The correlation between religiosity and poor societal health goes even deeper, within the US itself - those states with a higher religious adherence (the 'red' states) are where we find the highest incidence of violent crime, murder, theft, burglary - as well as somewhat vague category of "most dangerous cities" - the 5 most dangerous cities topping that list being in the 'capital' of American religiosity, Texas.
tynan - out of curiosity, where do you get the capital of "religiosity" thing from? How are you defining "religiosity"? Fundamentalist Christianity?
tynan - out of curiosity, where do you get the capital of "religiosity" thing from? How are you defining "religiosity"? Fundamentalist Christianity?
Also - not a single city from Texas on this list.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/most-dangerous-cities-lifestyle-real-estate-dangerous-american-cities.html