Religion has had it's time.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Have you lived in the rural 'Bible belt' recently? It all depends on what you want and need, of course. But if you want to have a position in the community, practice a profession, have customers for your business, be considered to 'fit in' at the job, or otherwise do things that depend in some measure on the good opinion of others, you'd best be in good standing at your 'church home.'

Quebec was by no means 'bible belt' but the Catholic church did have considerable influence. That affected their people more than we black hearted protestants. Of course being a Union church type they had no sway over me. Besides when the Union church put up a new church building Mother donated the cross (in our Dad's memory) that was to hang over the Alter Table on the condition I was to make it. We had some rather impious discussion over dinner one night when my brother asked how I was going to get it to the church. The cross being over ten feet high. Oh BTW the church had nowt to do with the AFL/CIO it was just that the town was so small that there were not enough Protestants of an one sect to form separate congregations.

Here we are semi-suburban as there are only 21 homesites on the Court but urban in that everyone works in DC or NoVa so we only 'know' two of our neighbours and of those two one I can't stand.