Oh those are special cookies, Losty. You really outdid yourself this time. Welcome aboard socal gal. I live in Northern California (Berkeley) but rebeccarox lives down your way along with our soccer expert (with the hard to remember username) and I'm not sure who else. Somewhere there used to be a map with pins showing where everyone lives, or at least those who aren't in witness protection programs.
I know what you mean about Southern feeling like another bible belt. I briefly lived with my parents in Westminster, California a long time ago. My father was a holy roller who went to church every Sunday. Fortunately he had been in the navy and my mother didn't bring us to church while he was frequently away to sea, from before I started school to after I graduated high school. By then I was an atheist, working, living on my own in the bay area. When my parents and my three youngest siblings moved down to Westminster they started up going to church again. I feel very fortunate to be born in the sweet spot to miss out.
You'd like it better up here culturally, no John Burch society and no super churches as far as I know.
I know what you mean about Southern feeling like another bible belt. I briefly lived with my parents in Westminster, California a long time ago. My father was a holy roller who went to church every Sunday. Fortunately he had been in the navy and my mother didn't bring us to church while he was frequently away to sea, from before I started school to after I graduated high school. By then I was an atheist, working, living on my own in the bay area. When my parents and my three youngest siblings moved down to Westminster they started up going to church again. I feel very fortunate to be born in the sweet spot to miss out.
You'd like it better up here culturally, no John Burch society and no super churches as far as I know.
