Presbyterians and Methodists in a Sea of Baptists

Posted on March 22nd, 2010 8:44am by Wick Allison
Filed under Religion

world_christiandenoms_usa_100305This map from Floating Sheep shows Google placemarks by religious affiliation. Baptists are green, Methodists are red, Presbyterians are orangish, Lutherans are blue, Catholics are light blue, and Mormons are purple. Dallas is that little dot of red and orange.

10 comments

  1. That’s a pretty suspect map, seeing as how it fails to show south Louisiana as a sea of light blue.

    @ 8:59 am on March 22, 2010

  2. It does show it as a locus of light blue, John G. NOLA isn’t big enough to be a sea unto itself.

    I’m hard pressed to find a single beacon of Eastern Orthodox. Not a one, I bellow?

    @ 9:52 am on March 22, 2010

  3. What’s up with Mexico? Shouldn’t it be all light blue?

    @ 10:07 am on March 22, 2010

  4. Well, the map confirms a long held suspicion. Nothing but heathens west of Big Spring.

    @ 10:27 am on March 22, 2010

  5. What color are agnostics?

    @ 10:34 am on March 22, 2010

  6. Your description of the map is a little misleading and confusing. Obviously, the comments confirm that on first glance readers think the map represents religious affiliation. The text on the link says, its actually just online “references” by religious affiliation.

    This is 10 years old, but its a better representation of religious affiliation:

    http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/religion/church_bodies.gif

    @ 10:55 am on March 22, 2010

  7. Great Wall of Methodists

    @ 11:44 am on March 22, 2010

  8. “Nothing but heathens west of Big Spring.”

    Much like my soul, Nevada is nothing but dark grey.

    @ 2:55 pm on March 22, 2010

  9. Is there a purple spot in El Dorado?

    @ 3:26 pm on March 22, 2010

  10. I came home from El Dorado with a purple spot once.

    @ 3:58 pm on March 22, 2010

Leave a Comment

* required fields