I'm from Alabama. The people usually give me strange looks but don't ever say anything.

I live in Oregon, but in an area that could rightly be called its "bible belt." Most of the time I don't have any issues but a couple of weeks ago, at the post office, I had an encounter. An older man was handing out those tracts that look like money. I knew what it was and, after checking my mail, I tossed it in the trash. As I was leaving, he was coming back inside, for some reason, and held the door for me. I smiled and thanked him. He then asked if I threw the paper away. I stated that I had. He then started in about Jesus and I replied that I know the story as I continued walking toward my vehicle. He called out "you don't want to go to Hell." I called back "there is no Hell." He called back again "yes there is" and I returned with "no there isn't." Well, by then, I reached my truck and he went back inside so the encounter was over. That was the first time I have ever had something like that happen. Usually, I only have to turn door knockers away.

dallas is one of the nicer cities and attracts a lot of people from other states and countries. the bible thumpers are more in other cities and towns but they're still everywhere in texas.

I live in the Pacific Northwest, not too far from Portland Oregon, where they (at least admit to) have the lowest church attendance in the U.S. of any major city.