On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:57:01 GMT, dragonlady wrote:
In article ,
user wrote:


I travel fairly frequently to the South ( Tennessee and NC, mostly ),
and I don't think there's been a single trip in which I haven't had
someone bring up religion. The last time I was in Nashville, I stopped
to get a haircut before meeting with a client, and the *first* thing
the woman asked was, "And have you found Jesus?"

Wow! Since I generally enjoy religious discussions, the upcoming move
to North Carolina could prove most interesting for me. (Unfortunately,
those who lead with "have you found Jesus" aren't usually interested in
a "discussion" -- but once in a while they are.)


Unfortunately, the standard rejoiner of "Yes, he's been hiding behind
the living room couch all this time! Can you believe that little devil?"
didn't seem appropriate when dealing with someone holding sharp scissors. ;-)

Alas, probably not. But *I* rather like it.


But even in areas with lots of Yankee immigrants, like the RTP area,
it seems like small talk with the merest aquaintance gets around to
religion very, very quickly.

Cool. I shall look forward to lots of religious discussions.


I enjoy them as well, but unfortunately, I find that people who
bring up religious discussions with someone who is, for all intents
and purposes, a stranger, aren't likely to be the same people who
like to compare, say, Sunni to Shia philosophies. ;-) My
just-passing-through impression, combined with comments from
friends who have moved to the RTP area is that there tend to
be quite a lot of fairly vocal and intrusive fundamentalist
church members who take any opportunity to grab your ear, and
are rather leech-like in their persistence.

Personally, I prefer the North, where you know you're an
accepted part of the community when they stop referring to your
house by the name of the previous owner. ;-)

- Rich