People in Dallas: good & bad (Houston, San Antonio: high school, to live, safe)

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by Dallas native

You repeatedly claim that the majority of the populaton is S. Baptist evangelical. That is ridiculous. What is the source for this information?

Wow, talk about denial but okay I will just post what I did last time. You can choose to ignore it again. I know you are desperately trying to depict Dallas as something it isn't but the facts speak for itself. Read below

Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, home to several seminaries, including the Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University, Dallas Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (the largest Protestant seminary in the world), and Criswell College; Southern Methodist University; the conservative Catholic University of Dallas; and several of America's largest megachurches, including the Potter's House (pastored by T.D Jakes), Prestonwood Baptist (pastored by Jack Graham), and First Baptist Dallas (once, under the leadership of W.A. Criswell 1909–2002, the largest Protestant church in the world). See also J. Frank Norris.

Bible Belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[TXperson]

Originally Posted by Texsez

Not a boast. We Texans are very humble.

Why does that read like an oxymoron to me?

[DWong]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

So Dallas is suddenly a blue county because they voted for Obama. Uh nice try but Dallas also voted for Bush in the last election. The reason Obama won in Dallas has a lot to do with the fact conservatives were just as disenchanted with John McCain particularly Texas Republicans because McCain opposed your boy Bush in 2000. And it's rather funny because the surrounding counties outside Dallas are conservative Republican counties. It's amusing because the Dallas homers constantly try to isolate Dallas from it's surrounding suburbs and cities such as Ft. Worth when in reality they are all part of the same city and bleed into one another. You guys try to make it seem as if those cities are so separated from Dallas and it's clearly not. Seriously, you guys try to make it seem like Dallas and Ft. Worth are like Chicago and Danville, Illinois or something. Unlike 99% of the people here, I have to gain by speaking well of Dallas. It's not my home. I just lived there temporarily. The people on this forum remind me of realtors who feel the need to talk up an area even if it means misrepresenting it.

Dallas county went Obama, but take into account all 6 or 7 counties, it went McCain OVERWHELMINGLY!

Sorry Dallas y'all are still conservative -not a bad thing ok

[TXperson]

Originally Posted by Texsez

Let's face it people. Texas is the greatest country on the planet. Not a boast. We Texans are very humble. Our modesty disallows us of professing the gospel of our superiority too much.

Why does that read like an oxymoron to me?

Part of the reason why so many states have disliked us in the past is because of our nature of being full of ourselves. As another person mentioned, we're the only state in the union where people actually have tattoos of the state on their bodies.

We're still good folk, though.

[portyhead24]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

Wow, talk about denial but okay I will just post what I did last time. You can choose to ignore it again. I know you are desperately trying to depict Dallas as something it isn't but the facts speak for itself. Read below

Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, home to several seminaries, including the Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University, Dallas Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (the largest Protestant seminary in the world), and Criswell College; Southern Methodist University; the conservative Catholic University of Dallas; and several of America's largest megachurches, including the Potter's House (pastored by T.D Jakes), Prestonwood Baptist (pastored by Jack Graham), and First Baptist Dallas (once, under the leadership of W.A. Criswell 1909–2002, the largest Protestant church in the world). See also J. Frank Norris.

Bible Belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

or wow, you can even use the city data website! There are more Baptists and Christians here as opposed to say maybe L.A., but nevertheless, you make this region out to be something it's not too. Almost 1/3 of the population is other religions including Episcopal, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist, etc. Really, get over yourself.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Dallas-Texas.html

[Lakewooder]

As an SMU graduate I can tell you that nobody is required to go to chapel or take religion and not many ever see the inside of church on the Hilltop. However, they are very adept at booking Perkins Chapel for weddings after graduation.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

Wow, talk about denial but okay I will just post what I did last time. You can choose to ignore it again. I know you are desperately trying to depict Dallas as something it isn't but the facts speak for itself. Read below

Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, home to several seminaries, including the Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University, Dallas Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (the largest Protestant seminary in the world), and Criswell College; Southern Methodist University; the conservative Catholic University of Dallas; and several of America's largest megachurches, including the Potter's House (pastored by T.D Jakes), Prestonwood Baptist (pastored by Jack Graham), and First Baptist Dallas (once, under the leadership of W.A. Criswell 1909–2002, the largest Protestant church in the world). See also J. Frank Norris.

Bible Belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I guess I'm a freak because I'm from Texas, so are both of my parents, and we're Jewish. My brother married a Jewish girl, I married out (and got divorced), but all of my Jewish girlfriends from high school married Jewish and are raising their kids Jewish. A high percentage of the kids in my elementary school were Jewish. We are not all Christians here!!!!

