• usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    tradCaths aren't even Catholic they technically schismed off over vatican 2. Not for a sensible reason like being mad they didn't call it Vatican 2: Christian boogaloo either but because it said they had to be less homophobic and racist

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      But they have protestantism right there!

      Oh wait, they absolutely need their priests to be sexless? Is protestantism too feminist by non having whatever nuns are supossed to be?

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah you can do whatever you want and be a protestant as protestantism is defined by it's relation to Catholisism not by any specific set of beliefs.

        There may be cultural reasons they still associate themselves with Catholisism in America for example Protestantism is culturally associated with whiteness and the bourgeoise while Catholism with poor brown skinned immigrants (as opposed to wealthy white protestant immigrants). So both anti-Catholisism and teetotalerism have a history of being associated with or dogwhistles for anti-immigrant politics.

        this gives an example of how religious identities are often not actually based on religious differences so much as cultural and explains why they may have cultural reasons to still define themselves as Catholic. (this is for the original and real life batshit religious movement from the early 60's the tradCath teenagers are LARPing as).

        the weird nerds LARPing as a weird religious offshoot of Catholism are just stupid teenagers as far as I could tell and probably don't even know what eucharist is let alone have extemely strong opinions about it

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          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          Yanks are the only ones doing religion zapping, as if they are in a salad bar.

          Reactionaries in any other side of the world stick to whatever religion their grandparents have.