manicshock wrote:
Kachi wrote:
I dunno. Even if you don't count atheists, I imagine the Jews have Christians handily beat.
Jews are Christian. Being Christian simply means believing in God. It's true that Christians do have this title, but Catholics I don't think do.
Hahaha, WHAT? Sh*t no. I think you want to say that Christians and Jews are monotheistic.
Edit: Just some random thoughts.
The different Christian sects always amused me. I was raised Roman Catholic, and have attended Baptist, Southern Baptist, UCC, and non-denominational services. Each sect refers to themselves differently. I asked my friend (a Lutheran) what his religion was, and he says "Christian," not Lutheran or Protestant. I asked a former girlfriend, who went to a UCC church, and she said the same thing. Ask a Roman Catholic? They're Catholics; "Christian" doesn't seem to be their first response. While they are all Christians, it seems the Protestant sects focus more on the Christ aspect, while the Catholics seem to focus more on the history of the Church.
I'm not sure if Baptists and Southern Baptists are technically different in their names, but the services are VERY different. The Baptist service I attended had a lot of upbeat music, positive messages, and a younger crowd. The Southern Baptists had a bunch of overweight old white folks, more "traditional" music (a cross of Catholic music and country singers), had messages of "Us versus Them," and had people standing up yelling "AMEN!" when the pastor went into a rant about abortion. It was pretty crazy.
I enjoyed the UCC, nondenominational, and Baptist services the most (in that order). The UCC is the only organization I tended to see mostly eye-to-eye with, as they support gay marriage, sex education, and believe both Israel and Palestine are at fault in their conflict. They also had pretty good music and a lot of young people.
Edited, Dec 17th 2010 10:47am by LockeColeMA