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The loudest thing about the Methodist church in the town I grew up in was the red color on the front doors. I think a lot of people forgot they were even there - in my elementary school, kids would ask "are you Catholic or Jewish?"

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I hate to be a grammar nerd, and goodness knows I'm not entirely fluent in Southern, so I could easily be wrong, but in this context, wouldn't the correct usage be "If'n," as in "Alabama Church Will Give You Shootin’ Lessons If'n You Give Your Heart To Jesus"?

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