The root of the problem

[OriginalGeek]

6. As far as I know

I am one of the 2 or 3 survivors of my fundamentalist baptist high school indoctrination. Insofar as that we no longer self-identify as fundamentalist baptists. I am an atheist and one of my friends is a Yuan Buddhist (He always makes that distinction but I'm not really sure what makes "Yuan" different from other Buddhism). There is another lady who still believes in god but routinely chastises the fundies we went to school with for their "non-christ-like" interpretations of the bible. She is pro marriage equality and as near to pro-choice as she can be while still being wholly against having an abortion. (She wouldn't but she will begrudgingly accept that others might need to). Trust me when I say that is a hugely liberal viewpoint compared to the lunatics we graduated with.

I like your statement re: institutions for producing non-believers - lol, I often claim that my school and church made me the happy atheist I am today. Unfortunately, they failed to produce many more... I graduated in 1981 but I still have many of my classmates as friends on Facebook so I often get to see their rantings.