Another example of a religious leader who was more accepting of the non-religious than might be expected: Sherwin Wine, who was ordained at Hebrew Union College and became rabbi of Birmingham Temple in Detroit, was himself an atheist!

Well yeah the bible belt sucks, what else is new?

I sort of know what you mean. I live in Massachusetts in the US and we are pretty open minded. I just received an invitation from the local library branch for a story time session for small children. That's not unusual. What caught my eye is the person doing the reading is a drag queen. I really doubt this would happen where my friend lives near Dallas in Texas.

Very cool Kelvin.

From a distance it seems that in general, Europe has a much better perspective on religion.

Yes, I have heard this. Also Canadians are far more secular than we United Statesians. For a country supposedly found on the principle of religious freedom we are a mess.

Lol. Can I move to the UK? I’m smack in the middle of the Bible belt

Not in the bible belt, but I've had a similar experience. Gotta love the no true Scotsman approach though.

When can I move? I live in the heart of the Bible belt. Church on every corner, even next to each other. They pop up like Starbucks in my area

You're cold.

What a wonderful way to live! People with different views not agreeing but respecting each others opinions. Maybe in time, we here in the US will join our more-tolerant friends in the UK.

I’m so jealous!

I wished it were a little more like that here in Oklahoma but but the Christain’s in general are a lot better people than the foul mouthed left wing, Obama loving, Trump bashing, gun grabbing idiots on the main forum of this website.