I guess the people I know are different from those you know.

The people who knows? Aren't Pew surveys done by cold-calling?

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The people who knows? Aren't Pew surveys done by cold-calling?

I'm talking about the first hand experiences people have mentioned here. Such as:

My former roommate, admittedly a bit of a flake, went to Catholic School for *years* yet refused to believe me about the Eucharist being transubstantiation.

Most of the Protestants I've ever known wouldn't have known who Martin Luther was. While I never had any such conversation with any of them, I suspect that they identified much more as a member of their particular denomination than as a Protestant. I'm certain none of them ever wondered why they were called Protestants, why they were different than Catholics, or what if anything they were protesting.

I was raised in a pretty devout Catholic house and went to a school that was nominally public, but used to be run by our church and still had nuns and religious classes, and I don't ever recall learning about the transubstantiation until I went to an Anglican university.

I didn't realize that Catholics really thought that it was body and blood until I watched Tales of the City.

I learned about transubstantiation reading about the soccer players stranded in the Andes who cannibalized their teammates to survive and used the rites of communion to make it....uh, palatable.

I learned about transubstantiation reading about the soccer players stranded in the Andes who cannibalized their teammates to survive and used the rites of communion to make it....uh, palatable.

Huh.

So eating Jesus is better than eating your dead teammates?

I imagine it's more about using "this is my body, given for you" in context -- it's literally your friend's body keeping you alive.

Oh, and I learned about:

The Protestant Reformation in college history classes.

Judaism from a series of Jewish girlfriends.

Buddhism from a class on that subject in my senior year of college.

Islam from...maybe some early cyberpunk books. Then more recent interest in the Islamic Golden Age (8th to 13th century-ish). Which I'd known a bit about from cheesy historical fiction about the crusades, most probably Frank Yerby. And a bit gleaned from the El Cid myth and the Moorish era in Spain.

Catholism - I did catechism for a few years. But obviously not enough to understand Christ's body business.

Actually Jesus Christ Superstar figures strongly in that patchwork of gospel knowledge.

I imagine it's more about using "this is my body, given for you" in context -- it's literally your friend's body keeping you alive.

Exactly.

Thanks for the info on the Great Awakening. Seems my US history isn't as strong as it could be. Bit embarrassing.

I am Cleaning Many of The Things:

In the last three days I have: mopped the dining room, flea dipped the dog, straightened part of the garage, hauled bricks from off the stoop, dusted the living room, dusted the entryway, swept the LR and entry way, dusted and cleaned all the bookshelves in the upstairs hallway, swept and mopped the stairs and upstairs hall, and cleaned out the refrigerator and took it all out and washed it.

I am going to clean the toilet today and that's it for today.

I am not complaining about waking up and being useful, but I am getting bored. Although tidy.

SOMEONE PLEASE HIRE ME.