(September 23, 2023 at 10:47 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(September 23, 2023 at 10:17 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Christians, especially in the American South, have a tendency not to consider Catholics to be Christian.
It was a hard-learned lesson for me to keep my Catholic upbringing quiet.
They would prefer nearly anyone to a Catholic.
I never considered being Catholic to be the same thing as being Christian and I still don't. Protestantism is Christianity, Catholicism is something else.
A nun at Holy Rosary Convent School asked her students what they want to be when they grow up.
Little Suzy declared, "I want to be a prostitute."
"What did you say?!" asked the nun, totally shocked.
"I said I want to be a prostitute," Suzy repeated.
"Oh, thank heavens," said the nun. "I thought you said `a Protestant!`"