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Someone had asked why Houston ranks as a Biblical city above places in central Texas. That was a possibility I had come up with. The black Democrats who go to church but are not liberal. That is why even though Houston is a more liberal place than central Texas, it comes across as more "Biblically minded" in the poll. With black Democrats you have people who claim to be religious, but are still very liberal. Well some of them may be against gay marriage and abortion, so we have some common ground there, but many of them support Obama, unions, Obamacare, affirmative action, minimum wage increases, etc that I am against.
Why are you bringing up politics? That's not the thread topic.
Religion and political affiliation are intricably linked. Its the other poster who mentioned why liberal Houston is more "Biblical" than conservative Central Texas. Even he/she knows the link between being Biblically minded and being conservative, and being atheist and being liberal.
Religion and political affiliation are intricably linked. Its the other poster who mentioned why liberal Houston is more "Biblical" than conservative Central Texas. Even he/she knows the link between being Biblically minded and being conservative, and being atheist and being liberal.
Religion and political affiliation are not intricably linked. There are plenty of people out there who are religious who are economic and/or social liberals and plenty of conservatives who are non religious as well. This whole either/or and black or white type of thinking you are displaying here has no basis in the real world.
Religion and political affiliation are not intricably linked. There are plenty of people out there who are religious who are economic and/or social liberals and plenty of conservatives who are non religious as well. This whole either/or and black or white type of thinking you are displaying here has no basis in the real world.
Doesn't look like our friend there is particularly in-touch with the real world.
Religion and political affiliation are intricably linked. Its the other poster who mentioned why liberal Houston is more "Biblical" than conservative Central Texas. Even he/she knows the link between being Biblically minded and being conservative, and being atheist and being liberal.
But whether someone has similar political views to you has nothing to do with the the thread. Talking about your political views belongs in P&OC, I don't want to hear P&OC stuff in other forums.
Religion and political affiliation are not intricably linked. There are plenty of people out there who are religious who are economic and/or social liberals and plenty of conservatives who are non religious as well. This whole either/or and black or white type of thinking you are displaying here has no basis in the real world.
If someone is religious I don't really see how they can be socially liberal, unless its a non-Christian religion. It is clear that the Bible is against abortion and gay marriage, just as an example.
If someone is religious I don't really see how they can be socially liberal, unless its a non-Christian religion. It is clear that the Bible is against abortion and gay marriage, just as an example.
Actually it's not clear at all. But go ahead and take selective quotes from a series of books, written in a time when history and mythology were by no means separate disciplines, and try to apply them literally to a modern liberal democratic society.
If someone is religious I don't really see how they can be socially liberal, unless its a non-Christian religion. It is clear that the Bible is against abortion and gay marriage, just as an example.
Crazy talk. I have a few family members who are Christian but keep their religious beliefs very much separate from their politics. Some of them are liberal, some are conservative. Painting all religious people as social conservatives is just ignorant and it's not true. And I'm not even a religious person.
Just because that's your interpretation of the bible doesn't give you the right to say that it's everybody's interpretation.
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