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Re:'God' is the average opinion of your tribe by ben_w on Sunday January 21, 2024 @12:09PM (#39080313)
jawns wrote of Catholicism, bsdpufferfish and throw__away7391 wrote of Christianity. The latter, broader, category is the majority of the population across the USA.

The enormous power exists in the voters within the USA, because it's a democracy filled with many who hold religious views, despite the theoretical separation of church and state.

"In God We Trust" on the money is a superficial symptom of that.

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Re:'God' is the average opinion of your tribe by bsdpufferfish on Sunday January 21, 2024 @03:14PM (#39082546)
> jawns wrote of Catholicism, bsdpufferfish and throw__away7391 wrote of Christianity.

The claim that is addressing is that religion is the mean of popular belief. How does that account for the Catholic experience? Catholics are obviously a minority among American christians and have less political power.

> The latter, broader, category is the majority of the population across the USA.

Indeed. However they are not organized in any way. The percentage who has been to a church more than 3x in their life is probably significantly lower.

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