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Bible Belt hot for online porn

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
The major metropolises of the Bible Belt overall also have nearly twice the homicide rate in comparison with homicide rate of major U.S. metropolises located outside the Bible Belt.

The top 20 post-Christians are ranked as follows: 1. Springfield-Holyoke, MA 2.Portland-Auburn, ME 3. Providence, RI - New Bedford, NH 4. Burlington, VT 5.. Boston, MA-Manchester, NH 6. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 7. Hartford-New Haven, CT 8. Rochester NY 9.Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo CA 10 Seattle-Tacoma WA 11. Madison WI 12. Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazelton PA 13. Buffalo NY 14. Ft. Myers-Naples FL 15. Davenport IA-Rock Island-Moline IL 16. Tucson-Sierra Vista AZ 17. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA 18. Reno NV 19. Chino-Redding CA 20. New York City NY

During 2015, there were a total combined 972 homicides in the top 20 of these post-Christian cities. http://www.city-data.com/crime/

According to the 2010 Census count, these top 20 post-Christian cities have a combined population of ca. 14.956 million persons.

972 homicides out of ca. 14.956 million persons equals a homicide rate of approximately 6.5 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants

The Most Post-Christian Cities in America: 2019 - Barna Group

According to the American Bible Society, the 20 most Bible-minded cities are : 1 Chattanooga, TN 52% 2 Birmingham / Anniston / Tuscaloosa, AL 51% 3 Roanoke / Lynchburg, VA 48% 4 Shreveport, LA 47% 5 Tri-Cities, TN 47% 6 Charlotte, NC 46% 7 Little Rock / Pine Bluff, AR 45% 8 Knoxville, TN 45% 9 Greenville / Spartanburg 44% Anderson, SC / Ashville, NC 10 Lexington, KY 44% 11 Springfield, MO 44% 12 Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL 42% 13 Savannah, GA 42% 14 Oklahoma City, OK 41% 15 Jackson, MS 41% 16 Nashville, TN 39% 17 Louisville, KY 39% 18 Wichita / Hutchinson, KS 39% 19 Baton Rouge, LA 38% 20 Grand Rapids / Kalamazoo / Battle Creek, MI

Reference: The Most Bible-Minded Cities in America | American Bible Society

In 2015, there were 775 homicides in the top 20 most Bible-minded cities. http://www.city-data.com/crime/

According to the 2010 Census count, these top 20 most Bible-minded cities as a group have a total combined population of ca. 6.347 million.

775 homicides out of 6.347 million inhabitants equals a homicide rate of ca. 12.2 homicides per 100,000 persons, the homicide rate of the top 20 most highly Bible-minded cities' population that are mostly in the Bible-Belt as a group is nearly twice that of the homicide rate in major U.S. metropolises that are the most highly post Christian cities being located mostly outside the Bible-Belt.

The top 20 most Bible-minded cities as a population group have nearly an 88 percent greater homicide rate than that of those top 20 most highly post Christian cities' population group.

Correlation doesn't necessarily imply causality. Crime statistics show the homicide rate is nearly twice as prevalent in the top 20 Bible-minded U.S. metropolises than that of the top 20 Post-Christian U.S. metropolises , but the reason for this may not have anything to do with religion. Differences in climate and ethnicity culture rather than religious beliefs may be the reason why the top 20 Bible-minded U.S. metropolises have nearly twice the homicide rate than that of the top 20 Post-Christian U.S. metropolises.

Yes, i forgot to mention murder. Thanks for that
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
A pretty southern belle wearing daisy duke shorts; eye candy like this rarely gets any better.

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Definitely not my type. Mal-equipped, as it were.
 

BilliardsBall

Veteran Member
Here's an interesting little news item from my local conservative rag the Toronto Sun

A new study reveals that in the church-going U.S. South, consumption of online porn is higher than anywhere else in America.

In the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers discovered that U.S. states with more religious conservatives search more for hormone-charged content on Google.

