O say can you sin?
Following the fascination of the religious map of the US (see Comment Central) Forbes magazine has made a beautiful Sin Map of America, revealing - so it claims, with lots of diddy little clicks - the prevalence of the seven deadly sins in major cities. They used murder rates for wrath, billionaires for avarice etc. The most surprising result is that Salt Lake City, rich in Mormons, comes out as "America's Vainest City". Most relaxing is the notion of Memphis, Tennessee as the idlest (worn out after Elvis, perhaps). The least surprising is the murder rate in Detroit. After frowningly trying to correlate sinfulness with religious belief (and checking out the Baptist Map and all the other religious maps) I am happy to say that I have no conclusion at all to report. I suppose people behave badly everywhere, and religion doesn't necessarily stop them.

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