Just found this interesting tidbit from the Washington Post:
Arkansas is one of half a dozen states that still exclude non-believers from public office. Article 19 Section 1 of the 1874 Arkansas Constitution states that “No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor [...]

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I’ve put up a first pass at visualizing the data from the survey I put up last month about computer language use and religion.  This was an attempt to see if there are any correlations between languages people *prefer* to use and religious identity.  The results are available to be viewed at http://www.kimsal.com/reldevsurvey/results.php.
There’s a few [...]

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I’ve put up a small survey which I’m hoping will help me get an idea of whether there’s any connection between computer language choice and religious identification.  Do Catholics gravitate towards Java?  Are Python users more likely to be Baptist?  It’s basically a ‘fun’ thing – I don’t claim it’ll be scientific, but I’m still [...]

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