(January 22, 2015 at 5:00 pm)Strider Wrote:(January 22, 2015 at 4:33 pm)Full Circle Wrote: Strider, I’m astonished there’s even one atheist in Mississippi! Congratulations, you alone are responsible for raising the State’s IQ by several points.I appreciate the compliment, but I wouldn't go that far. I'm a fairly dim bulb.
Speaking of Alabama, I visit Florence up in the northwest corner of the state very often. Compared to where I live, it is a cultural oasis. Let that sink in for a moment..
You know how to type on a computer, this alone puts you miles ahead of the competition
My in-law lives on the Eastern shore across from Mobile, beautiful area. However the local coffeehouse/bookstore, bastion of Liberal Thinking, has Fox news on 24/7. There are also 2 churches for every inhabitant.
The only thing that is more taboo than talking about religion to a stranger around here is talking about college football. I once congratulated someone on the Alabama Crimson Tide winning a game...oops...Auburn Tiger fan, nearly got into a fist fight.
"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.” ~ Ambrose Bierce
“I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's." - Mark Twain in Eruption
“I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's." - Mark Twain in Eruption
