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Being atheist in the Bible Belt
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RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt
The southern religious folks in America have always interested me greatly. Religion is obviously very ingrained in many parts of our culture but the people down south especially have created a very vast bubble for themselves. It seems that church is quite a big deal to the people down there and that it has sort of become part off the culture to dress up on Sunday and go to mass, talk to other churchgoers and gossip about who hasn't been to mass in three months, etc.

Your culture never has to evolve or grow if everyone in it thinks the same, acts the same and goes to all the same events. You should read "The Lottery"
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.

It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.

Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll


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Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by MyelinSheath - January 2, 2017 at 8:39 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by LastPoet - January 2, 2017 at 8:45 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by chimp3 - January 2, 2017 at 8:50 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Whateverist - January 2, 2017 at 8:53 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by MyelinSheath - January 2, 2017 at 8:55 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Whateverist - January 2, 2017 at 8:56 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Brian37 - January 2, 2017 at 9:01 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by MyelinSheath - January 2, 2017 at 9:02 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by mlmooney89 - January 2, 2017 at 9:43 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Brian37 - January 2, 2017 at 10:05 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by mlmooney89 - January 2, 2017 at 11:28 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Astonished - January 2, 2017 at 11:35 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Minimalist - January 2, 2017 at 12:28 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by MyelinSheath - January 2, 2017 at 6:35 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Mr Greene - January 2, 2017 at 7:53 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Minimalist - January 2, 2017 at 6:40 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by mcolafson - January 2, 2017 at 7:03 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by MyelinSheath - January 2, 2017 at 7:07 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Minimalist - January 2, 2017 at 10:04 pm
Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by KUSA - January 2, 2017 at 8:02 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by johan - January 3, 2017 at 7:39 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by The Grand Nudger - January 3, 2017 at 2:23 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Minimalist - January 3, 2017 at 2:38 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by The Grand Nudger - January 3, 2017 at 2:51 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Minimalist - January 3, 2017 at 4:16 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Alex K - January 3, 2017 at 4:06 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by The Grand Nudger - January 3, 2017 at 5:03 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Mr Greene - January 4, 2017 at 7:14 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by The Grand Nudger - January 13, 2017 at 4:51 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by AceBoogie - January 17, 2017 at 8:42 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Natachan - January 17, 2017 at 9:21 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Cyrinistar - January 17, 2017 at 9:36 am
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by The Grand Nudger - January 17, 2017 at 12:58 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Mister Agenda - January 17, 2017 at 1:02 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Elskidor - January 17, 2017 at 5:04 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by ErikB - January 21, 2017 at 5:16 pm
RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 23, 2017 at 5:01 am

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