Brit Reacts to Why The US South Is Insanely Religious

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Brit Reacts to Why The US South Is Insanely Religious

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@karladoesstuff Ай бұрын

My great-grandfather was a Methodist circuit riding preacher in Tennessee in the 1890s. My great-grandmother got so mad about him being gone all the time that she raised the kids Baptist.

@BTinSF Ай бұрын

Many of America’s oldest and best known private universities were founded as religious institutions, starting with Harvard. I attended Duke which was a Methodist school before the Duke family, owners of a tobacco empire, gave the school a large endowment in return for changing its name.

@williamharrold1422 Ай бұрын

The New England states (mainly Massachusetts) were effectively a theocracy for over 200 years. This has lead to a great distrust of putting too much emphasis on religious opinion that lasts to the present day.

@aura81295 Ай бұрын

How people group themselves is fascinating to me. Thank you for finding and sharing your reactions to this.

@walterrepass3957 Ай бұрын

I am a "none" that used to work in Christian Radio in Tennessee. Figure that one out. The pay was very good and I had the necessary qualifications. The only thing was after 20 years I felt very out of place. So, I moved on to mainstream broadcasting.

@MikeOfKorea Ай бұрын

I went to a college in an area of Kentucky that had been evangelized by Methodist horseback preachers, and the college was named after one of the most prominent horseback preachers, Francis Asbury.

@SherriLyle80s Ай бұрын

I remember when I moved down south than from the Washington DC area, someone just straight up asked me "what was my church." Like assuming I actually go to a church lol. It was weird and kind of invasive. Church where I come from is more of a private thing. I have nothing against religion but the Bible thumpers can be really annoying along with the Jehovah's witnesses and Mormons. They knocked on my door constantly. So I recently put up a no soliciting sign. Seems to have slowed down the frequency of uninvited guests. But I have an old coworker I used to work with. He's constantly sending me these herbal remedies for a serious health condition I have. And I've told him "I wish it were that easy." He's a Jehovah's witness. 😂

@YetiUprising Ай бұрын

I've heard telling a Jehovah's witness that you are an apostate will immediately cause them to get away from you. I have yet to try it out myself though. Don't see any of them coming door to door in the Chicago suburbs.

@gwgux Ай бұрын

The bible belt won't go down without a fight, but it will hold out longer than the rest of the country. That's one thing I know for a fact after living here for over a decade. I just hope it remains civil.

@reindeer7752 Ай бұрын

@gwgux - If it doesn't remain civil, it will be the fault of the fake Christians. There is no reason someone can't practice their religion in the USA without trying to force it on others.

@ScottieRC Ай бұрын

Yep. From Southern Georgia and almost everyone I know attends church regularly.

@JarrellHenderson-gh1kl Ай бұрын

There are like 5 southern states in the USA that actually grew out of poverty. Texas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Are actually not only known to be part of the Bible belt. But they are also known to be the 5 richest states in the south here in the US.

@richardjones6024 Ай бұрын

Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina are still the Bible Belt. Maybe less in larger cities, but they are still among the most religious states.

@ScottieRC Ай бұрын

Also Virginia

@BTinSF Ай бұрын

And just about all of them are getting richer due to northern migration. The southern states where not many rich retirees or other Yankees move to-Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas-are staying poorer. Two new states, Tennessee and South Carolina, are recently experiencing the phenomenon of inmigration. Moving to either of those, especially Nashville and Charleston, seems all the rage these days.

@bombyouup62 Ай бұрын

Yep I'm atheist in North Carolina.

@cassieberringer7427 Ай бұрын

Really impressed with the details of this video that he went into the Great Awakenings. Well researched.

@cindygordon5242 Ай бұрын

There were land lotteries, that got people to move south land of 500 acres ! Free land was difficult to resist

@MrHello-nx4xs Ай бұрын

Some weren’t given free land.

