Religion in USA, Bible Belt, Deep South

(Versed) Why the US South is insanely religious

Anniversary of Los Angeles Uprisings ('Riots')

The 1992 Los Angeles uprisings, a reaction to LA Police Department abuses and racist criminal behavior under color of law that had gone on with impunity for as long as anyone could remember. That was 34 years ago, as of 2026.

Sublime, what happened?

(Sublime) – "April 29, 1992" (Miami) lyrics | Genius lyrics

• Is the song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" legal?

(Wiki) Los Angeles, California, experienced a series of riots and civil disturbances during April and May of 1992 [5]. "Civil unrest" began after a distant jury acquitted four abusive police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) charged with using excessive force in the wanton beating and arrest of Mr. Rodney King. The center of the trouble was in "South Central" Los Angeles (Watts) on April 29th, 1992. The shockingly racist police incident had been videotaped by Mr. George Holiday, who was a bystander witnessing the incident who had the presence of mind to begin filming, and was heavily reported on by news and media outlets. More

• 1992 Los Angeles Uprisings in popular culture

Unexpected rules for Amish females

Karen M. Johnson-Weiner

There's little use in talking about the American Amish, much less Amish females, as if they were all members of a monolithic group.

The reality is that there are multiple "Amish" orders, all with different rules collected in a broad set of often-unspoken guidelines known as the Ordnung.

These rules dictate the lives of everyone in the patriarchal Germanic Amish Christian faith, laying out community-specific guidelines on everything from the depth of a man's hat brim to whether or not it's okay to have a refrigerator in one's home.

Anything she can do, I can do better. I'm a man!

Generally speaking, all Amish settlements emphasize plain, unadorned dress styles, rural living, pacifism, and some separation from the outside world — and no, they're not the same as Mennonites or Quakers or Shakers or Puritans.

Ruined by the lavender menace?

When it comes to both community and family life, females are almost always expected to be subservient to men. Yet, they also take the lead on many homemaking matters, including child rearing, food preparation, cleaning, and working on the farm.

It all seems rather simple. Amish girls are expected to observe rules that demand they remain subservient, wear plain clothing, and remember to be faithful and modest into womanhood.

However, these directives can get quite surprising and sometimes elaborate, depending on where a female lives and her personal convictions.

I can run my own biz.

For instance, it wouldn't be beyond the pale to see an Amish woman leave the family farm and run her own business.

Think you already know everything about the rules of an Amish woman's life? Think again.

The rules of Amish female power are more complex than most Americans think

Being submissive is a common rule for Amish girls, but it's not just a matter of going along with a father, brother, uncle, or husband's decisions or quietly following the rules of male church elders.

In fact, all Amish people are expected to submit in one way or another. Males are directed to submit to God and to treat their wives well and care for them with love and respect (though there are also reports of widespread abuse in some communities).

There's also a rather tricky biblical verse, Galatians 3:28, in which readers are informed that "there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

To balance this, the Amish generally agree that males and females ought to have separate roles in their communities but that the work done by females is theoretically just as important as that of males. And though Amish females may not have official power in their communities, they wield practical power in everyday life, such as when they organize home or church activities.

• The film My Big Fat Greek Wedding made this age-old distinction clear: "The man is the head of the house, the man is the head of the house...but the woman is the neck."

Everyone is responsible for his or her own spiritual life, too. As one woman in the highly conservative Swartzentruber Amish group states:

"The Amish way is that the men have to go ahead of the women [during baptism], but the women get baptized just as well as the men do." More: grunge.com (Unexpected rules Amish women have to follow)

The Lives of Amish Women

Karen M. Johnson-Weiner's on Amish Women

(Kindle Edition) Author Karen M. Johnson-Weiner has 4.2 out of 5 stars (with 6 reviews). Presenting a challenge to popular stereotypes, this book is an intimate exploration of the religiously defined roles of Amish females and how these roles have changed over time.

Continuity and change, tradition and dynamism shape the lives of the Amish and make their experiences both distinctive and diverse.

On the one hand, a principled commitment to living Old Order lives, purposely out of step with the cultural mainstream, has provided Amish females with a good deal of constancy. Even in relatively more progressive Amish communities, women still engage in activities common to their counterparts in earlier times: gardening, homemaking, and childrearing.

On the other hand, these persistent themes of domestic labor and the responsibilities of motherhood have been affected by profound social, economic, and technological changes up through the 21st century, shaping Amish females' lives in different ways and resulting in increasingly varied experiences. 

In The Lives of Amish Women, Johnson-Weiner draws on her 35 years of fieldwork in Amish communities and her correspondence with Amish women to consider how the religiously defined roles of Amish women have changed as Amish churches have evolved.

