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Religious conservatives lead the nation in online porn searches. There's nothing like religion for serving up some sexual repression.

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ProudMary 8 Oct 20
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Yes, the Bible Belt is rife with such hypocrisy.

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I'm trying to keep up, damn it! I'm only one man!

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It is a very biased article. A third of all homemade sex videos are from the South. Guess what! A third of the nation’s population lives in the South.

Religion in the "Bible Belt"

[pewforum.org]

If you click on the above link you'll see a rating of various religious practices and values in the South. Under each table is a tab to click on and see how the various regions compare in religious practices. If you look you'll see that while the South is indeed more religious, the differences among the regions are not very great. There are certainly not enough differences to warrant labeling the South as the "bible belt". The South is a huge and diverse region, the most populous region, with every conceivable religion and religious opinion.

Detractors seem to imply that southern religion is somehow inferior, pointing to a literal interpretation of the Bible rampant in the South. Such interpretations are common all over the world. While I personally do not agree with those interpretations I feel that such dogma is basically superficial and should not be used to disparage people. The marks of religious people are prayer, meditation, compassion, and awe or appreciation for existence, and are common to people of all religions. IMO belief is not important.

There is a line of reasoning by some which goes like this: Conservatives are selfish and lack compassion. The South is conservative. The south is the Bible Belt. Therefore southerners are hypocrites. Each assertion is either outright false or is an over-generalization, and the conclusion is nothing but a vicious stereotype. Please stop.

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The religious states also have the highest teen-pregnancy rates. Abstinence only really works for theists.

Which are the religious states?

How do you know it is the religious teens who are getting pregnant?

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Yup. Just look at how many priests can't stop wanting sex.

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