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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:17:49 +0100
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:23:54 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> No... rural, red and bible tumping generally seems to be the recipe when
>> it comes to finding the more free areas of the home of the brave and
>> land of the free.
>
> I'm live and let live but the bible-thumping in some areas can get
> intense. I had a contract in Indiana. Many of the businesses proudly
> announced they were good Christian businesses - as they tried to screw
> you.

Brings back good memories of debating abortion with good, honest, god 
fearing republicans when I was studying one year in Chicago.

> It's an odd state. The KKK is usually associated with the deep south but
> in the '20s the Klan ran the state.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Klan
>
> It was toned down when I was there in the '80s but you didn't have to look
> too hard to find remnants.

Again, comp.os.linux.misc is the best place to learn history! =)

> There are a lot of churches in Montana and several of my friends are
> active but you don't get the same feeling. Roman Catholics are the largest
> denomination but that's a little misleading as there are about 10,000
> protestant denominations that aren't lumped together.

Divide and conquer! Do you not fear the the protestants will unite?