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this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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This sounds like a semantic backflip.
Catholics themselves see themselves as Christian and since they are the largest Christian denomination, saying they aren't is just No True Scotsman.
Ask a catholic what religion they are and they answer Catholic, while protestants say Christian.
Maybe in your part of the world, not in mine. Christians normally just say Christian unless they're trying to recruit you (they are less than half the population).
Anyway that's like saying if you ask me what my meal is and I say "steak" that means it's somehow not meat because I was specific about the kind of meat.
Try it sometime
Mystery solved, see OP's edit.