@jaythomaso9311 Ай бұрын

not religious but he says he prays for the people in those tornado video

@lynnbrownutahmusician3138 Ай бұрын

From Boston to Washington DC is less than 500 miles, with NYC and Philadelphia along the way.

@jLutraveling Ай бұрын

I was curious and lookeked up the largest Baptist Seminaryies. They are in the south Soutern Seminary In Loivill Kentucky and Southwestern Seminary in the Dallas area Fort Worth area. The enrollment is over 5, in total. They are Southern Baptist schools.

@Hayseo Ай бұрын

I am a non-practicing Southern Baptist. Here’s a little information about Louisville, Kentucky, my little southern town. I think the information I’m going to say is correct but the information might be old. Being a city of about a million people, every religion is represented. But the headquarters for the Southern Baptist USA is in Louisville as well there is a Southern Baptist seminary. Also, I believe the headquarters for the Presbyterian Church USA is headquartered in Louisville (or it used to be, it might have moved) and there is also a Presbyterian seminary. But the largest religious group in Louisville are the Catholics. I like growing to Christmas concerts at the Catholic churches because the interiors of the churches are so beautiful. But the largest single church in Louisville is Southeast Christian Church (Church of Christ) which about 20,000 people a week attend service there and the sanctuary holds about 10,000. And the Jewish Community Center holds many community activities that non-Jews also go to.

@josephharrison5639 Ай бұрын

20:09 I’m studying astronomy in college currently and have struggled with this very question, whether or not it’s right for me to be in such a secular field. The main debate is old vs new earth, old earth Christians believe god caused the Big Bang and evolution in the timeline stated by scientific theory and hypothesis making earth 4.5 billion years old. Whereas new earth believes that the earth was formed in 7 24 hour days mentioned in genesis making the earth 5000 years old. Most Christians don’t care about the difference however there are some (primarily who believe in new earth) who claim any other interpretation is blasphemy, this was actually why I lost a crush I had for a while, she and her family were strong new earth believers.

@JASONLOTT30290 Ай бұрын

7 - 24 hr periods of time. That’s a new one for me. Time is completely irrelevant to God & 1 day for God isn’t what 1 day is for us. The best explanation of time in the Bible is Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 which starts with “there is a time for everything” then it expands a little on what everything is. The confusion comes from humans declaration that 24 hours is a day & how it coincides with the sabbath being kept holy on the 7th day of the week. The different religions can’t even decide which day is the 7th day, or what keeping the day holy means. Neither can science for that matter. Science with as secular as it is frequently shocks itself to prove that it has found another portion of the Bible to be accurate, while quickly admonishing its beliefs in anything religious. It’s when either side of the argument for facts becomes too rigid that people understandably recoil from either or both. Religion & science both have benefits. God loves everyone including those that hate & reject Him, yes even the whores, murderers, molesters, every sexuality, every religion, every belief, color & background cause we’re all sinners & we don’t get to decide which sin is greater if any of those sins keep any one out of God’s eternity. Doesn’t mean we should start accepting every sin as something we’re willing to put up with either. It just means we’re all different & we all have different needs, so we all as individuals get to decide what we believe & how our individual beliefs establish what is acceptable for us. Just because I don’t agree with which sins are right for you doesn’t mean I get choose them for anyone other than me; but I also don’t have to accept your sins as something I’m willing to be around, much less participate in. That’s why we separate ourselves in to categories and do things with other like minded individuals, some things just aren’t as publicly shared & are in private. Privacy is something I wish would return, because we all share too much of ourselves with people who don’t want to be shared with.

