(February 9, 2015 at 7:36 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: In New England, anyway, while the general assumption is that everyone believes in god to some extent (and, usually, it's the Catholic version, especially as you get closer to Boston), most people are pretty private about their beliefs. So, being an atheist isn't really something that comes up. We're more united by our shared fandom with the Red Sox and Patriots than religion.
You mean that the religions of worshipping the Red Sox and the Patriots are displacing and competing with Christianity. The main thing is that you share some religion or other. If you don't believe in any of their gods, then you are likely in trouble.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.