<p>So i'm going to a state university in Michigan. I'm from Long Island, NY, so I'm pretty liberal. I respect other people's opinions even when they're different than mine. I consider myself a democrat, I'm 100% for gay marriage/rights, for a woman's choice, not a fan of bush, etc. Anyway, after joining a facebook group for this university, some people who I spoke to through the message boards added me. I clicked this one kid who I was talking to's profile and see some blog post and click it and it's like "I feel really lost like I lost my friends, family, fun and god." then like 10 of his friends start preeching all this pray and read the bible and don't loose faith in god stuff. And I'm just like whatt? After my rambling, the question is, are people in Michigan really conservative? Are they all really into god and church? I really like my school so I'm now really worried that they're all gonna be crazy religious. What does everyone think?</p>
<p>Ok... I' grew up in Michigan, are you honestly basing your opinion of a state and/or university on a facebook note with a few comments? Did you ever think that maybe the really religious people tend to hang out with eachother?</p>
<p>Which school are you attending? I have friends in a lot of uni's throughout Mich.</p>
<p>So you're categorizing a whole state based off roughly 10 people on facebook?</p>
<p>As I recall, Michigan voted Democratic in the 2004 & 2000 elections, so I'd guess the state is mostly liberal.</p>
<p>Michigan is generally quite the blue state.</p>
<p>No, just Detroit, most of Ann Arbor, and probably Flint are liberal. The rest of the state is fairly conservative. You're probably more likely to run into a heavily religious person than a heavily liberal person in Michigan.</p>
<p>I'm pretty liberal and I came to college in the heart of the Bible belt, in one of the most conservative states in the US. I have had absolutely no problem religiously. I don't identify myself as Christian and here, in the center of theocracy, it has never been an issue. I do know a lot of religious people, but they do their thing and I do mine when it comes to religion, and we're still friends and spend time together in other capacities. Even here I've met a lot of socially liberal, or at least socially tolerant people. I was really surprised. Even if Michigan is a "conservative" or "religious" state, it should be easy enough to deal with.</p>
<p>I think being religious or having religious faith do not make anyone "conservative" (whatever that label really means) or intolerant.</p>
<p>^Thank you.</p>
<p>I'm a devout Christian and I plan on registering as a Democrat. </p>
<p>Most real Christians realize that we're not a theocracy and we can't try and shove our religion down other people's throats. You should be fine.</p>
<p>Unless you're going to Bob Jones or BYU you gotta remember that regardless of the area you're in you're on a college campus, which is going to be more liberal than the surrounding area in almost all cases. What you saw was probably one guy that had a lot of very active Christian friends (since that type tend to stick together tightly) and not an overall trend of the campus. Trust me, you'll be buried up to your eyes in "I don't really BELIEVE in a God"s when you hit any college campus. You'll be fine.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the opinions, everyone. </p>
<p>And HisGraceFillsMe, you make such a great point. I went to two different Catholic schools when I was younger and everyone was so narrow-minded they really couldn't see the whole point of the religion they claimed to believe so much in. It's really nice to know that there are smart Christians out there!</p>
<p>Yeah, it really depends on the person, but most of us know that we're just people like everyone else.</p>
<p>Next time someone tries to shove their religion down your throat or tells you you're going to hell because of ________ and you know they're either Christian or Catholic, just tell them, "You know, Jesus told his disciples to love everyone the same."</p>
<p>They will most likely never bother you again. ^_^</p>
<p>^^^^ cough, a correlation between good students and liberals?</p>
<p>oh brother</p>
<p>Amen to several posters above. I am 100% behind all the topics you mentioned, a registered democrat, and I am still religious. I still personally believe that God can solve all problems, but I dont shove my religion down other peoples throats. I believe you can be religious and still liberal, just by living by the idea of who are you to tell another person how to live their life? What gives you the right to say you are better than them? BTW, I'm from Wisconsin, so pretty similar Midwestern upbringing as Michigan.</p>
<p>Yayy for being a Christian (Catholic) Democrat whose down for loving everyone!</p>
<p>I'm sincerly impressed by the amount of level-headed Christians posting here! You guys are making my opinions of them much better than they were. It's really cool that you guys feel that you can be independent and believe what you stand for politically but still have a strong religious background. I've learned A LOT about the Catholic religion through school and would never go back, but I completely respect your opinions and am thankful for you insight!</p>
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<p>That is one of the worst strings of logic I have ever heard, if your using it as evidence to become liberal.</p>
<p>Third Party candidate '12!</p>
<p>You post made me sad and happy razoredsuitcase, unfortunately the Catholic Church has MUCH to account for but yayy for not loosing hope in us Catholics (and Christians) as individuals! Some us rock I promise lol, sadly the stereotype that Christians and Christian Catholics need to do more to break is that once one decides to accept the truths necessary for our faith, our brains turn off or rather somehow cease to think logicially beyond what we are told by our preist, pastor or chaplan says is right or wrong in God's eyes.</p>
<p>The whole brain turns off thing is dead-on for the majority that I know. It's like if the teacher/priest/nun/pope/etc. didn't SAY it, it's wrong. Not that Christians are not smart - brains arn't judged by beliefs. Just some tend to be really, really ignorant. But that's probably true with any religion (or non-religion). My kind of personal reason for dropping faith all together lies in the Catholic Church. Not so much the whole God thing.</p>
<p>Lol I respectfully beg to differ as far as "if an important religious figure did not say it, its wrong" (oh I see soooooo many examples of this kind of thinking but its true form, removed from the cancer of legalism, that is not Christianity)</p>