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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wondering how it is where you all live (extreme religiosity) [View all]SharonAnn
(13,794 posts)46. Here in East TN, it's Rapture Ready country. It still shocks me after 13 years.
And some of the serious "believers" I've talked to about their church and its beliefs have been pretty uninformed about the Bible. Especially uninformed about the New Testament but over-informed about Revelation.
They known all sorts of factoids about the Rapture, pre-millenial vs post-millenial, etc.
I can hardly keep a straight face when they "explain" it to me.
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I currently live in North Florida and I meet a lot of extremely religious people here. ...
spin
Nov 2013
#6
We’re doing fine in So.Ca....No Raptures on the Malibu Sunset yet... Over and out.. n/t
busterbrown
Nov 2013
#8
Suburbs of Dallas, TX here. There's more churches than Starbucks in this hellhole.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2013
#10
"Could have fed a lot of hungry people with that money, or sheltered the homeless" -
TBF
Nov 2013
#26
I live in Vermont, the least religious state, and there are churches in almost every vista
cali
Nov 2013
#38
The cities are OK. It's the country where the crazy is overwhelming.
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2013
#41
Here in East TN, it's Rapture Ready country. It still shocks me after 13 years.
SharonAnn
Nov 2013
#46