Near Christian Experience (NCE)

August 3, 2009, 3:12 pm by dc-agape.

But two things make this event unique.

And I know that many people will say that it is due the bad economy.  I will start by disagreeing with that hypothesis.  A friend of my graduated from the same school in the early 90’s and had the same problem (three times).  The two things that make this unique are: this is the Bible Belt and how stupid they did it. 

I mention the Bible Belt of the United States because to Christians the morality of the US is centered here in the south.  I had my convertible for 3 years in Philadelphia (top ranked most dangerous place to live in the US) and never had a break-in.  Recently I have also experience the first time a waitress has stolen my credit card number…again here in the good old Bible Belt.  I find both these extremely ironic.  I have lived in the hedonistic states of Hawaii and Massachusetts.  The three last states I lived in were considered pits of iniquity by the Christobots.  Hawaii is despised because of the extreme liberal government and the open acceptance of all peoples, no matter what lifestyle or nationality.  Massachusetts is also despised for similar reasons, but additionally because they have approved gay marriage.  Philadelphia is because it is the reason that Pennsylvania is actually a Democratic Party state.  Without the Philadelphia and Pittsburg the rest of the state is purely Republican.  Yet, it is here in the South, where Protestant Christianity reigns supreme, that I have experienced the most crime…and I make the least amount of money!

But the other thing that makes both these incidents ironic is how they were carried out.   The idiot that attempted to break into my car cut the canvas at the back of the car.  The large hole they made is too small to take anything out of my car and it is too far from the locking mechanism to open the door!  So what do my illustrious criminals do?  They attempt to start again closer to the front of the car, but alas they are stopped (for some unknown reason) after just puncturing the canvas.  The waitress is even more stupid, if that is possible.  She stole the credit cards from everyone at the table!  Too make things even worse, she purchased items from the internet and they were delivered to our houses….When all of began to receive things that we did not order we were quickly able to add it up and figure out who and where this identity thief worked! 

In closing, the Bible Belt may be more religious but surely does not have higher moral standards.  In fact, I have a strong feeling that due to the larger number of people who claim to be Christians many young adults rebel.  Unlike inner cities where these rebels meet people you teach them how to actually commit crimes; here in the South criminals are incompetent.  In one way this is a good thing, the damage done is minimal.  But in another way it shows that by suppressing inner feelings (sins) more petty crimes are committed.  In the end, both the victim and the criminal pay just as high a price.

Why do I make this claim?

Because in both cases the police did nothing!  In fact, in the case of the car vandalization, there is a “hot-line” to report the crime.  A report is written and nothing else occurs.  The criminal is not brought to justice (and will continue to damage other people’s property) and the victim must pay for the repairs or have their insurance pay (which increase the cost of insurance for everyone).  In the case of the waitress, she did get fired.  But that does not mean that she will not get another job and do the same thing…she does not have a “record”.  In fact, her next employer will most likely never know that she has been (and will most likely repeat) an identity thief.  Who knows how many people she will scam before something stops her.

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