Who would of guessed it. It's a new guy.

[Tankcaster]

Hello happy atheists my name is Hank. I'm 15 and I'm an atheist stuck in the middle of Southern Baptist Oklahoma and am looking for a place to vent. I've been reading the forum for a while and finally decided to join. I'm also a musician. I play the bass guitar mainly, but I also play guitar and drums. Nice to be here and I can't wait to start posting!

[xSilverPhinx]

Welcome Hank!

[Tank]

Hi Hank

Welcome to HAF

Chris

[The Magic Pudding]

I'm an atheist stuck in the middle of Southern Baptist Oklahoma and am looking for a place to vent.

That blows.

Greetings

[Siz]

Cool. Whaddya play?

Tell us your best Baptist-bashing story. And convey, if you can, the full level of piety and mindless arrogance of their religiousness. And don't leave out the bits where you respond with a satanic diatribe, equal and opposite to their bigotted and righteous buffoonery.

Welcome...

[Melody]

I'm not sure if that's worse than Lancaster County PA, but it's surely close.

[Always Amused]

... I'm an atheist stuck in the middle of Southern Baptist Oklahoma....

I'm not sure if that's worse than Lancaster County PA, but it's surely close.

Familiar with Lancaster county and the surrounding areas. Can't speak directly about Oklahoma, but almost anywhere in South Carolina has Lancaster and probably most of the US beat. Though they do have nice beaches.

Welcome Tankcaster.

[SatanicBurrito]

Lancaster, Oklahoma, or South Carolina.  Lol choose your poison.  I will rank them as follows:

Lancaster.  Scary Amish and Mennonite cultists abound.  But if you need a barn raised, you're golden.  Also many Amish sneak out at night, change into normal clothes, and party.  Not terribly far from cultural salvation of Philadelphia.  I give Lancaster a ranking of the lessest of the 3 evils.

South Carolina. Bible belt.  The pure south.  Probably the worst educational system in the country. That's a hellish adversary for enlightenment.  But there's good barbecue & beaches.  And South Carolina is home to Pedros "South of the Border", the coolest tourist trap in the world.  For that I score South Carolina a ranking of lesser of the 3 evils.

Oklahoma. Holy crap. You're fucked. 

[MathKat]

Hi Hank,

I'm also new.  I understand about needing to vent.  I live, and grew up in, in Los Angeles, and had never really felt smothered by one religion or another.  I live in an area that is quite diverse.  But for 3 years my husband and I lived in Mesa, AZ.  Which, unbeknownst to us until we moved there, is the 2nd largest Mormon Community to Utah.  All of the sudden we were surrounded by people who's main goal was to hold our noses and try to shove their Bible down our throats.  The knocked on our door every single Saturday and sometimes in the middle of the week.  It was extremely annoying and after 3 years of that, we had had it and decided it was time to come home.