And there are other surprises, as well: the Bible Belt states submit more amateur interracial porn than elsewhere, and more gay porn is consumed in those same areas.

Looks like the more something is taboo, the more people want to get at it.

Your last sentence is echoed in the Bible. People clearly need redemption IMHO.
 

Sand Dancer

Crazy Cat Lady
Here's an interesting little news item from my local conservative rag the Toronto Sun

A new study reveals that in the church-going U.S. South, consumption of online porn is higher than anywhere else in America.

In the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers discovered that U.S. states with more religious conservatives search more for hormone-charged content on Google.

And there are other surprises, as well: the Bible Belt states submit more amateur interracial porn than elsewhere, and more gay porn is consumed in those same areas.

Looks like the more something is taboo, the more people want to get at it.
They pretend to have perfect lives in public, but not so perfect in private. We knew that.
 

columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
But, in all seriousness, there's clearly an evangelical obsession with porn.
I don't see this as clear at all.

While I can appreciate the schadenfreude, correlation doesn't equal causation.

Even the most Christian Conservative Republican place in the country is not a monolithic bloc. Maybe the observed effect is due to the fact that more freedom loving places have more options for the people who aren't uptight evangelical Christians. That's a sizable chunk of the population everywhere, no matter how red the majority of the population.
Tom
 

anna.

but mostly it's the same
Not surprising, if or when the majority of people claiming to be Christians

So many times I've heard the "No True Christian" argument... Someone does something good, then they're what Christianity is all about. They do something not good (or maybe just not doctrinally approved) then they were never really Christian to begin with.

A good example: Christian women getting abortions. A "true" Christian woman would never get an abortion, even if she claimed Christianity as her religion and was a regular church-goer, she wasn't a "true Christian." It's a copout, this idea that one Christian can yank membership on another when the going gets embarrassing.
 

InChrist

Free4ever
So many times I've heard the "No True Christian" argument... Someone does something good, then they're what Christianity is all about. They do something not good (or maybe just not doctrinally approved) then they were never really Christian to begin with.

A good example: Christian women getting abortions. A "true" Christian woman would never get an abortion, even if she claimed Christianity as her religion and was a regular church-goer, she wasn't a "true Christian." It's a copout, this idea that one Christian can yank membership on another when the going gets embarrassing.
I don’t think it is a cop-out, as much as reality, at least the reality presented in the scriptures. One may claim to be a Christian and maybe they are, but the scriptures are clear that one’s actions and behavior are either the fruit of the Spirit or the lust of the flesh.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
I don’t think it is a cop-out, as much as reality, at least the reality presented in the scriptures. One may claim to be a Christian and maybe they are, but the scriptures are clear that one’s actions and behavior are either the fruit of the Spirit or the lust of the flesh.
And I suspect it's actually much healthier not to suppose that you are some sort of two-sided creature, spirit and flesh constantly at war with one another. It's actually easier to see yourself as merely human, living a human life, and needing to get along with others -- and acting accordingly.
 

Samantha Rinne

Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
Here's an interesting little news item from my local conservative rag the Toronto Sun

A new study reveals that in the church-going U.S. South, consumption of online porn is higher than anywhere else in America.

In the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers discovered that U.S. states with more religious conservatives search more for hormone-charged content on Google.

And there are other surprises, as well: the Bible Belt states submit more amateur interracial porn than elsewhere, and more gay porn is consumed in those same areas.

Looks like the more something is taboo, the more people want to get at it.

What, you thought they were some kind of prudes because they were religious?

This shows your prejudices, not their failings as religious people.
 

anna.

but mostly it's the same
What, you thought they were some kind of prudes because they were religious?

This shows your prejudices, not their failings as religious people.

