...informed about the fact he likes to set his cat among the pigeons.
You ... when you look for issues, you'll find them.
The "Bible Belts" in Canuckville
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...informed about the fact he likes to set his cat among the pigeons.
You ... when you look for issues, you'll find them.
Why bother? He knows he's getting to you and I can tell you from experience - he knows exactly what he's doing and you, by defending AB or anywhere or anything are doing exactly as SJP wants you to do. Look at this now - this thread is (as Avro has already pointed out) becoming about SJP rather than the OP. Ignore it when he does that and it goes away. It won't be long until you see him saying something along the lines of "Another thread all about little ole' me". Quit giving him the satisfaction. I have talked to SJP for years and I am not here to defend the way he posts. I just don't like nitpicking by anyone on a continual basis. It's not productive and it takes everyone off topic.
Yes I did. But the issue was to tell people to ignore certain comments and get back on topic.
...as in suck it up?
Of course it applies to everyone. That's what it's all about isn't it? Nobody poops posies.
No Bible Belts among the Catholics of Ontario and Quebec and the Maritimes? Just in the lower parts of the prairies. Interesting.
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Yes, Porker said something that gave me the idea for this thread. The thread is NOT about him and it's a shame you can't see that. He isn't the only one who thinks that AB is one big Bible Belt. I started this thread to get people to see that AB isn't as religious as they think it is and that there are others that are more religious (like Quebec and Ontario). That's a poor attempt at spin, Avro. I am disappointed in you.
I don't give a crap about who picks on Porker, but if you think my showing where he makes errors is picking on him, then fine, you go ahead and believe that. But he is not the only one who's errors I point out when I see them, so according to you, I must be picking on everyone.
Want to get back to the topic now?
You both have my sympathies.
At least he wasn't also the dean of some school there to help the Native children assimilate into our world.
You got the picture- What I have to say about S.J. I tell him up front to his face, so don't buy the idea I'm "picking on him", people could say he's "picking on me". I asked him fairly recently how much time he's spent in Alta. and never got an answer. I have close ties to people in Alta. and what he says about them just isn't true in any way about the few dozen I know. They basically mind their own business and work hard for a living. So to be truthful I find some of his remarks insulting. (If he has in fact spent a few years there, then I would listen to him)
BTW, perhaps I am taking liberties on the definition of "Bible Belt" but I don't care. IMO, a Bible Belt is a region where the majority of people at least claim to be fairly religious.
Technically the term "Bible Belt" refers to Southern and Midwestern USA areas and applies to Protestant fundamentalists so there are technically NO Bible Belts in Canada.
Here's what the Canadian Encyclopedia says about Fundamentlaism and Evangelicalism in Canuckville: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0002668
I'd suggest that there's a fair number of Catholic people in Quebec and Ontario (more than in Alberta) that are just as fundamentalist as any Protestant fundamentalists in AB.
Technically the term "Bible Belt" refers to Southern and Midwestern USA areas and applies to Protestant fundamentalists so there are technically NO Bible Belts in Canada.
Here's what the Canadian Encyclopedia says about Fundamentlaism and Evangelicalism in Canuckville: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0002668
I'd suggest that there's a fair number of Catholic people in Quebec and Ontario (more than in Alberta) that are just as fundamentalist as any Protestant fundamentalists in AB.
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I was going to make some comments about the bible belt of NB, but figured that I would be shot down by some resident authority, who would claim to know better, so I won't bother.
Since you are in NB, you would be the expert. Anybody who doesn't live there is just farting in the wind.
Of course I'm sure.... Ever notice the stink when Jimmy Baker and his Pass The Loot thing went down?
Not that I know of, biblical literalism and fundamentalism as I've encountered them personally and through the media are generally a Protestant phenomenon. I wouldn't categorically exclude Catholicism from them, but I don't have the knowledge and experience of those parts of the country that I do of the prairies, and in the interests of making defensible statements I try not to talk about what I don't know. :smile: I will, however, concede that a drive through Hull, Quebec, certainly suggests a Bible Belt. It's the only place I've ever seen statues of Jesus and Mary used as common front lawn ornaments in a whole neighbourhood. Larger than life size, garishly coloured, many with peeling paint, light bulbs for eyes... tacky doesn't begin to describe it.