[Paladins Prayer]

The second half of this article is an unbelievable defense of religion. If you're not going to read the whole thing, start in the middle and read the second half.

[EmilyGeiger]

Good article.

[cuban leaf]

The second half discusses, in a way, the concept is covered very well by Bill Whittle here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwz_Z62e0s

The two compliment each other extraordinarily well.

[evad]

How did the heathen state of Maryland escape this list?

[Mamzelle]

The author says Maine is Mean--but gives no examples, and would have liked some.

Of course, I've always thought the NE was a place of terrible stingy snobs, but that's just me.

[kosciusko51]

Good article. He nails it with this passage:

Yet the main problem with the atheist “just do the right thing” argument is that “right” is not a concept correlative to atheism. After all, if God exists and has created a moral standard called “Truth,” then that standard exists apart from man and thus is transcendent; it is an objective reality — it is real. But if God doesn’t exist, then what we call right and wrong is merely man’s preference. Think about it: If we found that the vast majority of the world loved chocolate and hated vanilla, would we label vanilla “wrong” or “evil”? No, we would simply recognize it as a matter of taste. But, then how does it make any sense to label murder wrong if the only reason we do so is that most of the world prefers we not kill others in a way labeled “unjust”? If it’s all a matter of collective preference, then the hard, cold reality is that murder belongs in the same category as flavor: taste.

This sums up the reason for many of the changes we see in society to day, along with the "evolving" of opinions.

[Rumplemeyer]

Bump

[RavenATB]

Too bad Northwest Florida isn’t a separate state, or they’d be on the “nice” list...

[who knows what evil?]

Great article...I was speaking to a couple of New Hampshire teachers a few weeks back, and I mentioned that 'New Hampshire was the least religious state in the country'. One of the female ones broke out into a BIG smile and spat out "Good!"

They have YOUR children...

[wardaddy]

Texas should be on the list

[WashingtonSource]

bump

[ExCTCitizen]

Democratic-leaning swing state New Hampshire;

No, New Hampshire is not Democratic leaning...they (the people of NH) are more libertarian!! Their slogan is: LIVE FREE OR DIE