Gametech wrote: > [About religion not being "easy to ignore."] > this seems to me to be your perceptions about things that is making you > think your area is highly religious. The only thing I see that symbolizes > religion to me where I live is the churches, that's really about it. Erm. Not really just the churches (although there are a number of them in the area, everything from Catholic to Baptist to a Christian Science Reading Room, to a small Buddhist temple over on Torrance Blvd, all within maybe two or three miles of me). It's the _attitude_, the unthinking assumption that one _must_ believe in some sort of supernatural being, the fish symbols on cars (which don't really bother me so much), or, worse, the "truth"-fish- eating-a-darwin-fish symbol that has appeared over the last few years (which _does_ bother me). It's the deluge of "God Bless America" bumper stickers. It's the conversation with a stranger that grinds to a halt when they start talking about their religion, not evangelically, but in the assumption that I could not _possibly_ disagree with their outlook. No, I don't see door-to-door religion salesmen, but I see enough of the rest to more than make up for their lack. All I want is to have the same freedom that these religious folks do, to be able to go somewhere and not have this stuff shoved in my face. I admit it's better here than anywhere else I've lived (particularly during my times in Texas), but that doesn't mean that I can avoid it, even here. -- Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/