If I believe that for most Roman Catholics, fealty to the pope is about tribal affiliation rather than theology or faith, how should that change my interdenominational repartée?
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
yeah for most its about heritage, being part of the club, fish fries, private schools, etc. contrary to twitter tradcaths, you ask 95% of catholics if they believe mary periodically appears to teach prophecies and they will look at you like you're crazy.
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Replying to @bullionsaver @QuasLacrimas
American Catholics act towards catholicism the way american jews act towards judaism- most specifically delineate themselves from the people who take it "seriously"- & mostly show up to do the holidays- it's purely decoration.
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They get their kids confirmed (bar mitzvah) & then it's just a calendar of yearly events- nothing more than this. My "catholic" family do not believe in anything resembling catholic doctrine.
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Replying to @Logo_Daedalus @bullionsaver
that is also odd. I was talking primarily about devout catholics (i.e. ones who are sincere Christians), and in effect right-wing catholics: but we do need ask to what extent the xmas/easter phenomenon affects those ppl
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas @bullionsaver
The more "serious" the catholic is in america, the more alien he is from his peers. Tradcaths are a vocal internet minority, usually converts, & are not representative of anything substantial.
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So do you think the conjecture that tradcath loyalty to rome is tribal is false? (btw, converts are overrepresented among all tradcaths but afaict not a majority of right-wing tradcaths)
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