Atheists & Agnostics

Damn, where's that paradise?

The demo(n)-graphics in this part of Dixie are otherwise pretty much the same as yours. (And yes, I do miss Los Angeles.)

There is one interesting local church (though not so interesting I want to start attending). A non-denominational church that dates back to the early 19th century, when this part of the Appalachians was sparsely settled. It was (and is) simply called "the Union church" and admitted any believer. I wonder if the name "Union Church" caused them any trouble around 1861. Parts of this area were settled by German religious dissidents who banned slavery in their communities.

Virtually the only progressives around here are pockets of retirees from other parts of the USA. They get regularly attacked on the Op-Ed pages as a bunch of overeducated Yankee elitists. IOW, they know the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth...