“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven”*…
America, they say, is a melting pot. This map, put together by Redditor delugetheory, lets us see where the melting begins and ends. Turns out it’s a melting pot of white Catholics and Protestants, mostly.
The map gives us a lot of insight into concentrations of religious groups around the country. The mainline Protestant population is mostly contained in the upper Midwest, while evangelical Protestants spread into the Pacific Northwest and the South. The Mormon states are pretty predictable, but the split between Mormonism and Catholicism in the Native American population in Arizona is an interesting quirk…
For more background– and a larger version of the map– visit “The Dominant Ethnic And Religious Groups In The United States, Mapped By County.”
* John Milton, Paradise Lost
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As we say our prayers, we might send self-abnegating birthday greetings to Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus); he was born on this date in 121. Roman emperor from 161 to 180, he was the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors.
He is perhaps as well remembered as a practitioner of Stoicism. His untitled writing, commonly known as the Meditations, is a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy and is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of philosophy.
A detail from the Statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Musei Capitolini in Rome