There is a new story circulating today that a former assistant—Paul
Maybe.—Just
Re: Armstrong doping question
Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:46:02 -0400
The Wogster <wogste...@yahoo.ca>

My prediction when I made the suggestion was that you would probably be on the libertarian side of the scale, just taking a guess from your postings here. I would have pegged you as closer to the middle, economically, but didn’t have a strong prediction one way or the other.

It’s interesting to see where they placed various historical figures, but of course those figures didn’t take the test and so it’s hard to be very certain where they would be.—Mike

I don’t understand why "some" Christians think that every Christian has to be the same as they are. Guess what! We are not all fundamentalist "far upper right" Republicans! That relatively small group has hijacked the name "Christian" as if it belongs only to them and I, for one, resent that. We are NOT all "in the far upper right corner" and we don’t all march in lockstep with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.—Pat

I think the press and much of the popular media tries to make that association (that is, "Christian" = uber-right stereotypical who somehow manages to have a deep southern accent no matter where they live). That doesn’t make it so - it’s obvious just from statistics that you can’t have as many Christians as there are without them being spread across a very wide demographic and political landscape.

Everyone has their own ideas about the proper way to live the faith, but by definition we all fall short so I for one have just accepted that and don’t try to tell anyone else I’ve got all the answers. It’s always been so, and will always be so. The Bible talks about inclusion, not segregation into a holy huddle. Jesus hung out with the tax collectors (even more despicable then!) and hookers so I don’t think anyone should feel too smug because they don’t.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles <habcycles.c> Home of the $695 ti frame—Mark

As others have pointed out, being a Christian doesn’t necessarily squirrel you away into any of the corners - I suspect Jesus would have scored pretty much a centrist or slight lower left result. He was a relational guy but with a firm agenda - believed in accountability, but mercy too. He believe in authority, but also in the value of the individual and his or her ability to transcend a bad system (render unto Caesar...).

I do have to wonder about the accuracy of the "public figure testing" though - I tend to agree with GWB’s position on most issues, yet we’re miles apart on the chart. Either I’m not where I belong, or he’s not where he belongs - IMHO of course. I suspect that whoever "took the test" for some of the public figures just answered like the political stereotype of that person would answer. Bush is certainly right of center, but nowhere near the edge. And though Kerry was certainly one of our more liberal senators, he’d also be nowhere near the left edge of the graph, though I suspect that’s where he’d end up on the chart if someone who bought into the political hype (from the right) would put him.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles <habcycles.c> Home of the $695 ti frame—Mark