After seeing the Church Signs  assignment, I had to take a drive this afternoon around my region here  in central Alabama. There are so many churches - and so many stereotypes  about the Bible Belt, especially its supposed religious intolerance,  that I wanted to see what the signs actually reflected. What I  discovered might surprise you. Includes a brief interview with Tom  Steed, Pulpit Minister of the Auburn Church of Christ, who was kind  enough to agree to an on-the-spot interview when I walked into the  office unannounced and introduced myself as an Auburn PhD candidate AND  CNN ireporter. Good sport comes to mind - thank you, Tom!

And in the  spirit of full disclosure, I should say that I am a non-religious person  unaffiliated with any of the demoninations represented on these signs. I  attempted to be an objective and open observer, reacting to the  evidence I discovered and using my four years of experience living in  this place as a foundation for my commentary.

Thank you for watching!

- Amanda

P.S. If you watch this video fullscreen, the shots are really poor quality. I promise the original edited image quality is much better, but the video size required a lot of compression! My apologies! :)