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I can assure you that a great majority of practicing Catholics do not treat confessions seriously. Coming from a traditionally Catholic society, we don't have a

I can assure you that a great majority of practicing Catholics do not treat confessions seriously. Coming from a traditionally Catholic society, we don't have any better coping techniques than "simply man up". I'm fascinated with Americans who discover Catholicism though. Suddenly the religious parts of Europe become what Japan is to anime enthusiasts - a mythical land of perfection.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> I'm fascinated with Americans who discover Catholicism though. Catholicism is the largest single denomination in the United States. > Suddenly the religious parts of Europe become what Japan is to anime enthusiasts - a mythical land of perfection. Not really; very few American Catholics, cradle or convert, mainstream or “trad”, idealize “the religious parts of Europe”. American Trads idealize a fairy-tale vision of pre-Vatican II Catholicism which they are very aware does not reflect the present of Europe, and most American Catholics don’t idealize any particular alternative time and/or place in human history, current or past, real or imagined.
- biomcgary 3y ago
  Focusing on denominations is a bit misleading, since some Protestants are anti-denominational (i.e., they reject denominations as wrong, which is kind of like Roman Catholics, except those Protestants go from one to zero ;-). By affiliation, Protestants make up 66% of Christianity-derived religions in the US. 29% are Roman Catholic. Evangelical Protestants alone are 36%. (Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-stu...) Religious affiliation is also highly geographically variable in the US, so many places would have relatively little cultural awareness of Roman Catholicism.

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I can assure you that a great majority of practicing Catholics do not treat confessions seriously. Coming from a traditionally Catholic society, we don't have a

by worklaptopacct 3y ago

dragonwriter 3y ago
> I'm fascinated with Americans who discover Catholicism though. Catholicism is the largest single denomination in the United States. > Suddenly the religious parts of Europe become what Japan is to anime enthusiasts - a mythical land of perfection. Not really; very few American Catholics, cradle or convert, mainstream or “trad”, idealize “the religious parts of Europe”. American Trads idealize a fairy-tale vision of pre-Vatican II Catholicism which they are very aware does not reflect the present of Europe, and most American Catholics don’t idealize any particular alternative time and/or place in human history, current or past, real or imagined.
- biomcgary 3y ago
  Focusing on denominations is a bit misleading, since some Protestants are anti-denominational (i.e., they reject denominations as wrong, which is kind of like Roman Catholics, except those Protestants go from one to zero ;-). By affiliation, Protestants make up 66% of Christianity-derived religions in the US. 29% are Roman Catholic. Evangelical Protestants alone are 36%. (Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-stu...) Religious affiliation is also highly geographically variable in the US, so many places would have relatively little cultural awareness of Roman Catholicism.