> I live in the US and for us the concept of two Christian factions being in conflict is just so foreign. Foreign? Christian factionalism is deeply ingrained i

> I live in the US and for us the concept of two Christian factions being in conflict is just so foreign. Foreign? Christian factionalism is deeply ingrained in american culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism_in_the_United... Mostly directed towards catholics and mormons. > You drive around just about anywhere in the US and you will come across Protestant churches right next to Catholic ones. Anywhere? No. Most catholic churches are in catholic areas and protestant churches in protestant areas. And I'm pretty sure most protestant churches official stance is that the catholic pope is the anti-christ. At least it was when I went to church not too long ago. Not sure what the catholic stance is nor do I really care. Also, these "religious" conflicts are deep down ethnic or political conflicts. We don't have religious factionalism because our politics is pretty much controlled by one political party (republican-democratic party). Once that political stranglehold gets broken, we'll probably ethnic and religious factionalism.