Right-wing pseudo-historian David Barton spoke at an Arkansas Tea Party conference last weekend, where he repeated his claim that you only find atheists living in cities because people who live in the country can see proof of God’s existence revealed everywhere in the laws of nature.

Barton claimed that God has given us the laws of nature to show us how to live by simply watching how things like ant hills operate, which demonstrates how the government should guide the economy. Just as ants store up provisions for lean times, Barton said, so too should the government save in preparation for economic downturns instead of relying on deficit spending.

Lessons like this are found everywhere in the laws of nature, he declared, which is why you don’t find any atheists among those who live out in the country.

“Do you know how hard it is to find an atheist in the country?” Barton asked. “You find atheists in the city. You find atheists in areas that don’t get to see God. If you spend time looking at creation, you just don’t find atheists out there.”