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there are some black Christians but not at nearly the rate as whites where do you live to be so ignorant of the South and black crime and Christianity?

Mississippi is 37% black. That means about 1.2 Million people in the state are black ( in a state with about 3 Million inhabitants as per 2006 census. See here : http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28000.html).

Now, I am not saying that you are right or wrong, but it seems clear that the large black population account for the high crime rate. What you need to show me is data to support your claim : "there are some black Christians but not at nearly the rate as whites."

I guess the fact that I am 6th generation Mississippian who lived there from 1959-1984 and who still has hundreds of family members there who attend church regularly makes me less an authority than a Yankee freeper with a grudge against Christianity and whatever?

It has been my observation that blacks in Mississippi in urban areas do not attend the same as whites, as I have stated elsewhere I believe rural blacks do but that could be old news.

You have cherry picked an article to push your thread that religious attendance and low crime are not synonymous by picking a state with the highest black population percentage in the nation.

And then you wonder why folks challenge your ignorance about the facts?

Why didn't you pick Utah?

Big church, low crime.

What's the difference tween Mississippi and Utah?

btw what sorta conservative are you who gets his kicks disparaging Christianity and our most diehard conservative voting bloc?