I will put it this way. There was a time when I did not believe in hell. lol

It has never been any kind of a problem for me.

I live in a part of North Carolina with lots of folks from up north, so there’s more open-mindedness - even if these folks follow Christianity.

The hardest part for me is dating ... when many “matches” hear I don’t believe in god, they’re stunned beyond words. It’s such a foreign concept for them. And then they run for the hills.

Lonely at times. Can be dangerous. And isolating, too. I'm a life long Democrat, a lesbian, atheist and physically disabled. One can never be too careful in picking who to trust here in,Georgia.

I would have left decades ago but my family is here.

I forgot to mention I was Born in Boston, and that's almost a mortal sin to be so different in Georgia.

Don’t know. I moved out of one of those areas when I left for college and only went back to visit my parents. Now that they’ve both passed, I have zero reason to ever go back.

I'm not sure, does Iowa qualify as Bible Belt? I know the South does, but not sure about the Midwest. Somebody help me on that and I'll weigh in if I qualify.

sucky. people automatically assume you're a christian and look askew if you tell them you're hindu. tell them you're an atheist and they nearly run away in horror. back in the day I've had old ladies literally take 2 steps back away from me when I told them I was an atheist.