Bermuda is, without doubt, the most religious country I have ever been to. There are more churches per capita than anywhere else in the world here and for a huge selection of Christian denominations - and they seem to be really well attended as well. We have had a few slightly awkward conversations with locals who clearly fully expect us to be churchgoers - even Bruce's boss was encouraging us to go to his church.
There's also a HUGE selection of bibles, bible covers and religious texts in the bookstore - and you can even get religious crossword puzzles and wordsearches. It's not rare to see someone reading the bible on the bus, or working their way through a biblical wordsearch.
The other day some Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on the door and I had a very awkward chat with them - I said I was an atheist and the response I got was "But you do believe in God, right?", whilst gesturing to the trees and the clear blue sky. Cue a rather awkward pause. In the end, I took a leaflet on stress and they went on their way.
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