@Doctor-Phibes said in Unmarried, underemployed and unchurched:
@Jolly said in Unmarried, underemployed and unchurched:
@taiwan_girl said in Unmarried, underemployed and unchurched:
It would be an interesting poll to ask prisoners in jail if they were religious or not. My guess would be that the majority say that they are religious.
Depends if they are on death row.
If I was on death row, I don't think I'd want to believe in OT God, because in that scenario chances are things are only going downhill after the injection.
Oh, I'm not talking out of my hat...My wife's uncle worked Death Row for years. I've been places down at Angola that you never could...After the guys knew me, I've had bars clang behind me many times as I was trying to get papers signed (guards don't always have relief). Camp C, Camp A and Death Row. I used to eat down at Camp F a good bit...White beans and smoked bologna over rice and a slice of cornbread ain't bad.
Even back years ago, when Old Sparky was in use, I was down at the prison a good bit during hunting season. One of the guys I hunted with, bagged the remains after execution. So I've been all over the grounds and I've talked with a lot of cons.
You'd be surprised at how many churches are on the grounds of Angola. Prisoner built, some of the work is pretty durn good. Lots of love in those boards. Many of those prisoners on The Farm will die on The Farm. Their coffins are built in the woodworking shop. Most if the time, nobody wants the body, so they get buried on the grounds.
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If grey walls are your life, religion offers hope. It offers a certain kind of mental freedom before death and spiritual freedom after.