkyweed, on 03/18/2009, -1/+3Oh thank God for that!
- bdbr, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Its not about being bad or good, but they ARE generally religious, aren't they?
- TrevorBradley, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2The numbers for the west coast of Canada are still pretty high. In British Columbia, non religious folks accounted for 35% of the population in 2001.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia#Reli ... - ALiberalMind, on 03/18/2009, -1/+3I don't think religion is ever going to go away, but I think it's going to become something more like existentialism. Personally, I consider myself a theist agnostic, where I believe in a creator, but I don't know enough to know the right answer. Maybe I'm just reflecting my personal beliefs, but religion will probably become more philosophical as society continues to evolve.
- matude, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Yeah yeah that was the case back then with education anyway. In Middle-Ages' Europe for example, usually the people who could read and write well were monks or other churchmen. In fact the main reason simple folks were thought to read at all was for them to understand the bible.
Ironic, yes, but you can't compare the old age with today. - Yage2006, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2WTF ?
- mizatt, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1"So? I guess this is interesting, but it's also kind of like saying that New England has the largest ratio of left handed people"
This is a very stupid analogy - enantiodromia, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1people were still religious in the age of enlightenment, but the Church was not the end all be all government and educator in Europe.
read a book someday. - teethandeyes, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1I find it interesting that there is usually a direct correlation between IQ and 'how relgious' a region is.
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