In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace

[paleotn]

22. Yep, it depends on where you are.

I moved north from NC. I'm from TN. Down there most Episcopalians, UM and PCUSA, primarily in the cities, align with what the gospels actually espouse. The rest, i.e. the majority, are varying degrees of hate, racism and misogyny, with the SBC and independent Baptists being the worst. And there's a church of some kind everywhere. And I mean everywhere.

New England is a different planet. UCC's and other Uniteds here and there, many with rainbow flags. Mainline protestants and Catholics predominate, with evilgelicals rarely seen. And they're NOT on every damn corner. And they mind their own business other than to do the things they're commanded to do in the gospels...feed the poor, shelter the homeless, etc. Down south, the evilgelicals will throw a little money to the less fortunate, but only if they can spare it from their latest mega church building project. Other than that, they're very Calvinist in their view of the less fortunate. The poor are poor because they're wicked and lost, while the rich are obviously blessed by God because they're good. Otherwise they wouldn't be rich in the first place. Few doctrines ever developed are as evil as Calvinism.

The irony is, New England was founded by people who espoused a Calvinist world view far more than the Methodists and Baptists who predominated in the early southern states.