(November 6, 2015 at 8:32 pm)Shining_Finger Wrote:(November 6, 2015 at 8:24 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Basically, everywhere in Missouri that isn't in one of the two major cities, or perhaps parts of Columbia, scares me. I do like the roads between here and KCMO, when I go up there, every other weekend or so. Definite motorcycle country, between here and there.
Everyone I've ever met from around Springfield or Branson seems to be either strung out on meth or religion. Sometimes both.
Oh, I am also in Springfield often.
Even been around Christian County? That is the county a friend of mine works at as a family law Attorney.
My business partner and I had considered buying a place near Blue Eye or that area... but after doing some research, we realized the only bikers there that wouldn't be harassed constantly by the police were the Christian Motorcycle Association, heavily entrenched down there, so we vetoed the idea. We wanted to be near the big rallies in northwestern Arkansas, but it just wasn't worth it.
My partner had an old shop here in Sikeston that still had a bunch of our equipment in it, so he offered it to me when I got out of the joint. We've been trying to get out of here ever since. Not as bad as Branson area, I think, but I just plain loathe Missouri. At least in a metro area there'll be enough people and things to do.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.