> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
>> Well, I think the US was originally colonized by people who wanted their own
>> religion rather than the state religion, so that sort of makes sense. The
>> laws say "the state can't force me to change my religion", and it's
>> *because* the people coming here were sufficiently religious that they'd
>> spend three months crossing an ocean and leaving everything they knew behind
>> in order to be able to do their own religion exactly as they liked.
>
>    I find it implausible that all, or even the majority of, or even a
> significant portion of, the people who moved to the US did so for religious
> reasons. I have always understood that the main motivation was economic
> (most people who moved there were poor, who were after a better life and
> better opportunities).
>

Usualy, the poors tend to be less educated and more religious than rich 
and well educated peoples.

Many poors tend to cling to religion as a kind of life jacket.


Alain

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