Dixie Bible Belt, with a plastic Jesus on the dash board and a "I Love Jesus" sign on the road to nowhere in particular. Snake-handling, foot-washing, the home of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart, Billy Graham, Jim Bakker, and dozens of con-men televangelists. The Ten Commandments in the courthouse square, the Mecca of wacko rightwing Republicans, the home of the Ku Klux Klan, the headquarters of Christian fundamentalism. There's more but I got to go feed my cat.
2007-06-18 11:23:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Note, fellow R&S posters and readers, that the southerners who replied to my question did not address the question but attacked me instead. To tell it true, I expected nothing else. You see, I know these folks 'cause I am one. In fact, my blood kin crossed the pond when this the English colories were breathing fire, and they settled, guess where--in Virginia. From there, to western North Carolina. Then, in 1822, to northeast Georgia, where, in 1936, I came into the world. My question is a decent one, and true, painfully true for many white southerners, yes, but true nonetheless. But it's of the blood, you know: you do not answer a troubling question, you attack, attack, attack! My native ground is in want of a rewrite man.
2007-06-18 11:56:36 · update #1
After all, these are the SAME PEOPLE that had no problem considering blacks as less than human. This, to them, was proven fact. That is why they defended slavery.
Maybe it has something to do with the heat and humidity?
2007-06-18 11:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by mikalina 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Don't mess with Texas. And don't forget Joel Osteen, John Hagee, Mike Murdock, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn,
T.D. Jakes, James Robison, Zola Levitt, Ed Young and Randy Weiss.
I know I've missed some other great men of God in Texas. If the KKK is in Texas we certainly are not proud of that but we've got plenty democrats to go with our republicans. All the Yankees that you know try to come down here to gain muscle. We teach them all we can. I love those "I Love Jesus" signs on the road to Texas A&M from Austin. What else do you like about us? Oh, we have both dogs and cats in Texas. Have you seen our longhorns? Have you seen the Texas Medical Center? NASA? We have a Creation Evidence Museum in Glenrose, Texas, and we are very proud of our Dr. Carl Baugh. We aren't wishy-washy in Texas. We have a lot of ABSOLUTES.
2007-06-18 11:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, and I'll bet you think you're ever so much more tolerant than those hateful, bigoted, ignorant Southerners, too.
Did you know that there are cities in the South, such as Savannah, GA; Cassadaga, FL; and Asheville, NC where Pagans and New Agers flourish?
Did you know that Alabama has an active atheist group?
Did you know that some of us Southerners actually leave for your sacred Northeast and bring Southern recipes and country music CDs with us?
Booga-booga!
2007-06-18 11:35:16 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
it is likewise exciting that the bible belt was once all democrat. in easy terms interior the final 50 years or so did all of them grow to be republican. i'm appalled by utilizing fundies and the fundies interior the bible belt, yet in all truthfulness, there is distinctive political turn flopping that occurred in u . s . a . and you may take that under consideration till now passing judgment. additionally you may comprehend that the Union had economic motives to abolish slavery interior the rural south; it wasn't thoroughly a benevolent and ethical determination.
2016-10-17 23:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it must be something to do with heat and meat. Everywhere you go where the temperature's high and there's large amounts of steak available, the [wankers/square kilometre] figure heads through the roof.
CD
(I love steak, btw)
2007-06-18 11:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Level of education is lower in the south.
Send a fundie to college and no more fundie.
2007-06-18 11:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Those states have lack of education. And if you notice there is nothing good comming out of those states in general. Take any of educated states and you will see that thier economy is much stronger .
2007-06-18 11:28:53 · answer #7 · answered by PicassoInActions 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Same way that people in prison find God.
They are defeated and want the comfort of an invisible man in the sky.
2007-06-18 11:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Fundamentalism is not just in the South, as you suppose. It is everywhere. The, "church of 'GOD'", is that; fundamental. For She was built by Jesus. God's church will always be fundamental..
2007-06-18 11:29:17 · answer #9 · answered by 1saintofGod 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Exciting, ain't it?
I love Pickeld Pigs Feet.
GOD's Nut.
Ditto................
2007-06-18 11:32:44 · answer #10 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