12-16-2010, 01:31 PM
KathyH, I wasn't speaking to the original poster, more just to life in general. I hope that some live and let live attitude is still left in Puna when we get there.
tlboyles, I had a girlfriend long ago who was Evangelical Christian. Very early in the relationship, she sensed my tolerance level for people telling other people how they should live (very low, for anyone who can't tell), and she basically didn't bring any mission / conversion / saving of souls into our relationship, which worked quite well. Afterwards, she went on to save those souls who wanted to be saved, and that's great for them. My sister in law is Jehova's Witness, and you can tell that they train them along the same lines - don't push it on people who don't want it. Unfortunately, the common religious right doesn't seem to understand this kind of respect for other people's lifestyles when they are different from their own.
90% of why we want to move to Puna is the cultural diversity and tolerance that brings with it. The weather doesn't hurt either, but we've got pretty good weather on our land in Florida, and better beaches nearby... The people we and our children will be interacting with are what really matter to us.