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In my religious background world (and I'm not saying this is right or wrong), Christian and Catholic are different--Christian means "born again" or "saved" or whatever, and Catholic is separate from that. Just like Lutheran would be separate, as well.
I think I'd say "born-again Christian" or "evangelical" or even just "Protestant."
Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I really mucked that up. And I wasn't trying to say anything about that at all.
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I think I'd say "born-again Christian" or "evangelical" or even just "Protestant."
well I don't know about "born-again" but there are evangelical Catholics. And they are all Christian! As far as I remember.
Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I really mucked that up. And I wasn't trying to say anything about that at all.
Oh, yeah, no problem!
I just had TOTALLY forgotten about that fight. Part of my history of not taking bullshit from nominal authority figures. Sometimes to my detriment.
well I don't know about "born-again" but there are evangelical Catholics. And they are all Christian! As far as I remember.
That's true, but I think the term still defaults to a subset of Protestants.
Thing is, ALL the terms are confusing. I can say I'm Presbyterian, but there are so many flavors of Presbys that by itself that doesn't tell you much. I'd have to go on to say that I'm PC-USA, which is mainline and the most liberal flavor of Presbyterianism, but that my church is evangelical, but lefty-evangelical what with ordaining women and so on, and that I'm liberal by my congregation's standards, and by then you've probably fallen asleep.
My exact denomination is "evangelical free," which sounds like it's on the really evangelical/conservative side, which it's actually not. Well, at least not compared to some churches I've been in. It is really confusing. And kinda stupid, actually. I mean, not entirely stupid...we each need to know where we stand, but I sometimes really hate that there are all of these divides. Why can't we just get along?
But, we can't, and blah, blah, blah. And I'm gonna shut up before I step in anymore guac.
That's true, but I think the term still defaults to a subset of Protestants.
Huh, that was never the case in the circles I grew up in. Christian included all Christian churches and the dividing line was whether or not churches were Protestant or not.
Huh, that was never the case in the circles I grew up in. Christian included all Christian churches and the dividing line was whether or not churches were Protestant or not.
The term I was talking about was "evangelical"--that while there are evangelical Catholics, when I see "evangelical" by itself I assume the speaker/writer is referring to conservative Protestants.
I think it's more that a number of born-again Christians don't consider other denominations Christian. I don't know anyone who isn't "born-again" that would use Christian to mean only that one subset.