Catholic, Protestant or Christian

KiLLeR CoUCh

I've been wondering this for a little while. Most people I would come across in Ireland who are Christian would usually identify themselves as Catholic or Protestant. However in America a lot of people refer to themselves as Christian but never make the distinction as to what denomination they are. Does anybody know why this is?

owenc

KiLLeR CoUCh wrote: »

I've been wondering this for a little while. Most people I would come across in Ireland who are Christian would usually identify themselves as Catholic or Protestant. However in America a lot of people refer to themselves as Christian but never make the distinction as to what denomination they are. Does anybody know why this is?

Probably because they don't care like the people do here. In england or scotland they do that aswell, most english people in my class identify with christian. Theres some catholics that think that christians are Protestants, so now my next door neighbour thinks that my other friend is protestant when he is catholic! Also, here it is a way to identify with a way of finding out your background, alot of irish people hate people who identify with being british that is likely why aswell. Is this right i'm guessing, its likely all wrong.

Plowman

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LordSutch

Yes Ireland is predominattly a Roman Catholic country (in the South anyway), and sadly the demarkation is alive & well between RC and Protestant (although not as pronounced as it was twenty years ago). Certainly in England & 'The States' the lines are far more blurred between the various shades of the Christian family, which is nice.