Differentiating Catholics from Protestants is fine, but they're both still types of Christian. Saying one side is "not christian" is a common tactic used by Christians to misdirect critiques about their religion and it lets them avoid self reflection. Im sorry I assumed you were a Christian for using that argumen, its something that annoys me about christians and I jumped the gun.
I do want to reiterate an apology for calling you a nonce. I've been hostile in this thread as well. It's just frustrating to be called delusional, an apologist, or a denialist of some kind by people on the internet on the basis of phrasing. I've had a friend kill themselves straight out of catholic school. Another was sent to gay conversion camp. I very nearly specialized on the history of religious bigotry at school. I'm fully aware of so much shit that's gone down I don't even talk about it to other people anymore. They either deny it (not to my face, to themselves), compartmentalize it, or their outlook becomes visibly worse. It's all exhausting.
Differentiating Catholics from Protestants is fine, but they're both still types of Christian. Saying one side is "not christian" is a common tactic used by Christians to misdirect critiques about their religion and it lets them avoid self reflection. Im sorry I assumed you were a Christian for using that argumen, its something that annoys me about christians and I jumped the gun.
I do want to reiterate an apology for calling you a nonce. I've been hostile in this thread as well. It's just frustrating to be called delusional, an apologist, or a denialist of some kind by people on the internet on the basis of phrasing. I've had a friend kill themselves straight out of catholic school. Another was sent to gay conversion camp. I very nearly specialized on the history of religious bigotry at school. I'm fully aware of so much shit that's gone down I don't even talk about it to other people anymore. They either deny it (not to my face, to themselves), compartmentalize it, or their outlook becomes visibly worse. It's all exhausting.