This picture was taken by
Carla C. Cain and it is right off of I-40 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Only in Oklahoma would you find a sign like this.
You want to know why? Because we are the bible belt. Ever heard of Oral Roberts? Well, he put his university here in Tulsa
right in between about three other bible colleges. Yes, we are the bible belt.
We are more than just red-necked hicks (or some of us are.)We are most the
gay population in American, we have the highest teen pregnancy rate, and the highest divorce rate.
See what to much religion does to a community? (I don't mean any offense to gays)
A lot of cool people are from Oklahoma. Thats excluding Keating and the Hanson brothers. Keating's Affadavit got into the
book about Marilyn Manson, "The Long-Hard Road Out of Hell," because he made up all this crap so that Manson
would not be allowed to play anywhere in this state. Oklahoma is a perfect example of how close-minded people
really are. If we lived as the Christians claim they live (or as the bible tells them to live)without prejudice, judgement
or hatred, we would have no need for Marilyn Manson or any other outsider for that matter because they would just
be thought of as an ordinary person leading a somewhat extreme life but they would not be condemned for it.But what fun would that be? A perfect world? Yuck!
Some people might like it though.
Now theres a thought. What if it all changed tomorrow? Could we handle it? Probably not. Eventually, we would resort back to our old ways
and habits.Don't mistake my veiws as me trying to give suggestions on how to fix things, because I beleive they are un-fixable.
I agree with George Carlin: "If you beleive there is a solution, then your part of the problem." Denial: If you beleive theres a solution your only lying to yourself.
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