# Should we have a state religeon?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 15, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-state-religeon/41304 "2000-11-15T14:45:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-state-religeon/41304/41 "2000-11-21T16:10:12Z")

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> _Originally posted by OpalCat_
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> > \*Originally posted by beakerxf \*  
> > **Baptist 33,964,000 19.4%  
> > Methodist 14,116,000 8.0%  
> > Lutheran 9,110,000 5.2%  
> > Presbyterian 4,985,000 2.8%**
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> Do those count as separate religions?? I thought it was more like flavors of the same thing.

Yes, but having a state religion would probably be an excellent way of throwing those little theological quibbles into sharp relief.

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