How I feel as a Southern Californian on Reddit

kjmiller7 · 9 months

Washington State is pretty rock-solid, same with Oregon.

Basically, you're safe if you can see the Pacific.

Unscientific · 9 months

South Orange County. Where I come from, we have PRO Prop 8 rallies.

linearcore · 9 months

You've obviously never really traveled behind the Orange Curtain or hit San Diego during election season.

Aberu · 9 months

Dude. Ours voted yes on Prop 8. Other states my ass, ours is still pretty high up on the religiosity scale, and has a pretty high combined catholic and mormon population.

Quercus_lobata · 9 months

As another Californian (southern through high school) I say that if you are asking such a question, you have not yet fully experienced the ignorance in your own state. The other states are just more concentrated.

zombie_wrider · 9 months

Does Northern California count as one of the other 49 states?

Blitztwist · 9 months

Well thankfully unlike New York you guys in southern California allow gay marriage ..... ...... oh wait you don't ........ this is pretty awkward.

glasgow015 · 9 months

Or better yet New England. Far and away the least religious part of the country. West coast really can't even hold a candle to it. Pretty wide spread access to gay marriage, limited death penalty all that enlightened jazz. But I'm sure your ill informed anecdotal memes and comments are just as valid. http://www.livescience.com/19314-religious-states-list.html

King_of_Spades · 9 months

Well, it comes to different kinds of ignorance. In the Bay Area, I love not being oppressed because of my religion (or lack thereof,) but it doesn't mean we're excluded from morons who think earthquakes actually move the Earth. sigh...

[deleted] · 9 months

I'm an atheist from NOVA (northern virginia) my ex and his family were from Oceanside (CA)...One time we went on a run and I had an asthma attack...he told me he had asthma when he was little but his pastor healed him so I should look into that. He also told me to stop taking my anti-depressants and just go to church....All his friends back in California were the same way...I think the distinction is made in communities rather than states....eg my current boyfriend is from Tennessee (he's an atheist) and and has lots of atheist friends from there despite it being part of the bible belt.

Groden · 9 months

I'm from Massachusetts, we've had equal access to marriage since 2004. Things are pretty good here, always have been. I lived in Santa Cruz, CA for 6 years, and while the number fundie christians there was pretty low there were all kinda of new age believers. Remember there isn't just one flavor of crazy.

Guy_Barker · 9 months

Your meme is bad and you should feel bad.

Barb0 · 9 months

Thank you for confirming that Californians are pretentious d-bags.

clawDEEuss · 9 months

Hey, remember when your state voted to ban same sex marriage? Hmm....

sobermonkey · 9 months

pff im in new england we're the least religious part of the nation

Butt_Plug_Inspector · 9 months

How I feel as a resident of one of the other 49: Are all Californians as obnoxious as this OP?

Conquerer · 9 months

Meh, I wouldn't say ALL of them. Just stay away from the bible belt. Seriously, any atheist who goes through there will have their face permanently attached to their palm.

controlmath · 9 months

The midwest is a mixed bag to be honest. I live in Michigan and I feel it's like you take the East Coast and mix it with the South and made it more German/Dutch and you have us.

scrambles57 · 9 months

I'm glad to say that here in Ventura County, I don't see too many fundies.

Howsmydirktaste · 9 months

Please, you may have a ton of atheists, but you're state is still fucked to hell. Fix your budget before you call others ignorant

FionaTheHuman · 9 months

Southern California you say? Drive on up here to the Central Valley and enjoy our little bible belt here.

Axxerand · 9 months

Harold Camping...

iturner82 · 9 months

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asleeplessmalice · 9 months

Im in a little town called Hemet in the Inland Empire....and such numb-skullness is wide spread here. Mostly due to the median age being something like 60. So nearly every family is religious, and they breed that into their children. Man, I want to move to the coast. Or Seattle. Or back to where I was born, in Bellingham. sigh

vecnyj · 9 months

I'm from PA, and really I don't see much stupidity here as far as Young Earth Creationists. I'm from a nice area though, with generally intelligent people who know how old the Earth is.

weavile22 · 9 months

Pretty much how I feel as a European too. No one here would even think of telling his biology teacher that he is wrong about evolution and a god created us.

imtoosexyformysock · 9 months

I live in Orange County, so it's still pretty bad around me

Skarmotastic · 9 months

Everything in Texas is fucked up. Even our water is green.

vwboyaf1 · 9 months

There are a lot more people living in liberal areas of the United States than there are living in the bible belt. Vermont remains the top non believer state in the Union.

[deleted] · 9 months

sorry but don't you still have the death penalty in california?

Dueada · 9 months

Does it bug anyone else that there is no question mark?

ilagitamus · 9 months

Hey man, Vermont's the least religious state in the union! So we're great up here.

Freikorp · 9 months

Haha, this post reeks of girls on facebook posting shit like ~~CAN'T IMAGINE LIVIN ANYWHERE ELSE BUT CaLi!!!!~~~~

pacman42 · 9 months

Oh yeah coming from the state that passed prop 8...

TedTheGreek_Atheos · 9 months

Are you kidding me? you never heard of Orange County? there is plenty of christian crazy in CA.

Hypersapien · 9 months

Of course not.

