Oh , so near , Vegas . You just missed cracking the top ten of “ Least Bible - Minded . ” Better fortune next year !
The recent results of seven years of phone and entanglement audience by the American Bible Society have revealed the most and least “ Bible - apt ” cities in America . The obvious and stereotypical city did n’t take top honor in either category . Instead , Chatanooga , TN was the “ Most Bible - Minded ” and Providence , RI / New Bedford , MA was the least . And yet , the American Bible Society managed to slip this little chip of disdain into itsrelease :
Not surprisingly , many city in the East Coast continued to rank as the least Bible - minded in 2013 . Among them : Providence , R.I. ; Albany and Buffalo , N.Y. ; Boston ; and Portland , Maine .
The subject field also take note that there was an “ inverse relationship exists between population size and Bible friendliness . ” The top 25 most “ friendly ” only had three cities with more than 1 million residents . ( If you ’re wonder : Charlotte , N.C. ; Nashville , Tenn. ; and Dallas ) . The recipe to seek / avoid here is apparently small cities not in the Northeast .
“ Bible - minded ” respondents were those who had read the Bible in the last hebdomad and powerfully agree in the Bible ’s accuracy . Timewondered whether the Torah counted ( and thus saved New York from a lower place ) , and was told that answerer were able-bodied to define the Bible however they wanted . The standard question was “ How many time do you read the bible outside of church or a temple ? ”
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