Why are states with the wide open spaces the most conservative? I know that I am generalizing here, but the question, at least on a spiritual level, begs to be considered. Could it be that the wild open spaces of the Central US, Texas, the deserts of Arizona, the Central Valley of California, and parts of Alaska, all bring about a spiritual need for boundaries, concrete answers, reduced ambiguity?
Do the confines of cities--bodies and buildings all mashed together--bring about a spiritual thirst for the wide open. A thirst somewhat quenched by values of inclusivity, social relativism, and the desire to see the other as self.
Does our fear of, as well as our desire for wide open spaces influence our spiritual perspectives? If it does then the God of Texas is not the God of San Francisco. Just as the Jesus of Kansas is not the Jesus of Boston.
Perhaps we should consider that Christianity is created as much by land, as it is by text.
