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    5. ComfortableLate1525 on

      I find this hard to believe. Sure, people aren’t as overtly religious as they used to be, but there’s no way 44% of people in Indiana are atheistic. I live here. That’s definitely not true.

    6. delugetheory on

      The title is somewhat misleading.  These numbers represent the number of respondents who said that they „believe in God or a universal spirit with *absolute* certainty“.  So, for one thing, the responses here aren’t limited to the Judeo-Christian concept of God, nor do they include respondents who reported *less than* absolute certainty.  When you include respondents who hold any belief in a higher power, the numbers go up by about 30% on average.  [(source)](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/religious-and-spiritual-beliefs/)

    7. slytherinspy1960 on

      Wow, I really didn’t think there’d be that much of a difference between the most and least religious. 44% is huge.

    8. BrickHuge3023 on

      Surprised the numbers are so high, but then lots of people would never admit they have no religious beliefs to anyone else. Social pressure of religion is quite strong in many families and in many regions of the country. But the telling thing is how few people are showing up in pews on Sunday and how many churches have closed. I live in Oklahoma, very religious, yet some quite large churches and many small ones have closed as devout members died off and no one replaced them in the pews. Another 20 years will be markedly less I bet. Religion’s heyday was more the 50s-late 80s.

    9. rptanner58 on

      Looks to correspond pretty closely with broad measures of education level. Higher education, lower proportion believe in a supernatural God.

    15. JohnySilkBoots on

      I would like to see how this ties in with education. I guarantee the states with the highest percents are some of the least educated.

    17. mezha4mezha on

      I’m a little surprised that the left-leaning states of MN, WI, & IL all have a higher percentage than their red neighbor Iowa.

      Maybe you can believe in God AND believe that governmental policies should help take care of citizens like they’re human beings who have value & dignity.

      Who knew?

    18. bedrooms-ds on

      I like religions because I like those stories and world views. But, apparently, people over there actually believe that stuff!?

    22. Particular_Bet_5466 on

      lol I like your PS because I thought the same thing at first, even though I know it’s just a color scheme.

    23. LightBeerOnIce on

      If you have the misfortune of living in Mississippi, believing in God is all you have left. Womp, womp.

    24. RhythmWeaver on

      As a Mainer, I always find it interesting that we have the oldest population yet we are one of the least religious states. Of course, people of all ages can be any religion, but I always think of the older generation headed to church every Sunday. I used to volunteer at my grandma’s church in coastal Maine, but my dad’s side of the family is mostly atheist and from the inland parts of the state. There’s also a decent Seventh Day Adventist community in Western Maine.

    26. Malfeitor1 on

      I was thrust into the catholic school system from 5th to 8th grade having never had any prior religious experience. I bought into it for a short time but now I can even understand the concept of believing in a god ( or any other supernatural belief)

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