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In reply to the discussion: Christianity is not the enemy. [View all]Mariana
(14,854 posts)29. The majority of Christians.
58% of Protestants, 52% of Catholics, and 61% of Mormons, if you consider them to be Christian.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/how-the-faithful-voted-a-preliminary-2016-analysis/
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I suspect there are substantial numbers of fundamentalists in every flavor of Christianity.
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2022
#3
Remarkably the set of "Christians I know" turns out not to be a representative sample
Effete Snob
Jun 2022
#32
You'd have to ask those Christians who don't believe the Mormons are Christian
Mariana
Jun 2022
#100
I think it absolutely has a place, and that place is "not connected to the state apparatus"
anarch
Jun 2022
#108
We don't live in a country facing existential challenges from fundamentalist Islam . . .
hatrack
Jun 2022
#15
I can't answer how I'd like precisely because Islam is protected from this bigotry here. so oh well.
BlackSkimmer
Jun 2022
#42
Actually, the RC Church is remarkably liberal on a lot of issues, like the DP for one
Seeking Serenity
Jun 2022
#80
They would seem to have more rights if it's their religion be crammed down our throats. nt
Gore1FL
Jun 2022
#34
I don't see any religious rights being taken away but women's rights were just broad-brushed away.
chowder66
Jun 2022
#49
Fuck that. I'm sick of oppressive imaginary men setting our freedoms and rules.
NightWatcher
Jun 2022
#64
Sorry, but be the last unsupported group by DU & others to be discriminated against & then we'll
Hestia
Jun 2022
#101
I'm glad you're more concerned about "Christianity"'s public image rather than what "Christians" did
tenderfoot
Jun 2022
#110
The reason that Christianity is bashed is because it is America's dominate religion.
walkingman
Jun 2022
#111