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Aug 19, 2021 9:52 PM
TupacAintDead
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FP edit: send me your deepest/darkest secret. And noods. Definitely send noods.
Onetonmanwithaspoon
At least we have fried chicken and gravy. Which is nice.
TeflonTrout
The welfare belt, the foodstamps belt
Crazyaussiecanadian
In other words, the poverty belt.
SpartaWolf117
When your religion adds in a clause against suicide, you have to find other ways to get to your god faster if you believe in heaven.
CauthonsGamble
Thankyouforthis
Like meth and crocodiles
immortalbucket
Those fucks don’t follow the Bible. They’ve written their own version.
CauthonsGamble
Tbf Man’s has writing and following his own version of the Bible since around 300 CE. Potentially earlier depending on what you believe.
CauthonsGamble
Man* dang it.
Golgothanworm
I've never seen a clear admonition against suicide in the bible.
SpartaWolf117
there isn't. the church had an issue with it to stop people from killing themselves
SerenePrincess013
They like to try to hang onto "thou shalt not murder" as the rule, but the definition of murder is to kill SOMEONE ELSE. So, again, they're>
SerenePrincess013
Picking a rule, twisting & perverting it to justify their own bias, & then forcing those beliefs onto others. So that begs the question.>
SerenePrincess013
Has anyone ever actually read the bible enough to realise that "suicide" is mentioned the exact number of times as "homosexuality"?
RoscoeDeBoscoe
They consider it murder because your life doesn't belong to you, it belongs to God ? always a way for them to justify their beliefs
MisterRichard
You forgot high school dropout belt
TheBrofessionaI
You forgot cousin-fucker belt
theraininspainfallsmainlyontheplain
And STD belt
Kliamovich
They have highschools?
MisterRichard
Only because we made them. Many of those states tried to get out of schooling in part or entirety to dodge desegregation.
Carl99
As someone from UK i still don't get why thats even a thing thats allowed.
MisterRichard
You have dropouts there. And your rate is pretty comparable unless I misunderstand this link:
Carl99
A level is college education, thats voluntary. Everything upto GCSE's at the end of high school, (16), is mandatory.
MisterRichard
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/a-level-drop-out-rates-continue-to-rise/
locutusufborg
And don't forget the Covid belt...that's the one they use to beat their kids.
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DoYouSeeWhatiDidThere
koolerthanjinx
also the most gay porn consumption belt
operationcwal
Or any porn for that matter. Did my part today. Did you?!
EmanonInverse
They're self flagelating with it while thinking "This will own the *Ow* own the libs"
beneaththeradar
That's kinda rolled into the low life expectancy belt
1lastaccount
Drug belt.
KrakedUp
And the welfare state belt.
FurtiveGlancer
The Confederacy is alive & well
igetthatprobably
Poverty belt sums it up.... but I guess let's attack poverty-stricken areas because they are easily lead astray hahahah
sonicthemariomasterchief
Look at all that Mexico border line that is red. Damn immigrants bringing the COVID over. Input sarcastic head slap
Hookersandblackjack
Jumper cables belt
chestbroman
As God intended
duramater1
It’s called the “stroke belt” in medicine.
Doggiedogdog
Beat me to it
captainswoopty
Thankyouforthis
I was like...they use ta beat they's kid? They still beat they'ns kids!
Zabil123
It is likely the porn search/watching belt!
fr33land3r
Jesus protecc
iDontKnowAllYourSecrets
Almost as effective as jumper cables
Cha0sForever
However, the covid belt is given freely. Buy your own jumper cables you socialist.
LaserSalsa
TheElusiveEnchilada
RadioSkipsHD
Wow way to attack a bunch of people for no reason.
Joshua277456
Kind of like when religous zealots attack other people of different culture, race, ethnicity, creed, etc because the bible says its wrong
TheGhostofCarrieFisher
Most of those states are not the highest divorce rates though. Some of highest homicide rates are in AK, CA, and AZ.
cakeworth
Inaccurate. It goes just a bit farther north to include all of Kentucky
worldsbiggestnickelbackfan
Yeah but we dominate college football, so… take that liberals!s/
SwayzeS
Still a damned nice place to live! The scenery is marvelous. The climate displays all 4 seasons but not in extremes, most folks are friendly
beenbannedb4
if you're white.
justareallylongemailaddress
I think that was implied.
ActionJohnnie
No he didn’t use pliers
TheLookAndFeelMUSIC
I was like no-way murder rate is higher than Los Angeles, looked it up and damn, there you go!
