Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

I recently moved from Kansas - a state which is forbidden by state law to teach evolution - to North Carolina which is in the heart of the bible belt. I thought Kansas religious nuts were scary. You don't know the meaning of scary until you hear some inbred momo with a southern accent preaching fire and brimstone in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

Kansas bible thumpers are certainly not usually evangelical or radical but they have done far more damage than the deranged evangelicals we have in North Carolina.

Religious fanaticism is dangerous because these people believe 100% of what the bible tells them. There is zero common sense involved. If you believe and live your life by what the bible tells you, I feel that you have a mental affliction. People who recognize the bible as a nice collection of fictional writing (like Mother Goose) aren't dangerous.