Nah. It's just that those same people will be sitting in the pews come Sunday, saying amen and railing against the immoral secularists...
 

anna.

but mostly it's the same
I don’t think it is a cop-out, as much as reality, at least the reality presented in the scriptures. One may claim to be a Christian and maybe they are, but the scriptures are clear that one’s actions and behavior are either the fruit of the Spirit or the lust of the flesh.


It really is. One is a Christian if they've met their denomination's requirements, even if they're a sinful Christian. Whether it's baptism, the Jesus prayer, affirming the creed, whatever it is. They're a Christian and someone else doesn't get to claim they're not.

The larger point being that I think a lot of Christians assume that every woman getting an abortion must be a secularist, an agnostic, atheist, pagan - whatever they think of as non-Christian. Yet their own believers are getting the majority of the abortions and that's what should be driving the conversation.
 

InChrist

Free4ever
And I suspect it's actually much healthier not to suppose that you are some sort of two-sided creature, spirit and flesh constantly at war with one another. It's actually easier to see yourself as merely human, living a human life, and needing to get along with others -- and acting accordingly.
From my perspective, it is healthiest to live in the light of reality as I think that is the only means by which to have have understanding of oneself and others.
 

InChrist

Free4ever
It really is. One is a Christian if they've met their denomination's requirements, even if they're a sinful Christian. Whether it's baptism, the Jesus prayer, affirming the creed, whatever it is. They're a Christian and someone else doesn't get to claim they're not.

The larger point being that I think a lot of Christians assume that every woman getting an abortion must be a secularist, an agnostic, atheist, pagan - whatever they think of as non-Christian. Yet their own believers are getting the majority of the abortions and that's what should be driving the conversation.
I disagree, as I don’t believe it is human beings or human institutions that decide who a Christian is, rather God the Creator and His revelation to humanity on the subject which states one must be born again from above through faith in Jesus Christ.

Anyway, I didn’t realize the larger point of this thread was abortion. I thought it was about “ Christians “ in the Bible Belt viewing porn.
 

anna.

but mostly it's the same
I disagree, as I don’t believe it is human beings or human institutions that decide who a Christian is, rather God the Creator and His revelation to humanity on the subject which states one must be born again from above through faith in Jesus Christ.

And yet you said: "Not surprising, if or when the majority of people claiming to be Christians are religionists or legalists only, rather than having lives transformed by Christ." Isn't that you deciding who a Christian is?

Anyway, I didn’t realize the larger point of this thread was abortion. I thought it was about “ Christians “ in the Bible Belt viewing porn.

I didn't say it was. My larger point was about Christians claiming other Christians aren't "Christians." Such as "Christians" in the Bible belt viewing porn.
 

InChrist

Free4ever
And yet you said: "Not surprising, if or when the majority of people claiming to be Christians are religionists or legalists only, rather than having lives transformed by Christ." Isn't that you deciding who a Christian is?



I didn't say it was. My larger point was about Christians claiming other Christians aren't "Christians." Such as "Christians" in the Bible belt viewing porn.
Well you said...”The larger point being that I think a lot of Christians assume that every woman getting an abortion must be a secularist, an agnostic, atheist, pagan - whatever they think of as non-Christian. Yet their own believers are getting the majority of the abortions and that's what should be driving the conversation.”
Anyway, I don’t decide who is or isn’t a Christian. I believe God does though and has revealed what determines whether one is or not. This does not mean I think actual Christians always do what is right or never fall short and do wrong. I don’t doubt that Jesus knows who is His or not.
 

Sand Dancer

Crazy Cat Lady
So, does this mean that atheists reroute their online activities through Bible belt? :D

But why don’t atheists consume it as much? Are they not interested?

I have also sometimes wondered, do people want what they watch online or from tv. There is lot of murders and brutal violence in movies and other programs. Are people watching them, because they like violence and all kind of evil? I don’t understand why for example horror movies are so popular.

They don't see sex as evil or immoral. They don't quash down their humanness because some supernatural entity says so. They can act on their natural human desires without guilt.
 
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