Looking in particular at females' lives and activities at different ages and in different communities, Johnson-Weiner explores the relationship between changing patterns of social and economic interaction with mainstream society and women's family, community, and church roles.

What does it mean, Johnson-Weiner asks, for an Amish woman to be humble when she is the owner of a business that serves people internationally?

Is a childless Amish woman or a single Amish woman still a "Keeper at Home" in the same way as a woman raising a family? What does Gelassenheit—giving oneself up to God's will [not in a slavish way but rather "'tranquil submission' in the Christian mystical tradition"]—mean in a subsistence-level agrarian Amish community, and is it at all comparable to what it means in a wealthy settlement where some members may be millionaires?

Illuminating the key role Amish women play in maintaining the spiritual and economic health of their church communities, this wide-ranging book touches on a number of topics, including early Anabaptist women and Amish pioneers to North America;

• stages of life;
• marriage and family;
• events that bring women together;
• women as breadwinners;
• women who do not meet the Amish norm (single women, childless women, widows); and
• even what books Amish women are reading.

Aimed at anyone who is interested in the Amish experience, The Lives of Amish Women will help readers understand better the costs and benefits of being an Amish woman in a modern world and will challenge the stereotypes, myths, and imaginative fictions about Amish women that have shaped how they are viewed by mainstream society. More

Bashar on Moses, ETs, dinos, time travel

Was Moses, living in Northern Africa in Egypt or Kush or Kemet, not then a Black man like J?

Unveiling Moses' Journey: Insights on the Ten 'Commandments' from Bashar channeling - Bashar Darryl [Anka]

Behold, my God in space parts the sea for us!!

(Transcendent Bashar Vibes) Tune into these extraordinary revelations (unveilings) from Bashar about the truth of Moses' ascent on Mt. Sinai. What happened up there? Whom did he meet? What "commandments" was he given? Where are those [advanced extraterrestrial technology] "tablets" now? This is a fascinating exchange, delving into one of the Bible’s most famous accounts. Enjoy this channeling by Mr. Darryl Anka, bringing forth "Bashar."

Jewish God's Prophet Moses?

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• What if Moses didn't exist? | Prof. Bart D. Ehrman, PhD
• The Moses and Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten LINK
• The forgotten space alien Pharaoh Akhenaten (Moses?)
• "Bashar" is not explained. Who or what is it? It is likely -- if Jerry and Esther Hicks' "Abraham," another almost identical couple's "Galactica," and the source of America's Sleeping Prophet Edgar Cayce's information is any hint -- a council or group of entities, light beings, celestial bodies, tricky demons, or ascended masters sending knowledge and wisdom. It may just be Mr. Darryl Anka's alter ego or subpersonality, his "higher self," his connection to spirit.

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• Bashar (channeled by Darryl Anka) via Transcendent Bashar Vibes; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Bible written by men w/ daddy issues

The Bible was all written by men with daddy issues | Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou

GOD: An Anatomy (Audible): F. Stavrakopoulou

(Jupitar Star) British theologian and Christian Bible scholar Prof. Francesca Stavrakopoulou (Centre for Biblical Studies | University of Exeter) challenges conventional views on the authorship of the Judeo-Christian holy book, the Bible.

She explores the idea that many of its texts were written by men grappling with complex relationships with authority figures — particularly father figures.

(MythVision Podcast) Dr. Bart D. Ehrman, Did Moses exist?

Biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill

University of Exeter Prof. Stavrakopoulou

Drawing on her deep knowledge of ancient history and religious studies, Dr. Stavrakopoulou delves into how these "daddy issues" (androcentric psychological mental aberrations) may have shaped the narratives and theological themes within the Bible.

Her insights offer a fresh and provocative perspective on the human motivations behind some of the world's most influential religious texts. #atheist #atheism #christianity #podcast #science #bible #scientist

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• Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou via Jupitar Star, Nov. 24, 2024; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

When white women raped Black men

The untold abuse of Black male slaves by white women | Part 2

U know u luv it. - Yes, ma'am

(Black Journals) Women in the past had lust and sometimes went on a power trip, abusing their human chattel (considered "property" by law) as egregiously as the menfolk? That's impossible to believe! Women are meek and mild with Victorian values and an American Puritan streak. Not feeling enough affection or attention from their husbands, who resorted to molesting Black slave girls and raping boys, women slaveowners realized they could do the same thing? Why would anyone be all that surprised that this is exactly the kind of thing slavery leads to?

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• encyclopediavirginia.org/entr...
• history.com/news/white-wo...
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• vox.com/2019/8/19/2080763...
• historyofyesterday.com/madame...

