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Hello from the deep south
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 4, 2014 at 4:11 am
Huh, and here I thought Rexysexybecky was in the deep south, living in San Diego. I'll have to check a map.

Mean time welcome to the forums. I think you'll like it here but I don't know that I can show you.
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 4, 2014 at 5:06 am
(December 4, 2014 at 4:11 am)whateverist Wrote: Huh, and here I thought Rexysexybecky was in the deep south, living in San Diego. I'll have to check a map.

Mean time welcome to the forums. I think you'll like it here but I don't know that I can show you.

Hahaha!
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#33
RE: Hello from the deep south
December 4, 2014 at 8:12 am
(December 2, 2014 at 4:06 pm)Strider Wrote: Hello, everybody. I'm a secular humanist/atheist from the not-so-great state of Mississippi. Being completely isolated in an extremely religious subculture led me to join the forum so I can interact with like-minded people. It can be absolutely maddening living in a place like this, but I certainly have some interesting stories to share with you all regarding my thirty years of living here and the religious insanity I have experienced.

I won't get into the particulars of why and how I came to view Christianity as one of the biggest cons ever perpetrated on the world (perhaps in the converts' corner!), but I will say that I am certain that none of the Abrahamic gods exist and I'm almost certain (a 6 on Dawkins' spectrum) that there is no deity/deities or anything else of the supreme variety.

Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you all better. Big Grin

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#34
RE: Hello from the deep south
December 4, 2014 at 8:50 am
(December 4, 2014 at 1:59 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Welcome from Tennessee. Not much better here, mate.

Yeah, I suppose I'm not really in the "deep" south, but I've spent a lot of years in Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, while only tid bits in what is defined "deep south", but I don't see much difference in Tennessee and Alabama. All of them are roughly the same.
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 4, 2014 at 8:54 am
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Just who is that curious man?

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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 4, 2014 at 9:49 am
Welcome aboard!
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 5, 2014 at 6:08 pm
(December 2, 2014 at 4:06 pm)Strider Wrote: Hello, everybody. I'm a secular humanist/atheist from the not-so-great state of Mississippi. Being completely isolated in an extremely religious subculture led me to join the forum so I can interact with like-minded people. It can be absolutely maddening living in a place like this, but I certainly have some interesting stories to share with you all regarding my thirty years of living here and the religious insanity I have experienced.

I won't get into the particulars of why and how I came to view Christianity as one of the biggest cons ever perpetrated on the world (perhaps in the converts' corner!), but I will say that I am certain that none of the Abrahamic gods exist and I'm almost certain (a 6 on Dawkins' spectrum) that there is no deity/deities or anything else of the supreme variety.

Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you all better. Big Grin



Hey Strider. I'm one state over in Louisiana. I feel your pain, man.
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 5, 2014 at 7:11 pm (This post was last modified: December 5, 2014 at 7:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 4, 2014 at 8:50 am)Elskidor Wrote: Yeah, I suppose I'm not really in the "deep" south, but I've spent a lot of years in Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, while only tid bits in what is defined "deep south", but I don't see much difference in Tennessee and Alabama. All of them are roughly the same.

Come come now, Tenn and KY and even Alabama have their own brand of redneckery not at all representative of gulf state redneckery. Texas is an exception, an aberration, if you will - in that it is generally representative of -all- redneckery.


Welcome aboard, btw Strider..if I hadn't already. I'm in Kentucky now, but I grew up in the deep south myself. I miss the spanish moss and the swamps (but not too many of the people).
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 5, 2014 at 7:14 pm (This post was last modified: December 5, 2014 at 7:14 pm by Alex K.)
What's the typical difference between a TX Redneck and a KY/Alab. Redneck?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Hello from the deep south
December 5, 2014 at 7:17 pm
How much time you got buddy?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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