HawkmanXLII
SpotlightStealer
It really bothers me that the bible belt is not the region highlighted here
Iatesomecoffeecups
Hey! I dont live in that area but i was still raised with heavy puritanic indoctronization! You gotta update your map! Or not idk
flacoloco
well, yep, but we do have good food thou.
leperoutcastunclean
Go on, continue with the demographic breakdown.
ohalrightthenigiveup
Poverty.
thisisanaccountlol
Not 100% accurate. I dont know any highschools in my current state of TN that have daycares... unlike the HS I went to in New Mexico 1/2
thisisanaccountlol
2/2 that had 2 separate and completely full daycares... that had their own classrooms inside the school. For students children only.
5knotcans
The mind your own business belt.
somnif
Unless it's your neighbors (or anyone, really) doing something you disagree with, then it becomes your business. /s
Brinkers3000
Sounds like they get all the fun stuff...
ridetheshoopuf
If there was even remotely a hint of an ethnicity in it we would outright call it racism. I don't think stereotyping people like this is ok.
Safsome
All a part of god’s plan ;)
SirDoomTrain
There’s still good people here. Just sayin
OrionRed
Thanks Lot.
SirDoomTrain
?
SirDoomTrain
There are dozens of us!
OrionRed
The story of Sodom... the guy named Lot told God he could find some good people.
SirDoomTrain
Did they sodomize them
zHurk777
In my mind the bible belt implies the MAGAS that live there, not everyone.
SirDoomTrain
There are dozens of us!
ummjakefromstatefarm
Damn, I missed that by about 5 miles south
TheConnArtist
They missed Ohio.
FGnewsbox
Wrong side of the river - Think of it as Northern Kentucky!
brobinson2001
And Kansas needs a little adjustment north.
skapanda616
Huh, what else was this swath of the US historically known for?
viv680611
Being the poor belt
zHurk777
Slavery. Cotton production. Secession. Jim Crowe.
zHurk777
Confederate flags. KKK. forgot those two.
seakoos
The worst k-12 education system belt. It leads to all the other stuff in the post.
relsky
And the cause of that poor education is religious dogma being prioritized over actual education. I.e. brainwashing.
igetthatprobably
Poverty leads to all of this.... hard to fund public schools in poverty stricken counties. Look up best schools by state and richest states
seakoos
Yup. The parts of Florida south of I-10 shouldn't be included.
Sonicschilidogs
It's actually not if you pooled funding at the state level and then distributed by student enrollment, like New Jersey does. That's had wild
Sonicschilidogs
Success, but also, then rich kids don't get free advantages in life
SheepySleepySmuggler
Underfunded education system fails to significantly improve the education of a population that don't believe education is important.
seakoos
Yup. Florida shouldn't be included on that map. But hey, it's easy to pick on Florida.
SheepySleepySmuggler
And leaders that reinforce those views for their own purposes be they religious leaders or political leaders.
0l33l
California (37th) ranks worse than Tennessee (35th) and Georgia (34th). Please stop pulling "facts" out of your ass.
0l33l
source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/public-school-rankings-by-state
seakoos
Your butt hurt and it's cute. Your source proves my point. Did you even look at your linked source? You might want to go back to school?
30H1PPU5
Yeah. I feel like this post is looking at religion as a cause instead of another symptom. Lack of education is the cause of all of those.
RootMeanSqr
Lets see, things are shitty so lets ask for Gods help instead of using the tools and knowledge to make things better.
30H1PPU5
Don’t be dumb dude.
RootMeanSqr
This is over your head and you will never catch it. Seen it in action when I went to Tennessee a few years ago.
30H1PPU5
Mhmm, sure buddy. Everyone is an idiot but you, right?
BillyBabel
I'd argue the fact that the south was exploited by carpet baggers instead of rebuilt after the civil war. Knock on effects are a bitch.
LurkMasterP
Self-reinforcing. Lack of education gets them into church where they learn to destroy education for everyone else.
f3n1x187
a fucked.up feedback loop
CubbyPawws
When people say the only book the need is the holy text, then they dont value or fund education.
30H1PPU5
Well, they haven’t been taught to value anything else.
lurkerthatoccationallywantstocomment
While I find all religious right people to be the most hypocritical people on the planet, evangelical protestantism takes the cake
urustai
In my experience, Southern Baptists have been the most judgemental & un-Christ-like
zHurk777
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) warned everyone about evangelicals back in the 60s.
atomiccheesegod
Ironically people from out west are getting tired of their $4000 a month rents & moving here.
Predicto
High rents come from high demand. NorCal rents are super high in part because of inadequate supply - but also because it's a great place
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
I left the Bay Area and moved to the Midwest. Having that excess rent money as disposable income is fucking sweet. CA is only great if you>
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
can afford to enjoy it, which is ridiculous at this point.
