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Religion. Even when I've taken the time to look up the difference is between a Catholic and a Christian, or a Shia and a Sunni, it seems like within minutes at most, that knowledge just sublimates.
Not sure if the error was intentional to make the point that you don't care, but Catholics are the largest denomination of Christianity, rather than an alternative to it.
Maybe more to mean like the original belief vs the now off-spring?
It's appel vs fruit. There are lots of types of christianity, chatolicism is a type of christianity.
The Dutch make a distinction between Catholic and Christian.
looks surprised
goes to check Dutch Wikipedia
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katholicisme
Using Google Translate to convert the overview to English, I get:
That sounds like they're classifying it the same way I'd normally see it in the English-speaking world.
I'm talking about the Dutch, not academics and Wikipedia article writers. When someone is talking about someone who is "Christelijk" they mean protestant.
I'm from New Jersey and we all make a very big distinction between Catholicism and Christian. And lots of us were raised Catholic around here, and Christians all seem to be late-in-life converts, at least where I'm from. And I'm a typical nothinger now, but I'd take Catholicism and it's bullshit (not kid touching) over what I've experienced with the Christians around here, never met a faker bunch of people.
denomination
Yeah, thats what I thought
Usually how those divisions occurred is much more interesting.
I'm fascinated that certain ideas have persisted over millennia and curious what it is about them that has captured minds so consistently. Religion, but more broadly spirituality, seems to have a constant presence throughout human conciousness and that is quite remarkable.
My favorite thing about Christianity is how all the different sects pretend that every other sect isn't actually Christian
Amen brother.
Zeus is the most important but he sucks. Poseidon is in charge of the sea and he really likes sinking ships. Hades is in charge of you when you're dead. Artemis and Athena are both aroace, but Artemis like platonic bathing with her besties while Athena prefers maps. Everyone hates Ares but not as much as Hephaestus, Hera will kill you if you cheat on your wife, and Hestia and Dionysus can't agree which one is more important. Some people say Persephone is a victim, but the truth is she's ruled the underworld a lot longer than her husband has. Demeter is not supportive.
Think of it in terms of gladiator movies, the crusades, the fall of Rome. That shit is history, knights in armor, clash of cultures, and is full of drama as game of thrones