Reply #15: Well.... sorta.....

[johnnomac]

I actually don't go to an Evangelical church. My church is Anglican (Episcopal). But having gone to an Evangelical-ish camp for several years, and having read the Bible, and having done a lot of thinking and discussing, I've come to my own beliefs. If you ask me how I live my life, and what I would recommend somebody do in a given situation, I think I would answer similarly to most Evangelical teenagers. But when it comes to political issues (especially those involving poverty) I seem to be pretty far left.

Here's my reasoning: I am a white kid from the rich suburbs. I don't need the government to take care of me. I can more or less do that myself. But there are people who DO depend on the government for support. And, (to borrow a phrase from an old Top Ten list) I would rather stick my face in an arc welder than deny the poor what they need. If that makes me Godless and liberal, so be it.

"The conservatives call me a hippie, the hippies call me a fascist, the fascists call me weak, and I just don't care."