I hear you. Your "purpose" is something that you decide and go forward with. Others being or gods have nothing to do with this. Maybe other human beings.

There is a church on every corner in Greenville!!!

I spent two years on contract there in 1989 to1990!!!

I had no problem there, if you are single that is!!!

I met all types there that were not real religious or even ever went to church, god fearing not god preaching.

Again that was now thirty years ago!!!

Just settle back there are or were a lot of clubs to meet those no so religious if you can handle that!!

I wonder if Churchill’s is still there???

Hang in there and hold your ground. Hold your head up and never surrender to what you don’t wanna do, you have made it too far...best wishes....

I can relate to that.

This is so strange... I just relocated from Columbia, SC to Denver. Best of luck.

You and your sister might get along better if you did not live together. I hope you can find a place of your own soon. With my Christian friends and relatives, I just keep quiet, even though it is difficult for me to keep quiet about anything, and impossible if the person lived with me. I am not trying to convert anyone, and I would no more argue with an adult over the existence of god or gods than I would argue with a three year old over the existence of Santa Clause, the Easter bunny, or the tooth fairy.

I had my 4 year old in a helmet and under giant oaks and it was 92 that day. This lady with a kid was going on about HOW could I put a safety helmet on the kid it was torture, and how could I keep the kid in it. Her child simply would not wear one.I quitely said you must do the hard job, you must be the mommie not the best friend. This is simple, not wearing it means not riding the tryke, PERIOD, no discussion. And trying to ask the other parent for permission led to punshment.

She went on with her rant, as my kid went on a wierd piece of park equipment, spun on it and droke the protected head into a 4 SQ foot cube of oak "sculpture" . Standing up and shaking it off as the helmet did its job, it was like it never happened.

I simply ended it with "Do the hard thing, do your job"

You indeed are in a place that has a reason for every failure in life.God's will, "Its a mystery" blah did da. I was raised RC I gave it up officially on April 2nd, 1972 ~8:35 am NY Time. I can see the instant replay in my head.

But I lived in NYC and the whole diversity of human beliefs are found there. I had many discussions about god with friends, priests and ministers. Where you are the options are few. This place is the place to vent, tell a story relate an issue.

Try not to "back slide" into the pit of religious stupidity. I think there is a creator god, but that is it. I think god just made it all and now, Grooves on the Rubble. Does god have a sex, certainly female, men do not give birth. I do not think there is an afterlife, or, we won't know til we die, then it is too late.

So have a good life, such that you can. Don't share your "GODLESSNESS" existence with others, that will bite you on the ass, eventually. Through this site and others research carefully and make friends in nearby places.

ciao

Welcome to the Hell Belt. Try to find some like minded friends and hang on.

Greenville has a few hundred Atheists but they won't undo the damage redneck theocrats cause like Henry McMaster & Lindsey Graham

Greenville is the 10th best place to live in the U.S., according to Livability.com.

Have they got you looking for the little statues of mice in the down town area yet?

Yep, yep, yep, it's in the Bible belt. I live in Seneca, SC, which is an hour's drive away. I never meet anyone from Greenville visiting Seneca. I'd break out the visiting whiskey if you visit.