Gay rape by white men, use by white women

Gay white "buck breaking" inflicting castration, humiliation, torture, PTSD

• Buck Breaking: Five CHILLING ways male slaves were sexually humiliated and exploited

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• Black Journals; Keith X, Ashley Wells, Crystal Q, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

HERstory: female orgasm, bras (TDS)

Desi Lydic unpacks hist-her-y of TV orgasms, bras, female vets, childbirth | The Daily Show

(Jay Vee) Eve Libertine and Gee Vaucher talk about British punk anarchist group CRASS

(The Daily Show) March 14, 2025: Desi Lydic schools us on bras, female veterans, childbirth, and onscreen orgasms in this collection of favorite “Hist-Her-y” moments. #DailyShow #WomensHistory #Comedy.

Ten years of Mama Desi's wit

Desi Lydic talks ‘Daily Show’ journey, advice from Jon Stewart

• I pretended to be a man on a dating site — and I hate what I discovered | by [Girl] Ginger | March, 2025 | Medium
• Simpletons: Every man's fantasy date
• Experts: Women as dating analysts 😊

And a brief word from men

Hey, if women can't trust men, and that's a big if, what if women were kind to women?

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• Eve Libertine and Gee Vaucher talk about Crass; Desi Lydic, The Daily Show, March 14, 2025, Women's History Month; Conan "ConeBone69" O'Brien; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells, Crystal Q., Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Karma? Why atheism with Ricky Gervais

(Felepa) Atheist comedians, Part 1: A variety of comedians go on about religions oppression

Ricky Gervais: Why I'm an Atheist

By Ricky Gervais, Wall Street Journal via Dan Pizarro

"You can't say that!" - "You can."

Ricky Gervais is the writer and star of HBO's Ricky Gervais Out of England 2: The Stand-Up Special (website: rickygervais.com).

"Why don't you believe in God?" I get that question all the time. I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time consuming, and pointless.

Buddhism and the God-Idea

People who believe in God don't need proof of his [her, its] existence, and they certainly don't want evidence to the contrary. They are happy with their belief. They even say things like, "It's true to me" and "It's faith."

I still give my logical answer because I feel that not being honest would be patronizing and impolite. It is ironic, therefore, that to say, "I don't believe in God because there is absolutely no scientific evidence for his existence" or "from what I've heard, the very definition is a logical impossibility in this known universe" comes across as both patronizing and impolite. More

Stand up comedian Ricky Gervais: I am WOKE now! - I'll be a humanist, a hedonist, a materialist

For those who care about this sort of thing, here is a link (wsj.com) to an essay by British standup comedian Ricky Gervais about his reasons for being an atheist and how he deals with it in a world that is predominately hostile towards his lack of belief. His views also happen to be my own (Dan Piraro).

Buddhism is non-theistic, not atheistic

All of them seem convincing. I won't believe any

What's the difference? Well, a theist thinks he knows there is a God. An atheist thinks he knows there isn't. An agnostic doesn't know, isn't sure, or is afraid to say/decide, whereas a nontheist knows and says that whether there is a God or not, what has that to do with my enlightenment, my awakening, my liberation (salvation, emancipation, deliverance) from ignorance, craving, hatred, fear, suffering, and rebirth? The disappointment/pain I experience comes about as the results of my deeds (actions of mind, speech, and body), my views, words, and conduct. If there is a God that's still true. I can see it as true. If there is no God that's still true. I can see that for myself, reflecting in my own life along the lines of the Buddha's discourse called the Kalama Sutta.

Why did the Buddha have so many followers?

Now, people think the Kalama Sutra says, "Think whatever you want, and don't believe whatever you don't want." That's not what it says at all. Keep reading. The Kalamas didn't know how to decide which spiritual teacher or teaching (doctrine) was right. They all sounded good and said the others were wrong. When the Buddha came to teach, they first questioned him about this problem of not knowing who or what to believe since they all sounded good and had a point. So the Buddha taught them in such a way that it did not depend on him or his authority, reasoning, charisma, or anything else but their own experience. He asked them the question, Can you see from your own experience that greed, hatred, and delusion arise in a person for their own harm, the harm of others, and the harm of society? Or how is it? In the same way, the same question may be asked in reverse: Can you see from your own experience that nongreed (letting go), nonhatred (love, compassion, joy in others' joy, unbiased calm), nondelusion (wisdom, knowing, clarity) arise in a person for their own benefit, the benefit of others, and the benefit of society? The Kalamas could see that, not as a belief or blind faith in this or that teacher but from their own personal experience in life. If you can see that, then maybe you can see that bringing about the end of greed. hatred, and delusion is good and a teaching (doctrine or Dharma) that does that is of benefit and maybe something you'd like to learn. They did. So the Buddha taught them without reference to books, authorities, teachers, views, or biases. They were amazed. This made sense. This made sense because they could see that it was true from their own observations and experiences not someone else's.

