This is clearly counting Mormons as Christians here, despite their significant divergence
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Probably because that "significant divergence" isn't enough to make them not Christians. Joseph Smith's bible fanfic might be as ridiculous and idiotic as he was but that's not enough to distinguish it from the previous iterations.
Usually adding a new prophet gets you a separate category, in abrahamic religions.
And sometimes a bad Twilight fanfic gets turned into a book and a couple movies. Doesn't happen for them all.
Not really. It's basically as divergent as islam. Mormonism isn't even monotheist.
No, they're True Christians.
Not sure why you got downvoted... They believe they are.
Of course every religion believes they are the "true" ones.
Is Mormonism considered a form of Christianity here? Even with the stuff about planets?
It's Christianity+.
The plus is just extra craziness.
Jesus, the Mormons change their doctrine all the time, just like mainstream βChristiansβ. They have even backed away from the βstuff about planetsβ in recent years. They want so badly to be bland.
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Baptists dislike Catholics. So of course they have a problem with Mormons. Just like they all have a problem with all other religions. Of the three brands I just named the Catholics are to me the most tolerant of others. Not that they are that tolerant. Mormans hide their intolerance with some fake happy smile but they are still just as intolerant. Especially to their own people.
Yeah, we're pretty generous about what counts. I'd argue most evangelicals aren't sincerely Christian either but whatever.
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Momos would say yes (a recent change), most Christians would shrug, some Christians would be offended that you would suggest it and say that mormonism is a heresy.
The ones who shrug probably don't know what mormonism is. Anytime I've told a Christian who didn't know, their immediate reaction was "WTF"
or they think they're talking with a mormon and don't want to get in an argument.
Undercover mormons....
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I had no idea we have so many Buddhists!
We don't really. The largest group is obviously Christian. The second largest group in every state is those with no religion, but they are ignored here. And the remaining 1-13 percent is split among a number of minority groups, meaning that the second largest religion in each state is only about <1-6 percent of the population.
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If atheism was included, it'd be the biggest along a variety of states
Utah stands out on this to me. This map conflates all denominations of shared religions, and Utah is notably 50% Mormon and 13% other Christian denominations. Since some denominations of a shared religion are significantly different from each other and can shape the cultural landscape, it seems like part of the picture is missing with just the information shown.
I think it would also be helpful if this map also noted which states had a second most common religion at more than 1% or so of the population.
Mormons are Christians in the same way Baptists and Catholics are both Christians. It's not different enough to be considered a whole new religion.
Fascinating!
Results are pretty encouraging if you broaden the question slightly to include people who aren't religious. There are probably people out there who might draw an incorrect conclusion from the map posted here and think that these colors represent the views of the second largest group of people (some of whom may vote) in those states.
They're conveniently skipping past 20 to 30 percent of the population to show the ~1-2% and smaller fractions.
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I actually would have guessed Islam for Utah
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