"...madness to your Methodism..."

since the Methodists aren't supposed to drink, I guess I figgered there was madness IN Methodism. The Unitarians were MUCH better....but even they had too much ritual for my taste. I lived in the heart of the Bible Belt for almost 30 years, but except for a tinge of Midwestern twang, nothing stuck to me...

    If there is ANY characteristic that could be close to universal among the enormous variety of people we have here, maybe 'taking certain amenities for granted' would come close. It's hard for many of us to truly understand that a lot of the world can't do that.