The Buddha was not a teacher of God, not a prophet or disciple of God. He was a teacher of Karma, an advocate of the right understanding that things happen to us because of our deeds, life after life. What happens to us in any existence is intimately wrapped up in our deeds of body, speech, and mind (the views, opinions, preferences, and biases we hold). "Karma: It's everywhere you're going to be."

Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi on Karma as "God"? - The founder of Hindu-ism is Adi Shankara

who did not invent the Eternal Way of Life (Sanatan Dharma), Vedas, yoga but turned made the ism

• Could Christians mean impersonal Karma when they speak of a personal God alive in the world? "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows [whatever deeds one does], that will one also reap [experience the result of]" (Christian Bible, Galatians 6:7, biblehub.com).
• Deeds (karma, actions) are like seeds (things we sow) capable of maturing (vipaka, ripening) and bearing much fruit (phala, results). This impersonal karma process is unfailing, all-knowing, all-seeing, as the Abrahamic "God" is said to be.
• Better translations? Amplified Bible: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt, nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a [person] sows, this and this only is what [that person] will reap." Christian Standard Bible: "Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows [one] will also reap," Contemporary English Version: "You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant." GOD'S WORD® Translation: "Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you'll harvest [as a result of having planted it]." Good News Translation: "Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap [in return] exactly what you plant."

• COMICS: Dan Piraro's Bizarro on religion
• Ricky Gervais on science, Ricky Gervais (blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy, Dec. 19, 2010) via cartoonist Dan Piraro ("Holiday Message," BizarroBlog);Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Social construction of a "white" race

In the US, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is a sociological term often used to describe pale Protestant Americans of British (more broadly of north-western European) descent, who are generally part of the white dominant culture or upper-class, often Protestant elites. (Botticelli)

The hidden origins of the white race: What history books don't tell us

(Race and Roots) Discover the untold story behind the origins of "race" and "whiteness" — which group is in, which out.

We're an exclusive club and as such, stay out.

For instance, Irish? Out. The whitest people, they're not "white" like us (the in-group, composed of WASPy Brits and Northern Europeans). Albinos? Out. They cheated and don't have the hair for it. Ashkenazi Jews? Out. They're Jews. Italians? Are you kidding, those ethnics? Out. Slaves? Out. High-Casta Latins? Some, what's your Daddy's job? Eastern Europeans? The attractive ones maybe. Non-Protestants? Out.

• Q: Dear Sirs, how are light-skinned undesirables supposed to get into The Club and onto the gravy train of privilege and preferential selection? A: All new members must be cleared by the Fuhrer's Working Group on Scientific Racism and/or have a valid affidavit signed by Mr. Goebbels. No exceptions. And no Pinkos.

The Historical Construction of Whiteness

Explore thousands of years of mental categorization, bias, migration, adaptation, and cultural evolution. Learn how ancient migration patterns, environmental changes, and societal shifts shaped what we think we know today and the narrative our biased minds conjure up, disseminate, and believe. What kinds of narratives become popular? Those that serve the power structure. Truth takes a backseat to utility. If those in power can use a piece of highlighted evidence while obscuring other, they will. They have been doing such things for a long time, consciously and unconsciously. When it's unconscious, it's implicit. It has the same harmful effects but is harder to recognize and root out.

• Why Arabs and North Africans are "technically" white

How Irish Americans became White: roots

This video dives deeply into the genetic and historical complexities that textbooks often overlook. Join this documentary-style journey through time to understand the real story behind our modern racial concept and society's construction (fabrication, synthesis, manufacturing) of "whiteness." #archaeology #humanevolution #ancienthumans

• WARNING: Use of outdated terms now considered slurs discussed in a historical context using terms regardless of how offensive they may sound to contemporary sensibilities!

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• Race and Roots (video), Nov. 24, 2024; Kat Blaque (video); NYTN (video); I. Rony, Ashley Wells, Pat Macpherson, CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Is my 'relationship' w/ Jesus 'n God toxic?

When a 'relationship with God' turns unhealthy

(Kristi Burke) Oct. 27, 2024: ✪ Former Christian Kristi reacts to the claim that "Christian is not a religion but a relationship [with Father God, Buddy Jesus, Mother Mary, Angel Cousins or whatever]."

Sick, sad televangelists push people to atheism.

As she explains her position: "Please keep in mind that what I share in these videos is my subjective opinion, and my goal is to deconstruct fundamentalist/evangelical/conservative Christian ideologies from an ex-Christian perspective for those questioning or deconstructing their former beliefs.

• Healthy vs. unhealthy vs. abusive relationships: thehotline.org

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• Kristi Burke (YouTube, 10/27/24), jezebelvibes.com; Static Lullaby "Toxic" (Britney Spears cover); Eds., Wisdom Quarterly