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NFUN posted...

pyresword posted...

You know the more I read this topic the more it feels Catholicism is just a completely different thing from all the Christian denominations you guys are referring to. From my perspective as a kid the way the Catholic Church worked is that it's the job of the upper echelons of the Church to interpret what the meaning of the Bible is, and basically they then disseminate that to the rest of the world. And from our perspective whatever they say is law/truth. But it doesn't sound like any other Christian denominations operate that way at all. It would definitely explain why I so quickly became disillusioned with the Church for reasons that don't seem to bother a lot of other people in this topic even when it seems like we're similar philosophically. (Of course determining that through GameFAQ's message board posts is probably wildly inaccurate so who knows)

For context's sake, I was raised as a Catholic but have been non-religious since about the time I was in high school, although I had trouble reconciling the Church as an institution somewhat before that time.

Do you know the history of Protestantism at all?

I mean in historical sense yes. But I couldn't tell you what their actual religious differences were at any level of detail above what you'd find in a middle school history textbook.

I also don't think it's immediately obvious that the difference between Catholics and other Christian denominations is as pronounced as it was in those days, although maybe it turns out that is the case? I really don't know much that's significant about what other denominations of Christianity look like in today's world.
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