Religious Outlier - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

Mr Blow takes an interesting observation and misses an important point.
The bottom in the US is much higher than in most of the world. The old line wealthy are not devoutly religious. The relatively poor are. The Immigrant communities often are. Mr blow needs to use a better demographic model.
The promise of "pie in the sky when you die" Echoes among those who ever heard of the I.W.W.