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What is something you dont care to understand or "get"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 29 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Religion. Even when I've taken the time to look up the difference is between a Catholic and a Christian, or a Shia and a Sunni, it seems like within minutes at most, that knowledge just sublimates.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    difference is between a Catholic and a Christian

    Not sure if the error was intentional to make the point that you don't care, but Catholics are the largest denomination of Christianity, rather than an alternative to it.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The Dutch make a distinction between Catholic and Christian.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    looks surprised

    goes to check Dutch Wikipedia

    https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholicisme

    Using Google Translate to convert the overview to English, I get:

    Catholicism is considered the largest movement within Christianity. The term derives from the word "catholic" and comes from the Greek (καθολικός - katholikos), meaning general or universal. The term "catholic" was first used in the context of the church by Ignatius of Antioch. In a letter to the Christians of Smyrna in 107, he wrote: "Where Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."[1]

    Catholicism is united by two creeds, the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, and can be divided into:

    Christians who unite under the Bishop of Rome (the Pope): Roman Catholics

    Other Christians who call themselves Catholic

    That sounds like they're classifying it the same way I'd normally see it in the English-speaking world.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I'm from New Jersey and we all make a very big distinction between Catholicism and Christian. And lots of us were raised Catholic around here, and Christians all seem to be late-in-life converts, at least where I'm from. And I'm a typical nothinger now, but I'd take Catholicism and it's bullshit (not kid touching) over what I've experienced with the Christians around here, never met a faker bunch of people.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Zeus is the most important but he sucks. Poseidon is in charge of the sea and he really likes sinking ships. Hades is in charge of you when you're dead. Artemis and Athena are both aroace, but Artemis like platonic bathing with her besties while Athena prefers maps. Everyone hates Ares but not as much as Hephaestus, Hera will kill you if you cheat on your wife, and Hestia and Dionysus can't agree which one is more important. Some people say Persephone is a victim, but the truth is she's ruled the underworld a lot longer than her husband has. Demeter is not supportive.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Usually how those divisions occurred is much more interesting.

    I'm fascinated that certain ideas have persisted over millennia and curious what it is about them that has captured minds so consistently. Religion, but more broadly spirituality, seems to have a constant presence throughout human conciousness and that is quite remarkable.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Think of it in terms of gladiator movies, the crusades, the fall of Rome. That shit is history, knights in armor, clash of cultures, and is full of drama as game of thrones

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