Mississippi wants Bible as the official state book

[Tonus]

Well, it's not just the one state, is it? I read the other day about a town in Texas, I think it was, that put an official ordinance on the books that god was the owner of the town. Religiosity is just crazy high in America, and displayed in much more ostentatious ways, than in other countries. It's something I've definitely noticed upon moving here; I pass by three churches just going to the store up the road. It's crazy, compared to what I'm used to.

Yeah, some parts of the country are particularly thick with religious buildings and eventually you realize the extent to which it is part of the lives of the locals, in ways both obvious and subtle. To be honest, NYC has no shortage of religious buildings, but maybe because of the population density it doesn't seem like it. The suburbs in Ohio where I will be moving to in the summer probably has far fewer such buildings, but the density of both buildings and people makes them stand out much more. That, and the inescapable realization that 99% of them are Christian churches, instead of the mix of mosques and tabernacles that you'll find in New York.

Thankfully, I haven't seen any difference in the people, at least as regards being open about religious belief. The people in the Ohio suburbs are so nice in general that it's getting to feel awkward. I didn't realize how guarded I always am around strangers until I was out there, because in NYC it doesn't take long before you run into an asshole of some stripe or another. It's like whoa... there are other people like me out there???