Sunni and shiite

Emo Philips:

“Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “But nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?” He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What denomination?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879 or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.” I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him off the bridge.”

Tell that to my parents. Dad: Protestant Mom: Catholic

But I'm the black sheep for being an Atheist

Reminds me of the Family Guy bit:

“I’m a Seventh Day Adventist! We believe all the same things you do, but the sabbath is Saturday!”

“WHAT?!”

I think it's more that people hate people of other beliefs that live near to them. And when politics gets mixed with religion and then there's some violence, that's when it becomes a real feud.

I mean would there be so much hatred between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland if the British weren't Protestant?

This is what I've been trying to convince my dad. He's Mormon and the modern Evangelical movement behind this fucjed up government couldn't hate Mormons more. I think because they are so similar they actually end up hating them more than people like atheists, but they are willing to work together to get rid of the other hated people before they turn on each other

That has a name: narcissism of small differences.

Also relevant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/

Competition for membership and money. People changing from say christianity to islam or to buddhism is less likely, they’re outsiders and foreign, but not direct competitors. Making your version of Christianity more cult-ish by fomenting hatred of the similar competition to prevent people from leaving or losing church benefactors does the same thing.

Eh, I think protestantism and catholicism are actually pretty different. Even the local catholic churches can differ quite a lot between countries - e.g. Germany's catholic churches are generally a lot more progressive than those in Africa. And European lutheranism might as well be on a different planet compared to US evangelicalism.

There are 95 things that I would like to say on the matter. Give or take.

Sports fans amirite?

Like, two massive fans of the same sport, but from a different city with a different team.

I'm pretty sure they don't if we define "hate" by things like Terrorism or Religious Discrimination instead of complaints at the BBQ, but sure, your local sect is so annoying.

"better a heathen than a heretic" is a refrain I have heard used without irony

TBF, the structural differences if the protestant faith and the catholic faith were viable at the start. The catholics had a reformation and because they actually looked at the protestant doctrines and were like "yeah, ya'know, fair" to a lot of them. Meanwhile, Protestantism got popular with the the elites because they misinterpreted Martin Luther's philosophy to basically say that just paying lip service to God can still get you into heaven and so they could save a bundle on tithes and treat faith a performance art. Which is how you got assholes like the Calvinists.

In case you were thinking I was feeding into the thesis of the thread, neither of them are wholly correct, which is true of most religions, but if you look at the them purely objectively, Catholicism is "more correct" than Protestantism, as Catholics at least expect their practitioners to perform "good works" in their communities as a requirement rather than a strong suggestion.

I wonder if Buddhist monks from thailand look at Buddhist monks from India like that Futurama Fry squint meme?

I think that the ridiculousness (ridiculosity?) of other's religions reflects the believer's own religion's absurdity, made especially worse, in my opinion, if it's only recognized on a subconscious level.

Like in the movie Fight Club when the narrator says he can't cry with another faker around.

I'm ont so sure about that. I think the dominant religion hate the miorities in history. Catholics did war on Jews, Protestants, Jews again and now they cannot stand Islam.

I just think clerical and political elites are afraid "the other" are coming for them. In other words this is racism.

Abrahamic religions basically