Why is the south part of america all christians?
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My friends in FL are not christians.\nAnd they are very smart !\n\nWhy do you people always have to generalize?
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I'm from the South, technically. I'm from Southern California (LA), which is nearly as south as you can get in the United States without going into Mexico.\n\nI think people ought to redefine "South," since, after all, people from Orange County and Los Angeles are living in the "South." Is the South you're referring to the South that fought against the North in the Civil War in an effort to maintain slavery? Or are we talking post-bellum American South, which can include the states of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California today?
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The USA was established based on Christian Principles, and these have contributed to God's blessing it so much in the past (resulting in the high standard of living).\n\nThis high standard of living attracts people from all around the world.\n\nNow however, as the USA has moved away from Christianity, its greatness is decreasing. And with time it is likely to not be as attractive to people from other countries (but that may be 30 years from now).\n\nPeople pick on US citizens -- sometimes out of envy, sometimes because of scapegoating by leaders in other countries, sometimes because of perceived arrogance...\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org
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Your first premise is absolutely wrong.  Southern Christians traditionally identified with the Democratic Party because the Republicans were the party of Lincoln and reconstruction.  This pretty much held until the democrats started pushing for social justice and racial equality.  Then the more conservative and also racist southern democrats moved to the republican party.\n\nThe Christians for whom abortion, gay marriage, school prayer and teaching creationism are hardly moderates, they are at best conservatives and at worst reactionaries. Jesus had nothing to say about any of those issues.\n\nChristians who focus on Jesus'  primary message as outlined in your last paragraph would be more comfortable as democrats in my opinion.\n\nSomeone doesn't know much about Jesus if they think he forbid anyone to eat pork. Any real christian would know that Jesus established a "New Covenant" superceding the Old Testament and the dietary laws. Jesus was a liberal who preached reaching out to "the least among us" including the poor and the sick.
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I am a southern Baptist and I live in the south now. I lived in California most of my life and I actually never realized that so many don't believe in God. It tells us in God's Holy Bible this will be the case but I never actually was around that many who didn't believe. I find it absolutely amazing that so many are so ignorant. I am so very happy to be one of the few who believe and not the other way around. I feel sorry for those who refuse to listen and turn a deaf ear to God's message to us all.
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Christianity in the United States is mostly devoid of the historical setting of Europe.  It tends to be shallow and focus on the externals rather than the interior life.  If it didn't, revivals wouldn't be so important here.  A European Protestant and an American Protestant are completely different animals.  The Anglican Communion is suffering through an heretical American Church that lacks the premises the Europeans enjoy.  The Lutheran Church in Europe probably wouldn't really recognize the Americans except loosely and all the others would be afraid of the Americans.  We do tend to be wacky.\n\nAmericans also are difficult as a people.  In the UK, loss of popular support results in the end of the government and new elections.  In the US, you can't fix mistakes easily or quickly so the role of popular power is different.  Elections occur at fixed intervals rather than when support disappears.  Likewise, because the Church is part of the organs of the state, it does not need to jockey for power as it does in the US.  If an evangelical minister wants to change something, they have to marshal a lot of power outside their own adherents.  This pushes religion into politics in a way that has nothing to do with morals or faith and everything to do with raw power.\n\nBecause education is of a lower quality in America, you have more juvenile discussions on religion.  Most Americans cannot tell you where Miami is.  A television show ran a petition here to end the woman's right to vote and only one potential signer realized what "woman's suffrage," was and got upset.  A majority of Americans, when asked if they would support amendments eliminating freedoms of speech, the press, fair and speedy trial and jury trial were for it when the phrasing was done in affirming ways.  For example, would you be for an amendment that prohibited people from saying "xxxx".  "Should the press be restricted to protect the government from...xxxx?"  "Should criminals be permitted to ...xxxx at trial?"\n\nRead the Yahoo! religion message boards and you will see the difference in literacy.  Most American "bible based" churches use little scripture compared to a Catholic or Anglican Church service, yet they cannot see the issue at all.  Everything that Luther could have feared about the Reformation is alive and well in the US.  Had he been able to look into the future and only seen US Protestantism, he would have burned the 95 Thesis.\n\nThe evolution debate in the US isn't is evolution opposed to Christianity.  It is really, although not stated, is evolution opposed to sola scriptura in extremis.
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The Christians are a large group and even though they teach tolerance most have none, They did to religion what the white man did to native americans, at least they are trying. \n\nWell this ought to get things rolling lol! \n\nPagans unite! \n\nI don't need the 10 points I had fun answering this one, gotta love a dry sense of humor.
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Because most of the Christians in North America are absolutely convinced that everyone else should be Christian to and will do anything to have it happen.\n\nBelieve me, I know how you feel. I think it's extremely rude.
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Because there christians
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Because God has blessed America. Without Gods blessing we would be just another third world nation.
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Well, the Census department forgot to take that into account. It can be otherwise understood as the number of christians living in US, as Christians believe in Creation (Correct me if I am wrong). According to the following link, about 75% of the US population would fall under this category :\n\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm
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Even though I am an American I have to agree with you.  So many people in this country take what we have for granted.  The south has always been labeled as an area of high discrimination..but I have been all around this country and trust me..it exists just as much in the north and out west as it does here..I think its the American philosophy of me me me..and if you are not like me then you are against me..its a sad thing but luckily not all Americans are like that!
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United States. I am a Southern Baptist Christian
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They were all Christians yet did not want non Christians to be persecuted for their beliefs.  Congress is still "opened" with a  prayer, as has been done for >200yrs.
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Because the U.S.A is not a catholic nation its a protestant country by birth
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LOL. Christians are the privileged ones in the United States. \n\nThey'd get a rude awakening if they were treated fairly.
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The south has always been typically more conservative.  The south was actually predominantly Democrat before the civil rights movement, these were called the Dixiecrats.  Now the Republicans are more interested with lessened government interference in economic matters, and many Southerners agree with these statements.  In the north the population is more condensed into cities, which tends to promote more liberal ideals, while in the south things are typically more spread out, which lends itself to more conservative thinking