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Louisiana has the homicide rate of 10.8 per 100,000 people and while the more nonreligious(and liberal)state, New Hampshire has a homicide rate of only 0.9 per 100,000 people.--[[User:Coolguy|Coolguy]]|[[User talk:Coolguy|talk]] | Louisiana has the homicide rate of 10.8 per 100,000 people and while the more nonreligious(and liberal)state, New Hampshire has a homicide rate of only 0.9 per 100,000 people.--[[User:Coolguy|Coolguy]]|[[User talk:Coolguy|talk]] | ||
:Yes, Louisiana has a high homicide rate, but so do Alaska and Maryland, outside the belt; New Hampshire has a low homicide rate, but so does Iowa, inside the belt.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm</ref> Also, I've never heard any of those other belt terms, only "Bible belt" and "black belt."--[[User:Abcqwe|Abcqwe]] ([[User talk:Abcqwe|talk]]) 19:03, 5 May 2017 (EDT) | :Yes, Louisiana has a high homicide rate, but so do Alaska and Maryland, outside the belt; New Hampshire has a low homicide rate, but so does Iowa, inside the belt.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm</ref> Also, I've never heard any of those other belt terms, only "Bible belt" and "black belt."--[[User:Abcqwe|Abcqwe]] ([[User talk:Abcqwe|talk]]) 19:03, 5 May 2017 (EDT) | ||
| + | ::Coolguy, many things are driven by culture/history. African Americans have a large presence in the south due to the history of slavery in the American South. Africa is new on the Christianity block. It takes hundreds of years for a culture to be Christianized. But over time, Christianity dramatically improves the lives of society (see: [[Protestant cultural legacies]] and [[Religion and crime statistics]] and [[Christianity statistics]]. On top of this you have Johnson's war on poverty undermining African-American American families, many years of African-American slavery where black families were broken up and many years of Jim Crow laws. On top of this, you have the rural/urban income divide of today's information economy and much of the south is rural. | ||
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| + | ::On topic of this, we know that irreligion has a deleterious effect on society and we have an enormous amount of data to support this matter (see: [[Atheism statitistics]]). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:49, 5 May 2017 (EDT) | ||
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- To be a true Bible Belt Christian, you must have a clear understanding of the things you don't do, like smoking, dancing, going to the pool hall, drinking, or making a public appearance without a Bible in hand. You must believe that your actions are controlled by the Holy Spirit and that doing God's will is the most important part of your life.
Bible in hand? Be serious. --Ed Poor 18:24, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
Illinois? Don't think so. MountainDew 02:51, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
A serious question that may at first glance seem flippant - how, actually, is the Bible Belt defined? Obviously we all understand it to be the strongly religious swath of the Southern States, but is this fairly vague and anecdotal description as precise as the definition gets? Or is it ever qualified? e.g. "Counties with > XX% churchgoing Southern Baptists?", or some such similar demogrpahic delimiter?
What about the liberal belt? -- 
23:03, 22 April 2008 (EDT)
Bible Belt Statistics
The Bible Belt lands in the U.S are also known as the 'obesity belt, divorce belt, STD belt, homicide belt, poverty belt, crime belt, premarital births belt', teenage pregnancy belt',sometimes known as the 'abortion belt.' This means the crime and immorality rate in those 'Bible belt' land are above U.S average and are statistically much higher than the nonreligious(or liberal) states. For example Louisiana is one of the most religious states in the U.S with about %90 of them say that religion is important. Louisiana however has the highest homicide rate and incarceration rate in the U.S Louisiana has the homicide rate of 10.8 per 100,000 people and while the more nonreligious(and liberal)state, New Hampshire has a homicide rate of only 0.9 per 100,000 people.--Coolguy|talk
- Yes, Louisiana has a high homicide rate, but so do Alaska and Maryland, outside the belt; New Hampshire has a low homicide rate, but so does Iowa, inside the belt.[1] Also, I've never heard any of those other belt terms, only "Bible belt" and "black belt."--Abcqwe (talk) 19:03, 5 May 2017 (EDT)
- Coolguy, many things are driven by culture/history. African Americans have a large presence in the south due to the history of slavery in the American South. Africa is new on the Christianity block. It takes hundreds of years for a culture to be Christianized. But over time, Christianity dramatically improves the lives of society (see: Protestant cultural legacies and Religion and crime statistics and Christianity statistics. On top of this you have Johnson's war on poverty undermining African-American American families, many years of African-American slavery where black families were broken up and many years of Jim Crow laws. On top of this, you have the rural/urban income divide of today's information economy and much of the south is rural.
- On topic of this, we know that irreligion has a deleterious effect on society and we have an enormous amount of data to support this matter (see: Atheism statitistics). Conservative (talk) 19:49, 5 May 2017 (EDT)