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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Is this some sort of remnant of evangelical puritan protestant ideology?

I don't understaun this.

If you ask me, it'd make as much sense as Orthodox and Christians.... or Shia and Muslim...

I know not all Christians are Catholics but for feck's sake...

They're all Christians to me....

Edit:

It's a U.S thing but this is the sort of things I hear...

https://www.gotquestions.org/Catholic-Christian.html

I am a Catholic. Why should I consider becoming a Christian?

I now know more distinctions (apparently Catholicism requires duty and salvation is process, unlike Protestantism?) but I still think they're of a similar branch (Christianity) so I just wonder the social factor

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[-] livus@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Ask a catholic what religion they are and they answer Catholic, while protestants say Christian.

[-] livus@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago
[-] livus@kbin.social 0 points 7 months ago

Mystery solved, see OP's edit.

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