@cassieberringer7427 Ай бұрын

If you feel called into that field then you should definitely pursue it. I am a Christian who went into the field of studio art (like the classics of painting on a canvas and such). That is a very secular world as well. You are going to have to make very deliberate choices on how to protect your heart. There are many things that I am much more flexible on than super conservative Christians because God has called me to be an artist. But in other ways I am super strict on my moral codes adhering to the Bible. Spend lots of time developing a strong personal relationship with Christ and really knowing the Bible. It makes for more steady footing when facing the world that we are called to walk through. As for the girl, well many Christians do tend to take the Bible a bit too literal in many ways. I personally believe in an in between the two theories. I don't believe in evolution, and there's actual scientific evidence against evolution, they just don't like people to know about it. But the Bible is also poetic and often uses precise imagery as a metaphor for a deeper spiritual truth. The age of the Earth doesn't matter. What does matter is that the fall DID happen and made us utterly sinful that we could only be redeemed by God's plan of Christ dying on the cross. That's why the new earthers freak out. Evolution says humans don't need Jesus because we're just animals. As long as you keep your core doctrines in place and morality lined up with Jesus, there's definitely some flexibility in everything else.

@josephharrison5639 Ай бұрын

@@cassieberringer7427 yeah my way of seeing evolution is by splitting it. Horizontal evolution is something such as wolf to a dog, two closely related species(think of divergence of mammals). This is 100% possible but of course gods guiding the process to prevent severe mutations. Then there vertical evolution, from an amphibian to a reptile or reptile to bird. These are impossible to observe in the course of our history and it is my belief that they’re caused by more “random mutations” these of course aren’t random because god caused them but to the secular world it’s random

@cassieberringer7427 Ай бұрын

@@josephharrison5639 Fair. I think I've seen it stated as something like Micro evolution and Macro evolution. And I totally agree that micro evolution of like getting tons of different bird species can happen by itself. But I don't believe macro evolution ever actually happened. There's no actual connections between the major species categories, but rather one goes extinct and God creates a new one. Hugh Ross is a brilliant scientist who explains how the Bible and what science actually says (not narratives with agendas) are perfectly connected. Science is what led him to the Bible and to become a Christian, so you can totally marry the two. I'm not sure which KZfaq video it is where he debunks evolution, but this one he does a step by step scientific analysis of Genesis 1 and it's brilliant: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJ6Sq9ui3trSlJs.html

@usmc24thmeu36 Ай бұрын

The Bible belt does go from Arkansas down to Texas. Cross the whole South and up to Virginia.

@SherriLyle80s Ай бұрын

Only half of VA. Northern VA is totally different. As someone who grew up 20 mins from DC, not the same as southern VA.

@Renegade15 Ай бұрын

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@defftony Ай бұрын

I find projections like the 2070 one to be out there. I don't think they factored everything that can be known let alone unknown factors that would change the direction and/or rate of things.

@Apollo_Blaze Ай бұрын

There are millions of Americans all over the country who are blissfully not religious.

@John_Locke_108 Ай бұрын

Everything I know about the Bible Belt I learned from Doc Hollywood.

@joecrazy9896 Ай бұрын

19:40 Depends on who you ask

@jefferoni1984 Ай бұрын

"Insanely religious" 🙄

@robertschwartz4810 Ай бұрын

Almost nothing was said about Catholics in America. With the burgeoning population of Latin X people, and the previous immigration of Europeans, this population can't be overlooked.

@Peg__ Ай бұрын

I feel Catholicism would need its own video series. Lol. I liked the video Lav reacted to, because it's a general look at migration patterns with some context. It did jump to the CivilWar to visualize the "Bible belt". But had Catholics been included in the video, they'd have to talk about all the other wars, conflicts, and g³nocide happening around the same time, like the Dakota War. Catholicism its an offshoot of political ties to the (holy) Roman empire. In the age of discovery a Papal decree was made, and the American continents were divided in half, Spain and Portugal, as to who now "owns" the land in the western hemisphere. I don't know how they would make a similar Catholic migration map, it'd be a giant blob of color, ya? I suppose it can be narrowed down by where Missions and Churches were founded and erected by city/territory, which would coincide with the battles and stuff. Catholicism has performatively identified with whomever they're trying to concur for land, resources, and human trafficking, with demand of their parishioners that they pledge their allegence every Sunday to the apostolic Roman "church". I'm fine with them overlooking the US catholic population, because the data will not be accurate, since their libraries and records are kept behind lock and key and paywalls, like the vatican archives. Historically they centured every person who was initially baptized as infants and people of forced conversion. That's far different than a verified acounting of individual worshipers leaving the Church at any given point in their lifetime, versus, current parishioners who pledge allegience, go on missions, and are actively tithing 10%, etc. Probably why Catholics weren't included in the video. Lol

