[Southlander]

Originally Posted by keeper

exactly.. I agree and i live in a town where they were saying a prayer over the loud speaker at every football game until this year. I have friends here who are religious and some who are not. Some are liberals and some are very conserative.

That is just like the movie 'sweet home al' a cute movie but it was not filmed in al either, in ga iirc. I think they shouldn't be allowed to use al unless they are filming here and hiring alabamians..

like! Like! Like!

[stan4]

Originally Posted by Novadhd5150

This show looks stupid. Duh, you are not in NyC anymore! More exaggerated stereotypes. Looks like they ripped off sweet home alabama.

More like they ripped off Doc Hollywood.

[nep321]

I really don't believe the idea that southerners would disown someone simply because they were nonreligious or liberal. I think this is an inflated, distorted perception that the rest of the country has about the South. I mean, last month I was in Mississippi and interacted with plenty of people. None of them seemed close minded or bigoted, except for maybe one older guy (but who knows). I was like....wow, this place is not like northerners perceive it to be.

[stan4]

We can always trust that unbiased media to give us the real picture of how people and places are, can't we?

[Clark Park]

Originally Posted by FSUMike

You do know that there are liberals and non-religious people in Alabama right? Do Northerners really think that every single person down here is a Bible-thumping, gay-bashing, Huckabee voter?

Of course I am aware there is a spectrum of opinions and lifestyles in Alabama. There are diverse views on politics and religion here in Philadelphia as well although it must be noted that in a city of 1.53 million people only 17% are registered as Republican.

An acquaintance of mine is a middle-aged man from Pennsylvania who lived for many years in the suburbs of Atlanta (not exactly out in the boondocks!) who happened to be Jewish. He recently moved back here, taking a huge loss on the sale of his home. He and his wife complained bitterly that whenever it was learned that they were Jewish, they frequently were the targets of polite and well meaning folks who tried to evangelize or convert them. He alleged that many folks do not take "no" for an answer. According to this man, he, his wife and his family were regarded as some kind of "prize" if they were successfully proselytized. This family felt they had no choice but to move back.

[stan4]

Originally Posted by Clark Park

Of course I am aware there is a spectrum of opinions and lifestyles in Alabama. There are diverse views on politics and religion here in Philadelphia as well although it must be noted that in a city of 1.53 million people only 17% are registered as Republican.

An acquaintance of mine is a middle-aged man from Pennsylvania who lived for many years in the suburbs of Atlanta (not exactly out in the boondocks!) who happened to be Jewish. He recently moved back here, taking a huge loss on the sale of his home. He and his wife complained bitterly that whenever it was learned that they were Jewish, they frequently were the targets of polite and well meaning folks who tried to evangelize or convert them. He alleged that many folks do not take "no" for an answer. According to this man, he, his wife and his family were regarded as some kind of "prize" if they were successfully proselytized. This family felt they had no choice but to move back.

How is it that my Hindu friends have managed to live in Buckhead for decades without facing the same problems, I wonder?

When we moved here (town in Texas), it held a record for most churches per capita than any place in the country...22 years later, and I have never once been asked to convert.

[minibrings]

Originally Posted by stan4

How is it that my Hindu friends have managed to live in Buckhead for decades without facing the same problems, I wonder?

When we moved here (town in Texas), it held a record for most churches per capita than any place in the country...22 years later, and I have never once been asked to convert.

don't a lot of northern transplants live in Buckhead?

[stan4]

Originally Posted by minibrings

don't a lot of northern transplants live in Buckhead?

Yeah, but last I checked, they were allowed to roam free throughout the city and surrounding area.

[Clark Park]

Originally Posted by stan4

How is it that my Hindu friends have managed to live in Buckhead for decades without facing the same problems, I wonder?

When we moved here (town in Texas), it held a record for most churches per capita than any place in the country...22 years later, and I have never once been asked to convert.

I actually had a conversation about that with my Jewish friend. I explained to him that as a Buddhist I have found that Christians trying to proselytize me usually give up after 30 seconds. You see they cannot quote the Bible or "sell" the idea of Jesus being a Messiah to me because those ideas and concepts are foreign to me and do not make sense. (It would be futile for me to try to discuss Buddhist concepts such as insight, enlightenment, Nirvana, the Four Noble Truths, reincarnation, etc. to them) My friend pointed out that Christianity is an outgrowth of Judaism and these evangelists try to make their case in terms that supposedly should make perfect sense to a Jew. On top of that, some Christians believe it is a special victory or triumph to convert a Jew because that will hasten the second coming of Christ ... we Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Shintoists, Taoists, are just reprobate paganists to them - and they do not have the same level of motivation to convert us.

[mccarley]

Originally Posted by nep321

I really don't believe the idea that southerners would disown someone simply because they were nonreligious or liberal. I think this is an inflated, distorted perception that the rest of the country has about the South. I mean, last month I was in Mississippi and interacted with plenty of people. None of them seemed close minded or bigoted, except for maybe one older guy (but who knows). I was like....wow, this place is not like northerners perceive it to be.

Hey, we have known that all along. Don't tell any of your Northern pals. Let just keep it our little secret.