booffo wrote:And wearing a necklace with the figure of a dude nailed to some wood on it, ain't weird at all.

No, Christians find that weird too - we wear the cross that shows He's no longer on it. You might be thinking of Catholics. We also like doves, icthus fish and the Star of David as symbols.

StroppyChops wrote: No, Christians find that weird too - we wear the cross that shows He's no longer on it. You might be thinking of Catholics. We also like doves, icthus fish and the Star of David as symbols.

Are Catholics not Christian?

booffo wrote:

StroppyChops wrote: No, Christians find that weird too - we wear the cross that shows He's no longer on it. You might be thinking of Catholics. We also like doves, icthus fish and the Star of David as symbols.

Are Catholics not Christian?

Depends who you ask.

Many Catholics are devout Christians - many others are (exclusively) Mary-worshippers. Despite what the Roman Catholic church would say, it is not representative of the Christian world, and nor are 'Christian' and '(Roman) Catholic' automatically equal.

Yes, I've added the 'Roman' qualifier there, nobody would have read this in the catholic (lowercase c) context but best to clarify before the nitpicking starts.

A lot of blues and R&B came out of the black church's in the US. Gospel and R&B go hand in hand. Any good music come out of Islam lately?

StroppyChops wrote:

booffo wrote:

StroppyChops wrote: No, Christians find that weird too - we wear the cross that shows He's no longer on it. You might be thinking of Catholics. We also like doves, icthus fish and the Star of David as symbols.

Are Catholics not Christian?

Depends who you ask.

Many Catholics are devout Christians - many others are (exclusively) Mary-worshippers. Despite what the Roman Catholic church would say, it is not representative of the Christian world, and nor are 'Christian' and '(Roman) Catholic' automatically equal.

Yes, I've added the 'Roman' qualifier there, nobody would have read this in the catholic (lowercase c) context but best to clarify before the nitpicking starts.

I was bought up Catholic, later in life I actually read the King James Bible and was shocked and came to the realisation that all that Catholic nonsense just isn't in there. The few bits that do allude to them aren't all that complimentary.

Joker Poker wrote:I was bought up Catholic, later in life I actually read the King James Bible and was shocked and came to the realisation that all that Catholic nonsense just isn't in there. The few bits that do allude to them aren't all that complimentary.

There's a reason RC priests don't want you reading the Bible.