So what if America's the most religious nation?

I first chose this article because of how appropriate it seemed right now. Not only did we just finish Bless me, Ultima, a book centered around the religion of young Tony, but we're also studying religion in depth in history as well. As it turns out, America's the most religious nation in the industrial world. Now suprisingly, there wasn't much talk about religion in this article. Most of the article was facts about how America is in a downward spiral, and how the world is dying and nearly at "the point of no return." What the author was trying to do with all the logos he threw in there was show how being "most religious" doesn't help us out in the long run; America has the highest rate of incarcerated people in the world. He also brought points up like how statistically the more religious a state is, the higher the teengage pregnancy rate. While all this is interesting, he strayed far from his point and didn't really let the readers know why they were learning about things like the the poverty and hunger in America. To be honest, most of the article was just numbers, which I found myself skimming half-heartedly. Overall, if he had had a more clearcut point to his article maybe it would've turned out better, but he didn't seem to have one and it took away from the information.

http://news.salon.com/2012/01/08/so_what_if_america_is_the_most_religious_nation/