Some Facts:
- Buddhism is the second largest religion in Oregon, only one other state Hawaii can claim Buddhism as the second most popular religion.
- In a 2009 Gallup poll, Oregon ranked #1 of US states with the highest percentage of residents who were unaffiliated with any religion, at 24.6%.
- Oregon has a higher average of evangelical Christians than the national average.
- Oregonians who identify as christian seem to be more spread out among christian denominations.
Links about Religion in Oregon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Oregon
http://www.adherents.com/loc/loc_oregon.html
http://atheism.about.com/b/2003/10/23/religion-or-lack-thereof-in-o...
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/02/survey_dissects_...
Links to some religious curiosities in Oregon:
http://atheism.about.com/od/churchstatedecisions/a/EmploymentDivisi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangaji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Jaxon-Bear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Enrichment_Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneeshpuram
Please feel free to add more links and articles to this discussion about religion in Oregon.
Tags: Oregon, religion, state, statistics
Permalink Reply by Andrew Viceroy on January 7, 2012 at 5:04pm After living here for 12 years now, my experience correlates with those findings. Less religious people overall than my hometown in OC, CA, but there is a super-evangelical presence too. Just met a Buddhist who moved here as well. I think it's all the great nature and green green green.
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