Ironically, Mississippi not only has more natural disasters (NOAA) than Vermont on average, they are also polar opposites when it comes to crime committed by both citizens and public officials, i.e. Mississippi has considerably higher crime and corruption than Vermont (Department of Justice: Census Bureau).
Just proves that just cause you say you’re “religious” doesn’t mean you practice it nor does God care what you claim to be (and maybe vice versa).
Mississippi also has way more people than Vermont. I wonder if thats been taken into account.
This survey didn’t make any differentiation between various kinds of “religious” people (good or bad).
Michigan, at 64%, has a higher percentage of religious people than one would expect. Perhaps the Muslims in Dearbornistan are driving up the numbers. And when it comes to religious states with high black populations, for many “religion” is Jeremiah Wright.
Do you have to be told the real reason for the disparity in crime rates between Vermont and Mississippi?