It'll probably come as a shock to most of you, but I often -- which is to say only a little more often than never -- begin work on my Sunday column pretty early in the week to ensure that I'm bringing you the high standards of journalistic excellence you've come to expect from me.

To that end, I thought I'd take a moment to share with you some of the preliminary research I've done for this upcoming Sunday's column, in which I'll address the recent Pew Research Center findings that Georgia is among the most religious states in the country.

According to the survey, Georgia ranked ninth in the nation with regard to the percentage of people who say religion is important in their lives, at 68 percent. (The national average is 56 percent).

Elsewhere, the survey ranked Georgia 14th in worship attendance, eighth in the frequency of prayer, and eighth in certainty of belief in God.

Just because I LOVE to rile you guys up, who out there is planning on seeing Bill Maher’s new film, ”Religulous”?

I know some of you have no sense of humor about religion, so my guess is not a lot.

If you haven't heard about this film yet, you can read the CNN story, The New York Times review or just watch the trailer below.

It looks pretty funny, but I’ll probably wait for the DVD. I am sure there will be an unrated version with TONS of extras since the director, Larry Charles, shot like 500 hours of footage.