Take a look at the NYTimes article about religious diversity in the US. And I quote:
Michael Lindsay, assistant director of the Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life at Rice University, echoed that view. “Religion is the single most important factor that drives American belief attitudes and behaviors,” said Mr. Lindsay, who had read the Pew report. “It is a powerful indicator of where America will end up on politics, culture, family life. If you want to understand America, you have to understand religion in America.”
See? It's not just me. Maybe now is the time to get into a debate about the importance of teaching about religion in public schools.
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The part that interested me most about this article was the comment that the results of the survey may become politically significant. In this race, evangelicals and Mormons have attracted most of the attention; not so much Hindus. Perhaps if these results are heeded we may see a more proportionate focus on the non-religious instead of solely on the small but vocal minority?
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