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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by chaostheory on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:21PM (#38092696)
The Catholic Church is a liberal outlier. It’s so far away from the median that many if not most Christian sects do not consider it as “Christian”. One major difference is that Catholicism acknowledges evolution as a truth so it’s no surprise that they consider us as heretics.

For context, I was raised as a Catholic, had well over a decade of theological study (including university level classes), and I’ve had significant contact and relationships with other Christians in the Southern US.

Most religious people do not have the privilege to attend a more intellectual leaning parochial school. Weekly 30 min sermons are not enough, but that is the norm for most religious people.

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by seti0Cha on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:32PM (#38093198)
Being an educated Catholic, you're probably already aware that the Catholic church makes up about 50% of Christians. Throw in the Orthodox church, which says it knows where the church is, but doesn't know where it is not, and you're up to 60%. Throw in the Anglicans and the Methodists, who certainly share the relevant opinions regarding salvation, and now you're over 65%. The remaining denominations are a mixed bag but even ignoring the rest, it's hard to say how you could describe the Catholic church as a Christian outlier. Rather, it is all these tiny denominations which are outliers.
Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by chaostheory on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @12:39AM (#38094647)
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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by seti0Cha on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @08:52AM (#38097544)
Are you? Elsewhere you describe this beliefs as "one of the main tenants of religion" and say "The crux of Christianity is that if you don't accept Jesus...". It sounds like you are making claims not just about Christianity as a whole, but about religion in general. If you're trying to make claims about what Americans believe about Christianity, you're expressing yourself very poorly.
Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by chaostheory on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:07AM (#38099230)
My points are clear and to the point where as you keep making claims that you fail to support. Yes, I was only referring to the US for all the reasons I’ve already listed.