Atheists in the Bible Belt: A survival guide

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May 24th, 2014
06:00 PM ET
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Editor

Raleigh, North Carolina (CNN) – Back home, they erase their Internet histories, look over their shoulders before cracking jokes and nod politely when co-workers talk about church.

But in a hotel ballroom here on a recent weekend, more than 220 atheists, agnostics, skeptics and freethinkers let it all hang out.

The convention was called “Freedom From Religion in the Bible Belt,” and it was part celebration of skepticism and part strategy session about surviving in the country’s most religious region.

They sang songs about the futility of faith, shared stories about “coming out” as nonbelievers and bought books about the Bible – critical ones, of course.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/24/atheists-in-the-bible-belt-a-survival-guide/

1:51 video at link.

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1. No doubt some fundie took down license numbers

like they do at strip clubs, etc.