Originally posted by Ferret
Catholics to Christians are like Guinness to regular beer. I like to think of them as the EXTREME version of Christianity. Their rules are ten times as strict and guilt seems to follow everything they do...
-Ferret
Catholicism is also quite a legalistic branch of professing Christianity, because it passes off so many man-made rituals and rules as though they were the Word of God.
"And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."
Matthew 15:9/Mark 7:7
This isn't my word. I'm simply quoting Jesus Himself.
I read the bible and studied it a bit more, and I'm happier with my results.
BTW: I'm still thinking like a Quaker, but at least my Conservative Christian % (the viewpoint I claim) went up 10.
I
literally thank God that my New Age, Neopagan, Secular Humanism, and Scientology count are nice and low.
Orthodox Quaker (100%) Okay, I am
so checking this out.
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%) <-Okay, which one did I miss?
3. Seventh Day Adventist (98%) <-A friend of mine has an SDA housekeeper.
4. Eastern Orthodox (86%) Que?
5. Roman Catholic (86%) Click here for info <--Aww, crap.
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%) Click here for info <--Liberal seems to be TOO liberal.
7. Hinduism (61%) Click here for info <-Never knew.
8. Jehovah's Witness (57%) The other 43% is an Ex-JW, and proud of it.
9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
10. Orthodox Judaism (55%)
11. Liberal Quakers (54%)
12. Islam (54%)
13. Jainism (53%) Need info.
14. Bahá'í Faith (48%) Click here for info
15. Unitarian Universalism (44%) Click here for info
16. Theravada Buddhism (41%) Ex-Buddhist
17. Mahayana Buddhism (41%) Click here for info
18. Reform Judaism (35%) Click here for info
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (34%) Click here for info
20. Sikhism (32%) Click here for info
*You probably already knew this:
21. Nontheist (24%)
22. New Age (23%) Click here for info
23. Neo-Pagan (23%) Click here for info
24. Scientology (23%) Click here for info
25. Taoism (22%) Click here for info
26. Secular Humanism (21%) Click here for info
27. New Thought (19%) Click here for info
Not gonna happen.
The CPA Neo-pagan average seems to be pretty high. I guess there's more of that action than I once thought.