It's only something like 20 or 30.

hurler_jones · 9 months

No, we just aren't as arrogant as you.

kr10101 · 9 months

Northern Californian here. I think CA follows the same general rule that the more south you go,the more conservative the place tends to be. Southern CA tends to be more conservative than Northern Californians though we as a whole state do seem to be one of the most liberal states.

bren22 · 9 months

Yah, but in Oregon there are still religious nuts who refuse all notions of science or evolution, or global warming. Like Klamath county, or east Portland.

voodoochild1997 · 9 months

I live outside of a town called Red Bluff (about 30 minutes south of Redding) in Northern California. When I ride my motorcycle down the I-5, I've counted at least 5 religious signs. One is actually a semi-truck (lorrey) trailer with a mural of Jesus' hand nailed to a cross (about 50' {23ish meters}long).

1000corgis · 9 months

this is pretty true, you cant be an open christian here without ppl thinking you are totally stupid.

Ahueh · 9 months

Relevant

jargoon · 9 months

Ugh there are parts of CA that are that way... That's why Prop 8 passed (I mean aside from the Mormon Church funding

promethius_rising · 9 months

I agree with the sentiment, except for your southern California part... You're saying that coming from an area famous for gang members with christian tattoos who enjoy killing people... It's all 50.

EatThyStool · 9 months

Live in central Ohio, we just finished building a $5 million church for $8 million. It isn't a big deal though, really, because soup kitchens can wait, along with our homeless shelters, public school art and sports, free childrens summer camps for low income families, and free lunches for kids with low income families. Oh, that's right, WE ABANDONED MOST OF THIS LAST YEAR... so yes I agree with Picard. Oh yeah, the priests also found extra money to build a new rectory, which cost another $800,000.

tcb98 · 9 months

YES.

fuckiswrongwyou · 9 months

transplanted from Orange County CA to just outside Nashville TN...i would take the worst places in CA over this shithole any day of the week

foxylectro · 9 months

Well I live in Santa Clarita, and there's tons of racist and redneck bigots out here. And I work in Hollywood where there are a ton of people who have weird Hindu-related belief systems or are really into astrology. Then from what I've noticed working in retail, people in both places don't understand how to pay with a credit or debit card. People are pretty dumb out here too.

mrcloudies · 9 months

Northwest Michigan is pretty good. Decent economy, lots to do, large Atheist population. Don't venture any lower though.. Grand rapids, Traverse City, Ann Arbor and a few smaller towns are the few shining beacons in an otherwise shitty ass state.

Ampid · 9 months

How is it that Southern California is one of the best, but Arizona is one of the worst?

dickiebanner · 9 months

im from San Diego and i agree to an extent. youve gotta go kinda far to dip into some real nonsense. although there is that giant mormom church off the 163

Dominant_Peanut · 9 months

Hey, NY is generally ok.

Wacocaine · 9 months

About South Californians. By Southern Californians.

ohdoylerulez90 · 9 months

I'm in SoCal and I've hardly ever come across many atheists. In fact, I know more of your typical christians than I do anything else.

1trull2many · 9 months

Sweet! If California's doing it, the other 47 are soon to follow. (Hawaii and Alaska can keep doing its thing and go fuck itself, respectively)

ClassicAsFuck · 9 months

Yes from Indiana!

BipolarBear0 · 9 months

Colorado (urban areas) are pretty relaxed about it, and so is NorCal if you've ever been there. Most of the western United States are okay when it comes to religion, except for Texas and a few others.

Franzo208 · 9 months

Sandusky, OH here, as far as I can tell, I don't see it all that often. While I do know a few churches near me, I don't know anyone that goes to them personally. My parents stopped going a while ago and before that they stopped dragging me and my brothers along. As far as I know I don't see that much religion getting pushed around town. I know most of Ohio has trouble, but up here at Cedar Point I don't see that much.

Garriganpielax · 9 months

The north east is pretty good also

chiefredeyes27 · 9 months

I am from southern california(highdesert) as well. Worst I get is the occasional mormon knocking on our door.

birdmansenior · 9 months

Manhattan here... I get the same feeling!

Not_The_Pope · 9 months

Moved from SoCal to Georgia... Ignorance is a commodity here!

raverriku · 9 months

On the Prop 8 thing: If you all move here to CA, we can fix it next time it's on the ballet. And you get to live in California.

Anticipator1234 · 9 months

I've lived in L.A. nearly my entire life. We have plenty of religious whackaloons, but with so many people and so much space, nobody gives a shit what anyone else believes. We are also totally self-absorbed.

michael145 · 9 months

Yeah, as a New Englander this post confused me. California might have some well known liberal regions, but as a whole I recall it passing Prop 8. I know it's argued that it was Mormons flooding the state with money, but it was still Californians voting. So, no, in fact some states are much better than California in that regard. Subtract from that tally of 49 at least New England and New York.

TheBigGinge · 9 months

Chicago's safe

Delror · 9 months

Where are you from, dude? Riverside reppin'.

Derpios · 9 months

I feel ya bro!

StephenSchleis · 9 months

ME TOO

r4engstr · 9 months

Until you see the giant churches in Orange County. And hear people at work constantly talking about god, their church, everything is god's will, etc.

khast · 9 months

I wouldn't necessarily say California is all that intelligent either...look at your budget. Oh and you guys actually let Prop 8 pass? Maybe before criticizing everyone else, why not look into the problems you have there first?

XsimonbelmontX · 9 months

As someone who was born in West Virginia, near the Pennsylvania border, and who now lives in Ohio...I can say yes. If these 3 states are any indication...yes they are.

mistymtnhop · 9 months

Yucaipa in the house! ( pretty damn ignorant 'round here though)

VincetheMadMan · 9 months

Illinous is fine the masses are distracted by which ever politition is going to jail next for getting cuaght doing something most polititions do but are normally smart enough to hide.

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