Predicto
I'm not going to disagree. That is exactly correct. But the reason it is to expensive is that it is great, and too many people with lots of
Predicto
money are willing to pay for it, so the price keeps going up. It's a vicious cycle
Jbelkin
They’re not, those states like to say that but people out west are just moving to the suburbs of the west
TheGhostofCarrieFisher
To some degree you're right but there's a huge diaspora of Californians moving into Idaho Arizona Texas and Colorado.
callmethelizardqueen
Rents $4k in the burbs too.
Jbelkin
But you get easier parking … where else can u make $400k?
jerzey602
the thing is, if they actually read the bible, they would realize that they are not following it's tenets
urboyevan2
They can’t read
TheobromineAddict
It was the Catholic Church that started the idea that only preachers are qualified to tell you what's in the Bible.
Rillydealydalilommy
Not exactly, but they made it more popular since their reign of terror. Of course, they may be proud you think so. ????
billstranger
Eh! Someone who said "tenets" instead of "tenents." Congraduations!
zHurk777
Tenants would've been funnier for some reason. I don't know why, tho n behold.
kojackbuddy101
95 percent have never even opened it pages
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Don’t be silly, they’re too busy thumping it to actually READ it
HeHulk
But first, they would have to know how to read.
brahbrahbrah
I mean, that dude did just try to blow up a library in the name of "the south."
leafnrg
And God has rewarded them appropriately
Omni21
They read it, they just don't absorb it because their hearts are hardened and unopened to any form of actual love.
FeChefImgur
You don't READ the bible, you have a millionaire 'faith leader' preach it at you .
ShipOfFate
*have him manipulate the Bible to make you feel good and make you give him money* FIFY
i2ocker89
I mean, I gotta give credit to these idiots. They are smart enough to manipulate the MAGAs and are taking advantage of it to make millions
pocacoconut
THIS.
buttabuttabutt
Following the whole bible and the teachings of jesus are often two very different things.
SlightlyAnnoyedDwarf
Neither of which happen here very often.
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
There’s a reason Jesus said (basically) “Forget all that shit and listen up to what I’m about to say”
baronluke
Hahaha. "Read".
The7thBean
*its
DoctorDerpper
You're making a lot of assumptions about literacy and general education in the bible belt.
ZepolTech
The best cure for christianity is reading the bible - Mark Twain
TheLookAndFeelMUSIC
I bet they never observe the festival of unlevaned bread, and boil baby goats in their mothers milk all the time!
NonstopRampage
Fucking Heretics
whatdidyoureallyexpect
If’n they c’n read…
epistlero
Reading the bible doesn't help you be a Christian, it's a mish-mosh compendium of nonsense, everything that they say about it and Christ is
epistlero
Just improvisation
TacoPoweredHelicopter
If they could read what you posted they would be very mad.
MDAlchemist
Ah, you're assuming they CAN read.
Anju42
I was always taught to read the bible as both historical document (ex consider the original audience and their circumstances and take on it)
Anju42
and religious texts and the more I read it and learn the harder it is to get along with other Christians. Some people are only interested in
Anju42
fitting into a group and don't care about the bible or God or anything and sadly I think that's a majority. I've had conversations where I
Anju42
Talked about what was in the bible or a Church sermon to other Christians and have been told that it's heresy. I even went to bible college
Anju42
for a while and with everything I learned there, I've been increasingly frustrated with people who say they're a Christian but act crazy
ILikedTheirOldStuffBetter
Ironically, it was actually reading the Bible that marked the first step in my walk away from religion.
supervillainsevilmoustache
Buddy of mine signed up for a seminary uni, his dad was a preacher. The day he left his dad told him “you’ll lose your faith”
Sonicschilidogs
The quickest way for a believer to become an atheist is to read the bible from cover to cover.
CauthonsGamble
Critical thinking, evaluation, and self-reflection are powerful tools. Good on ya, but please remember to use them on a daily basis!
LateNightBunnyParty
Mine too. I used to be a Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher.
grimol
The best way to make an atheist is to have a Christian read the Bible. At least, that’s what worked for me.
tgrwillki
When I was about 19, I was head over heels in love with a mormon girl, and her parents gave it the kibosh because I wasn’t LDS. This led
tgrwillki
to me picking up the book of mormon and reading it cover to cover, then the bible, and at that point I said screw it so I found translations
tgrwillki
Of the Torah and the Quran. My main take away was that they all ripped off the epic of gilgamesh, and the book of mormon was just fan fic
tgrwillki
From that point on, I could never take any of them seriously.
zHurk777
In 8th grade I remember thinking if they could roll the giant stone to block the burial cave, why couldn't they also roll it away, then >>
zHurk777
>> remove His body? Seemed logical to me.
zHurk777
>> Rel. teachers had made it sound like rolling the giant stone in place was something that couldn't be undone.
Anju42
There were people in the bible who posted the same question. They thought the disciples did it. The women on the way there the day of the