I’m speaking as someone born to people from a non-Abrahamic faith so I don’t know shit about fuck with regards to Christianity, I’m just going off my observations of my hometown and the world around me.

This is mostly anecdotal but I’ve heard Evangelical protestantism has made such in roads in Puerto Rico that I think a majority of the island might actually be Evangelical. I know this is pretty much the case throughout the rest of Latin America. This phenomenon coincides with the rightward shift of the entire region.

Not saying Catholicism is without its skeletons but as the world becomes more cruel, violent, and evil, I can’t help but draw a parallel. I remember reading about de las Casas in High School and the at times moderating influence of Catholicism in Spanish territories, whereas I can find no history of redeeming qualities in the Protestant faith, particularly evangelicism.

This is baby’s first attempt at analysis of Christian theology, so please bear in that mind. My brilliant insights into this are along the lines of ‘the Brazilian national football team is ass now because the players are no longer alcoholic womanizing Catholics’. I’m sure all you Evangelical freaks on hexbear dot net will be foaming at the mouth

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[–] [S] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I am literally voting everything in here because I have no idea wtf you all are talking about but it all sounds very interesting

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    You have one person with experience from both Catholic and Protestant viewpoints who is characterizing the different kinds of Protestants and giving lots of examples of how Christianity developed in Europe and the Americas by force... and then you have another person who splits hairs about methods of execution, references satirical movies as an actual source, says "it was all the Protestants' fault, and if it was Catholics doing it, then the Protestants deserved it, they are demons".

    Seems pretty equivalent to me. shrug-outta-hecks

    On a serious note, if you want to learn more about the subject of religious intolerance in America, I recommend Constantine's Sword.

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