[Dallas native]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

So Dallas is suddenly a blue county because they voted for Obama. Uh nice try but Dallas also voted for Bush in the last election. The reason Obama won in Dallas has a lot to do with the fact conservatives were just as disenchanted with John McCain particularly Texas Republicans because McCain opposed your boy Bush in 2000. And it's rather funny because the surrounding counties outside Dallas are conservative Republican counties. It's amusing because the Dallas homers constantly try to isolate Dallas from it's surrounding suburbs and cities such as Ft. Worth when in reality they are all part of the same city and bleed into one another. You guys try to make it seem as if those cities are so separated from Dallas and it's clearly not. Seriously, you guys try to make it seem like Dallas and Ft. Worth are like Chicago and Danville, Illinois or something. Unlike 99% of the people here, I have to gain by speaking well of Dallas. It's not my home. I just lived there temporarily. The people on this forum remind me of realtors who feel the need to talk up an area even if it means misrepresenting it.

1. Uhm, yes, Dallas County voted 57% for Obama. Dallas City voted 66% for Obama. Most people would call that blue, but somehow your twisted mind sees red. Whatever.

2. Dallas City voted for John Kerry in 2004 and I don't think that Obama had anything to do with that. Dallas County barely voted for Bush (50.32%) that year. The Democratic party swept the city and county over the last two national elections (2006 & 2008). This is not an aberration, but rather a trend. I know how you hate to let the facts get in the way of your poorly formed arguments, but your tendency to allow your hostility to the DFW area to override the truth does not persuade anyone. It just makes you seem vindictive.

3. Yes, the counties around Dallas County do vote Republican. So the voting patterns prove that Dallas County, and the city in particular, is politically left of the other counties. Since Dallas County makes up approximately 38% of the entire DFW metropolitan statistical area, this is a significant distinction.

4. There are scores of cities that compose the DFW MSA. They do bleed into one another. But that doesn't mean that they all have the same character. Dallas is a very different city than Ft. Worth, Plano, Arlington, etc... Since you admittedly spent so little time in Carrollton & Dallas, I wouldn't expect you to know that as well as the other people on the Dallas forum. Most people who are as poorly informed as you have the good sense to refrain from commenting on things about which they know very little. Perhaps you should join those people.

5. Obviously you have nothing to gain by speaking well of Dallas. The real question is what do you have to gain by continually bashing Dallas? It's very telling that you regularly take time out of your day to troll around the forum of a city in which you do not live with the express purpose of making derogatory comments about that city/county/region. I think that says a lot more about the state of your mind that it does about Dallas. I'm sorry that you had a bad experience during your short time in the area, but it's quite obvious that you have an ax to grind.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by DWong

Dallas county went Obama, but take into account all 6 or 7 counties, it went McCain OVERWHELMINGLY!

Sorry Dallas y'all are still conservative -not a bad thing ok

You have to point out the difference between Dallas and the Dallas suburbs. The city of Dallas is not conservative and has not been conservative for a while. The democrats have taken over Dallas County and Tarrant County is next. It's inevitable. It gets even more liberal or democratic when you are talking about the city of Dallas which is overwhemingly democratic.

[Dallas native]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

Wow, talk about denial but okay I will just post what I did last time. You can choose to ignore it again. I know you are desperately trying to depict Dallas as something it isn't but the facts speak for itself. Read below

Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, home to several seminaries, including the Brite Divinity School of Texas Christian University, Dallas Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (the largest Protestant seminary in the world), and Criswell College; Southern Methodist University; the conservative Catholic University of Dallas; and several of America's largest megachurches, including the Potter's House (pastored by T.D Jakes), Prestonwood Baptist (pastored by Jack Graham), and First Baptist Dallas (once, under the leadership of W.A. Criswell 1909–2002, the largest Protestant church in the world). See also J. Frank Norris.

Bible Belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Once again I will respond by saying that the mere existence of churches and religiously affiliated educational institutions in Ft. Worth, Dallas and Irving does not prove that the overall population of Dallas is majority S. Baptist evangelical. Were that the case, I really don't think that Obama would have won Dallas County. Besides, some of the very institutions that you listed are not even Baptist but are instead Disciples of Christ (TCU), Methodist (SMU) and Catholic (Univ. of Dallas). Your argument is just incoherent. I have asked you to prove the veracity of that statement before and you are never able to do so. Instead you deflect by saying that those who disagree with you are in denial. You're very adept at taking bits and pieces of information and packaging them in such a way that you come to a conclusion that supports your agenda. But you're very transparent. Based on your logic, the majority of people in Dallas must be gay since there are so many gay bars in Dallas. And, since there are also a lot of strip clubs, it's safe to assume that the majority of people who live in Dallas must be pole dancers too.