@denniss5505 Ай бұрын

Catholics had a very negligible influence in the colonies as the early colonialists were originally from England, after the protestant reformation, and had already outlawed Catholics. The early settlers were splitting off from the Church of England (Protestant, Anglican) or Episcopal as they’re known in the US, into more strict puritan sects of faith mentioned in this video. Catholics didn’t start growing in popularity until Irish settlers came, followed by Italians after the Civil War. However, Catholics were originally not thought to be ‘real’ Christian’s by early Americans and dealt with a lot of discrimination and persecution in society due to their allegiance to a Pope. Remember, there was a big deal made out of us electing JFK, as he was the first catholic president, which seemed unheard of until then, and that was 1960! Also, there had not been Catholic Supreme Court Justices until Clarence Thomas, now all but two are Catholic, which I’d say is part of the problem we’re currently having with this activist politicized Supreme Court. Until recently, the majority of Justices had been Jewish or Protestant, who seemed better able to keep their faith off the bench, valuing our traditions on separation of church and state. But that’s another discussion.

@sw3783 7 күн бұрын

Latin X is considered offensive to hispanics.

@jessedaniel6330 Ай бұрын

it seems to me though it has been declining it seems there is a new revival at least in the Appalachian region i have seen many people that once were not religious becoming Christians and i have seen a few great revivals happen here i myself am Christian though i don't belong to any sect i have seen many members of my family that once were atheists become strong Christians in the last 5 years

@epongeverte Ай бұрын

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@jacenjustice Ай бұрын

The fact that something as simple as being rational is a leading cause of the decline of Christianity is hilarious! 😂

@Apollo_Blaze Ай бұрын

Yes, no free thinking allowed...only follow the program...that's why millions have said "No Thank You"

@user-zo3db7xt4j Ай бұрын

I, for one, hope for a revival.

@cassieberringer7427 Ай бұрын

4th great Awakening here we come! Please dear Jesus.

@mikeorclem Ай бұрын

Oliver Clothesoff

@zmelon Ай бұрын

I'm an Atheist in Delaware‼️ Very Happy‼️😀

@mikeorclem Ай бұрын

Feeling pretty proud of myself. The puzzle I bought said 3-5 years, but I finished it in 18 months. I don’t suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it. The man who survived both mustard gas and pepper spray is a seasoned veteran now.

@hobbgreen4529 Ай бұрын

bill clinton is religious ? lmao

@JASONLOTT30290 Ай бұрын

Religion doesn’t stop you from being a sinner. Doesn’t even stop you from being evil.

@happybeejv Ай бұрын

The great awakening is when those yank heretics invented the rapture, The rapture is when all the christians get to go to heaven ahead of time before the world ends Because the world is totally going to end In 1844 (millerites) No i meant 1847 no 1862 or 63? No the world is definitely ending by 1914, Yes in fact it did end in 1914 and I'm sticking to it (JW)

@happybeejv Ай бұрын

Since we're going to get raptured we don't have to help the world from getting better since its a sign of the end times and we won't be here while they suffer YAE!!!!

@chady1229 Ай бұрын

with politics and weird atheist dems religion is actually increasing across the country recently in the past 2 years or so with these weird dem ideas people are coming to their senses and seeing how bad certain things are especially with the younger generation and people our age so yeah overall its been in a decline since the 2000s its still in worldwide terms a huge religion that isnt just gonna disappear anytime in the next 100 years its too big outside america so atheist can complain about religion all they want and i'll laugh and pray till u come to ur senses

@zmelon Ай бұрын

Religion- Fiction Evolution- Fact

@JASONLOTT30290 Ай бұрын

Religion, evolution, fiction & fact are opinions of greatly disputed unanimity.

