(January 13, 2012 at 3:42 pm)AthiestAtheist Wrote: All my life, I thought it was odd that my polling place happened to be a church. I always figured that would be the last place polls would be because of the "separation of church and state" thing, but I guess not. Then, last year, the year right before I would be able to vote, I finally asked my dad why our polling place was a church, and I found out that the church was actually no longer a church. Yes, as it turned out, the church closed down, and had been converted into a community center! I was surprised, as this had never happened before, as far as I was aware! Because of that, I felt a mild sense of satisfaction. I don't know, should it be regarded as a victory for atheism to have a Christian church converted into a secular community center, or is it just no big deal?
In my area when a church building has been converted (excuse the pun) into a community center it means that the church outgrew the building and had to move.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
