Bible Belt Atheists

Oklahoma City is here! lol

Middle of Georgia resident.

Atlanta Georgia, checking in.

Current resident of east TN and 24 years in north MS.

Heh, you might want to extend that map a little further north. In central IL, the fundies be bangin.

Used to live in North Carolina and Oklahoma (among many other states) but currently and permanently back home in northern England.

After living on the West Coast until finishing college, I'm in Mississippi now. Let's just say I understand culture shock.

\o/ Well, I missed my mum and sisters. :D And Spain is just a hop skip and a jump away.

Got the map from Wikipedia, and I suck at photoshop.......

Caers, I get to go the middle of England in a few months for a few weeks doing an installation. Most specifically the East Midlands Airport, sort of south west of Derby. I'm pretty excited, its my first trip to Europe. Hows the weather around those parts in February-March?

Manchester,Tn home of Bonnaroo just joined

I'm reppin Greensboro, NC

hey guys! i live in cleveland TN! the church of god headquarters is right down the road from my house, i am so blessed to be near such a holy place!!!!...............jk!!!

Representing in Springfield, MO. Home of Assemblies of God Headquarters.

yeah...

Another Macon, GA resident here. Hi!

Not in the south... but live in cincinnati... a notoriously conservative city.
Can I join... I think I live in a mini bible belt... lol

Macon, GA represent!

New to the group. Representing Tega Cay, SC (20 miles south of Charlotte, NC).

piedmont missouri here... very very religious town just above the bootheel

Dallas here, right below the buckle!

Charlotte, North Carolina where Billy Graham was born. I have actually been to his library.

Texas Hill Country :) Not saying its bad here but after I post this I have to drive or they will close in using gps.

Kingsport TN - and damn is it boring here :p

Grayson, KY ?? Go Big Blue !!! They looked a little rough last night, but give 'em time.

Another lucky OKC citizen here, woot woot!

Clanton, Alabama here. "The Heart of the Heart of Dixie!" Need I say more?

Linda,

IDK how far away from Birmingham or Tuscaloosa you are but both have Atheist or Freethinker groups that you can find on Meetups.com

I grew up in Alabama (told all my life I'm going to hell) and moved to GA after I graduated HS. It isn't as bad in GA. People accept homosexuality (something that was lynch-worthy in AL) and I don't near as many churches, and my college doesn't even have a screaming group of rabid religious nuts.

Transplanted atheist Tarheel, living in CA but my heart's in Carolina in the Morning

I actually live in Australia. I havebeen to the USA in 1968/69 and drove 8000 miles from Detroit to Florida Keys, across the Bible Belt to the West Coast.

I do know how Atheist are treated there. I have/had a friend in Florida in St. Petersburg who, as a well known Atheist who could not get employment and got kicked out of his home. I have lost contact with him. The last I heard from him he was considering Suicide and I fear he did it.
I have no desire to revisit the United Christian States of America.

"North Carolina where Billy Graham was born."

Now I heard that 46% of Americans believe the Sermon on the Mount was preached by Billy Graham, not Jesus as in the Holey Babble.

The Earth is Flat! And Other False Beliefs Based on Dogma and Pseudoscience that Stress the Need for Critical Thinking
http://bit.ly/RuUcx

hello all,living in Oklahoma now for the past 11 years or so,from Illinois originally. fun stuff living here!! ok not really....it sucks,surrounded by stupidity & preachers

Hello, Jady! i am your Clanton neighbor. You don't know how hard I have been trying to find a local (well, kinda local) fellow freethinker! They are surely hard to locate around here. Would love to hear from you.

McElroy's 1Samuel 15:3 EyeBlack (Now go and smite them,
and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not;
but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox
and sheep, camel and ass.) TRUMPS Tebow's John 16:33 (These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.).

.... and the Oscar,

For best impersonation of Glen Beck goes to TEBOW !

jebus likes bama better...

I know, Jady. I was about to order my atheist 'A' until I realized that everyone would just think that I was a Tide fan! : - ) I AM sometimes a Tide fan, sometimes an Auburn fan, sometimes a Georgia fan (I graduated from UGA) but decided not to waste my money on the red atheist A as everyone would just take it as declaring my loyalty to a football team!

That's why I wear this instead (from the Aheist Alliance International). will post pics of my "dogtags" later... heading out right now.

Woohoo, I am so glad to have found this group!! I live in Georgia, where they beat those bibles pretty hard.

That too is why I did not buy the badge. Australians would wonder what it is. To me it looks like the Communication clips in StarTrek. I have the Atheist Nexus T-Shirts. I also have a name tag from the First Church of Atheism (Philidelphia) declaring that I am a Minister. I challenge anyone in the Bible Belt of the United Christian States of America to wear those in public. I can smell the gunpowder now.

And BTW Amber, I don't beat bibles I TEAR THEM UP.

Glad you like Amber. :) Hope Everyone enjoys the end of the year how ever you celebrate it. mmm Eggnog

Our views of a cosmic god are about as worthwhile as those of a chick's on the world outside his shell before he has broken through it.

Nice to know there are other people out there who are rational enough not to send their thoughts and prayers up a beanstalk :)

Jacksonville, AR here. Transplanted from Detroit, MI by the USAF. The two first things I realized here are that
1. People down here are ON AVERAGE (I know I'll catch hell for this one, but I don't care) not as intelligent as they are back home. And...
2. The people here are exponentially more religious here than they are up north.
I kind of find it entertaining here, because I am a very active anti-theist, and take great fun in debating religion with the masses. I'm a very out-spoken atheist (bumper stickers, apparel, etc.) and when I lived in Michigan, no one cared. Here in Arkansas, I get attacked nearly every day over it. If you ladies and gents ever need a strong ally and are in the area, feel free to contact me, as I've caught it from every angle and would consider myself a 'seasoned atheist.' Anyway, have a great day.
Your friendly neighborhood Atheist,
Maggie

Christopher McGuire:

Jesus mate you are GAME. A friend I had in St.Petersburg Florida was refused employment and kicked out of his home just because he was Atheist.

So much for "Freeom of Religion" and "Freedom of Speech" in the United Christian States of America.

How do you let your family know without upsetting them, or should you? I don't want my family preaching to my son, but I have to explain why if I open that can of worms.

I;m also Skeptic Griggsy, whose posts one can easily find by Googling that mioniker. Also Google Carneades, Theodorus and Thales amongst others @Bloggers,y'all.

Here's food for thought. I live in Alabama and love the weather in the south. I DO NOT like the cold. However, sometimes I have pipe dreams about leaving this backwards state (all of you know the many reasons for getting away from the close-minded south). I would love to find a more liberal, non-religious place to live but it seems all those places are in cold climates. I'm thinking of Sweden, Denmark, etc. Does anyone know of an atheist's paradise with tropical weather? Let me hear your suggestions.

Louisiana

Since when is Louisiana not in the south? I'm thinking tropical beaches.