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totals include "contributions" to church events that mainly provide food, entertainment, and other consumption to the "contributors"? You would want a measure of "contributions" to exclude any consumption by the givers.
I'd want to see a breakout of state-by-state contributions for purely religious purposes. In the figures cited, donations to pay for medical research are being mixed in with donations to provide big cars, first-class airfare, and luxury hotel suites for Jerry Falwell and his ilk. Since a much greater percentage in the South are regular church attenders, putting Mississippi "contributions" alongside those of New York may be an onions and apples comparison.
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