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Post by chairface on Jan 20, 2004 22:58:33 GMT -5
Which denomination has the most bigots?
Catholicism or Protestantism
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Post by xxx on Jan 23, 2004 14:32:49 GMT -5
Hard to say, and the answers you get will usually be biased.
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Post by Satyros on Jan 23, 2004 17:12:27 GMT -5
Which denomination has the most bigots? Catholicism or Protestantism Who cares!? They are both heretics anyway. The only true Christian dogma is the Ortodox christian.
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Post by chairface on Jan 23, 2004 22:51:09 GMT -5
Okay, then who's more likely to be a "Mixer"... Catholics or Protestants?
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Post by xxx on Jan 31, 2004 14:06:46 GMT -5
They are both heretics anyway. The only true Christian dogma is the Ortodox christian. Tell that to Copts and others based on ancient Christianism.
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Post by xxx on Jan 31, 2004 14:22:45 GMT -5
Okay, then who's more likely to be a "Mixer"... Catholics or Protestants? Again, hard to say. But let's see... Some Protestants are extremely attached to what is written in the Bible. In South Africa, the Apartheid used their dominees (the "priests" of their Oude Kirke) to support racial separation. When some of these dominees started to look to the Bible searching for proves to support the Apartheid policies, many started to depart from the official views. Catholics don't usually go by the rules, and they change them quite often. But at the same time the same word "Catholic" means Universal. The nice thing about Orthodox is that they have some kind of "national churches", so if one pope goes nuts in one country, then the others don't have to follow this madness. In the end, the less likely to mix are Pagans. But going back to Paganism is an option contrary to human evolution. Another option is Atheism. But this is no just the negation of god, but also the negation of man himself. I'll stick to Agnosticism as a religion and to the European Christianism as a tradition and a support to keep a morality in society.
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Post by Dienekes on Jan 31, 2004 16:02:44 GMT -5
Tell that to Copts and others based on ancient Christianism. The Copts are stricto sensu not part of the Orthodox Church.
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Post by xxx on Jan 31, 2004 17:51:19 GMT -5
The Copts are stricto sensu not part of the Orthodox Church. Yes, that I knew it. What I meant to say is that any group from the ancient Christianism could tell the same about Orthodox or any others, that they are heretic Christians.
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Post by Dienekes on Jan 31, 2004 20:40:35 GMT -5
Yes, that I knew it. What I meant to say is that any group from the ancient Christianism could tell the same about Orthodox or any others, that they are heretic Christians. I would be surprised if they didn't. Every group thinks that they are right, this is the reason why different groups exist in the first place.
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Post by xxx on Feb 1, 2004 7:14:02 GMT -5
I would be surprised if they didn't. Every group thinks that they are right, this is the reason why different groups exist in the first place. That's right, each single group believes that its beliefs are the right ones, else the group would not bother with continuing existing. So, all groups are orthodox according with their own beliefs, and any other group which differ from that orthodoxy is, therefore, heretic. When the Christian leaders of the Church first heard of Islam, they labeled it as a heressy of Christianism. Luther, when he reformed the Bible, he claimed that Jews had no longer a reason to remain Hebrewists... in a way he had converted Hebrewism into a heressy. Personally, I like the Catholic Church in as much as it provides a background for stability among nations, but on the other hand I also like the Orthodox Churches because they can provide a national framework for each single nation. Generally speaking, I like Christianism as a means to keep a morality and ethic needed for a civilized society. Of course this is a rather cynical view of religion, but then I'm an agnostic, so I don't care much about being told that I am religiously cynical. I don't know what the Christian Protestant denominations can be good for, at least not in the part of the world where I live. As for the Catholic Church of England, the schism where it originates is too stupid to give it any thought.
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Post by Batesy on Jun 7, 2004 10:27:12 GMT -5
I'd say Protestants. Do you know how hard it is to get into their country clubs? ;D
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Post by nordicyouth on Jun 7, 2004 13:18:11 GMT -5
I would say Protestantism, because there is a higher percentage of the wealthy elite in Protestantism then other denominations so that snobbiness combined with fundamentalism can produce higher amounts of bigotry e.g. the country clubs...
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Post by Graeme on Jun 8, 2004 11:34:24 GMT -5
What is the big deal about country clubs? Bigotry comes in many forms. A friend of mine is a member of a leagues type club, that is a club that uses gambling to subsidise food, alcohol and entertainment for members from the proceeds, and it is called the Sydney Catholic Club. Of course you don't have to be Catholic to join, participate or visit though I guess it would have been a requirement in the old days. It is like not entering a church of a different brand of Christianity. I know the first time I went into a Greek Orthodox church I was horrified by the icons and paraphenalia. It looked so alien. A xenophobic reaction? In Australia, it is the Catholics who seem to want to turn everyone into their image. The Protestants are more accepting of differences and peoples' flaws. Yes Protestants tend to be the better off, but they are better educated, more travelled, more exposed to other ideas than the bulk of Catholics who have the silly prejudices of by-gone generations. I vote Catholic for bigotry.
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Post by captainusa1 on Jun 12, 2004 21:36:36 GMT -5
I would say Protestantism, because there is a higher percentage of the wealthy elite in Protestantism then other denominations so that snobbiness combined with fundamentalism can produce higher amounts of bigotry e.g. the country clubs... That's not the case with most Protestants. There's a lot of diversity within Protestantism. The "wealthy" stereotype may apply to certain Episcopalians, but I can assure you that there are many poor Protestants in the USA. They also don't have a monopoly on bigotry. The secular entertainment industry is one of the most bigoted groups in my country. They routinely mock the relgious beliefs of the majority of Americans in the guise of comedy.
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