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People said the same thing before we moved to GA. Yes, my kids were asked about their religion. They handled it without making enemies. The biggest offenders were sports coaches, and, believe it or not, some teachers. I have told people that religion and politics is off the table for me (because they won't like what I have to say), and haven't ruined any friendships as a result.
There are so many transplants in the south now that nothing shocks the natives at this point.
People said the same thing before we moved to GA. Yes, my kids were asked about their religion. They handled it without making enemies. The biggest offenders were sports coaches, and, believe it or not, some teachers. I have told people that religion and politics is off the table for me (because they won't like what I have to say), and haven't ruined any friendships as a result.
There are so many transplants in the south now that nothing shocks the natives at this point.
Lots of transplants here, but it doesn't matter. When your 5 year old is being told that she should join a prayer circle at the school bus stop, that is crazy.
When she goes to sunday school (invited by her best friend at 7) and ends up at the altar accepting Jesus due to peer pressure, that is out of line. She won't tell her friends that she doesn't believe now at 11, but she still has to hear all the Church talk from some of them.
Lots of transplants here, but it doesn't matter. When your 5 year old is being told that she should join a prayer circle at the school bus stop, that is crazy.
When she goes to sunday school (invited by her best friend at 7) and ends up at the altar accepting Jesus due to peer pressure, that is out of line. She won't tell her friends that she doesn't believe now at 11, but she still has to hear all the Church talk from some of them.
Good grief. I can't believe that NC could be worse than GA, but it sure sounds like it. I was called a liar when I objected to the Bible on a lectern stand as I entered my 8th grader's classroom for back to school night. Nobody believed that existed in a public school. Oh hell yeah, it does.
I told my kids to smile and refuse to be engaged in those conversations. When the baseball coach was introducing the selected team, he made a point of saying which church they attended. My 9th grader pleaded with me not to say a word, so I didn't.
I have no problem at all with the religious leaning of the south, and they don't really seem to have a problem with me. I do abhor the lack of separation between church and state in this area.
I am an atheist, my husband is more agnostic. My children (10 and 12) are both self-proclaimed Christians. We talk a fair bit about different religious beliefs with them, they understand my beliefs and that of my husband, and understand that faith is a very personal thing. We have friends and family of many and varied faiths who they are exposed to. Both of the children attend a Children's Ministry at the local Presbyterian Church. I like to think that I would support any religious choice they should make, but I know that's not true, I would have a very hard time supporting them if they veered towards religious extremism.
That's pretty interesting and very honest. You and your husband are basically non spiritual yet your younger kids are christians. I'm assuming some other family members got them thinking that way. How did you feel about that?
Why would a christian have difficulty in a liberal (whatever that means) area?
They don't. Live and let live is the liberal creed when it comes to religion. It only rears it's head when people who affiliate with a church try to recruit on behalf of that church.
I'm sure they have it a whole lot easier than a Christian in a liberal area.
My DH and I raised our children as Christians in the middle of one of the most liberal areas (and professions) in the country. Hollywood. No problems. Ever. It's not unusual for film sets to have prayer groups and come-if-you-want Bible studies.
Why would a Christian have a problem? Do you think liberals are shunning believers and closing down churches?
I'm sure they have it a whole lot easier than a Christian in a liberal area.
Not at all.
I raised my children, for the bulk of their elementary school and middle school years in a very liberal area. There were Unitarians, several different types of Jews from Reform to Orthodax, agnostics, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. Probably leaving something out.
There were also several evangelical churches in the district (Three Village, Setauket NY) An independent Bible Church, an Evangelical Free Church and an Assembly of God.
The Liberals - about 3/4 of the population - were very tolerant of the people of all of those faiths, as well as those with none.
Because some of the Fundamentalist objected - Halloween was removed from the school and they instead celebrated "Harvest". I didn't agree, but that's what they did.
So no, in my experience liberals are very liberal.
"Liberal" Los Angeles, %religious, 53%
"Bible Belt" Huntsville, AL %religious, 51%
United States %religious 48%
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