@HistoryNerd808 Ай бұрын

The idea that the South is much more religious than the rest of the country is overstating the point a bit. The West coast and the Northeast tend to be pretty secular but everywhere else is pretty religious and conservative, and you also have a rural-urban divide as well, with rural areas being much more devout. The difference is more in which denomination. The South is heavily Baptist whereas the Midwest is more influenced by traditionally mainline churches, specifically Methodists and Lutherans. This means that the expression of Christianity is different, the South is more focused on the individual, whereas the Midwest is more communal. However, both areas are incredibly devout. There are also a lot of Catholics in pretty much any region of the country.

@RiseOfThePhoenix30 Ай бұрын

The North was heavily catholic from immigration. I grew up around tons of catholic's. That really changed after the whole dirty priest thing.

@happybeejv Ай бұрын

I'm not religious or an atheist, I'm a neoplatonic neutral monist, I don't trust organizations that put words in gods mouth and limit infinity to a mere book as an idol

@happybeejv Ай бұрын

I don't like the masoretic text, it was cobbled together by rabbis in the 1000s to redact details that the septuagint and the dead sea scrolls have in common and which are much older, There is also the Ethiopian tewahedo bible which is unique to itself but is also based on the septuagint and dead sea scrolls but with completely different maccabees Each of these bibles has a different canon The protestants use the 39 books of the masoretic text+ 27 new testament books, The latin vulgate uses 46 old testament books The septuagint has 51 old testament books, and older manuscripts have sometimes have extra books in the new testament The the Ethiopian bible has 46 old testament books but not the all same ones as the catholics And 35 new testament books

@bethvaughn4231 Ай бұрын

The narrator got some things wrong so I don't set much stock in the vid. For starters, and it really is low-hanging fruit but he mispronounced Whitefield's name. It is pronounced Whitfield (the e is silent). It is one of those things that you don't know unless someone tells you or you pick it up listening to stuff about George Whitefield/1st Great Awakening. Sorry, it is a pet peeve of mine! and did the narrator even mention the brothers John & Charles Wesley? They were a huge part of the 1st Great Awakening. I could go on, but I don't want to be too obnoxious.

@seandonnelly9278 Ай бұрын

Wrong!!! Again! 😂😂😂 Einstein! 😂🎉😢😅😊

@Tbone1492 Ай бұрын

He got the end wrong. Christianity is growing faster then ever in #2024. Utah is over 80%. The northwest is over 60%

@JerAndBillyBoughtAHouse Ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that it's all on the decline, especially in the bible belt.....

@Alex-kd5xc Ай бұрын

Careful, you might be labeled a satanist by some for that statement

@gwgux Ай бұрын

I live in the bible belt, and a lot of the decline probably comes from people moving in like I did over a decade ago. I'm not religious, and a lot of people moving in aren't religious either. Most people down here aren't farmers or living in small communities either. Cities are getting built up with their own metro areas much like the north. Plus, we have a lot of IT stuff going on too like in North Carolina having been a hotbed for it for a long time now. We now have a lot more "people of science and technology" than we used to. I think long term, the bible belt will be one of the longest holdouts in the decline of religion in general, but ultimately, generations die out and the younger less religious will take over eventually.

@Renegade15 Ай бұрын

I'm from Georgia. Wasn't religious, now I am a full blown Christian. It's growing around the world, but there is a slow, steady decline in America

@YetiUprising Ай бұрын

I hope it declines enough that our country's pants fall right down.

@briansmith48 Ай бұрын

Let it decline. That just means that Jesus will arrive that much quicker for his people. Good luck being microchipped and living off of food rations. 😇❣️✝️