> interesting, didn't know there were catholics down there but it makes sense. my anecdotal experience with southern protestants have been them saying catholics are heretics and bashing catholics. this was in the carolinas. based on speaking with people while visiting the area. not all protestants think like that my impression of these people, partially influenced by knowledge of their history, is that their ancestors were catholics who converted to protestantism during persecutions of catholicism, and as a result they're constantly butthurt and envious of those of us whose ancestors did not crack under pressure. they always talk about how we're egotistical and vain while reminding us they can't just be catholic because of some weird undeclared reason, which ultimately is their guilt over the apostasy of their ancestors. they act like their job is to hate catholics because they are upset that, despite having the right beliefs, their ancestors strayed from the correct path and denied christ's one and only catholic church under pressure from the anglicans, forming instead separate religions dedicated to the apostates rather than acquiescing to the persecutors completely. perhaps they do not talk to us quite the same way they talk to other protestants. i always notice the fact that they acknowledge that we are correct while calling us heretics, which has always struck me as odd: why would you preach that someone is a heretic, and then acknowledge they are correct, and insist that they not refrain from sharing christ's forgiveness with you? it's a bizarre way to speak.
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