Can you spot the Canadian?

[backguy]

In lieu of Bible study last Thursday, we had a dinner night so that we could hang out and relax. We were discussing the election, and most people in the group were voicing their disappointment about McCain losing the election to Obama.

#1: "He'll be all tax-and-spend. Just tax the rich and move the wealth to the poor."
#2: "And his proposal for

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[anonymous]

(By the way, this is Andrew H talking, just so you know that it isn't some weirdo anonymous guy).

You're right that you're Bible study group wouldn't be a good sample of the population, as they would tend to be more conservative. But I think that the Christians tend to shadow the area they live in so that Christians in more liberal areas will tend to be more liberal than Christians in conservative areas (even though they may be more conservative than those people around them).

Similarly, I found that the Christians at different campuses across Ontario (admittedly, I didn't have a LOT of contact with other campuses, but at least some) tended to fit the stereotypes of their respective University. For example, many Christians at UW tended to be very driven, while the Christians I met from UWO tended to be more the party type (following our simplistic University stereotypes.)

Anyway, this is just a long way of saying that if the Christians in a fairly liberal place like Seattle think in the ways you have described, I would hate to hear how they think in more conservative places such as in the deep south (actually I like to hear what they think...it provides good fodder for Stewart and Colbert!)

Well, always enjoy your posts, Rodney, and just thought I'd chime in...