Okay then stand outside a Catholic church and ask people how do they call themselves, then try the same outside a protestant church and count how many catholic would answer Catholics and how many protestants
will say they are protestant.

Okay then stand outside a Catholic church and ask people how do they call themselves, then try the same outside a protestant church and count how many catholic would answer Catholics and how many protestants
will say they are protestant.

I can already tell you the answer from experience (not by surveying outside a church but w/e).

Catholics will say either Catholic or Christian.
Protestants will say either their denomination or Christian.

So while "protestant" Christians don't say, "I'm protestant" they DO say things like, "I'm a Baptist" or "I'm a Methodist." Why would they refer to themselves as disobedient to the original branch of Christianity?

Why would they refer to themselves as disobedient to the original branch of Christianity?

That's my point, so if it's not arrogance then it's because they are ashamed of that fact.

That's my point, so if it's not arrogance then it's because they are ashamed of that fact.

No, I'm pretty sure it's because they hold a different view than the Catholics. They split off because they thought that Catholicism wasn't the right way to worship God/follow his teachings/that they were corrupt. Nothing to do with being ashamed or arrogant.

Back to the topic, when people meet and feel offended because of the other person's views, it's likely because of things like this. Someone asserts a position (for example, that protestants are arrogant/ashamed) based on their view and don't take into consideration that there's more than one viewpoint in the whole world.

how many people reject religion because it seems silly? And they wonder why Christians don't believe in Evolution... :P

Not really following you here. What does someone not believing a religion because they find a religious belief silly have to do with those who do believe it rejecting science?

Some Christians like to claim (/joke) that atheists came up with Evolution as an excuse for not wanting to believe in theism, but that's a bit profound, I suppose.

And those people would be dead wrong. The initial proposal for evolution comes from ancient Greek philosophy. These people would have likely believed in the existence of Zeus. The theory as it is today first developed in the 18 and 19th century by those who were Christian. It finally gained popularity and rose above other proposed theories with Charles Darwin discovering the mechanism by which evolution works. (Who by the way was also Christian.)

The only thing profound about claiming/joking that atheists came up with it as some sort of excuse with any seriousness is that it's profoundly dumb.

: Joke. Key word.

Not really following you here. What does someone not believing a religion because they find a religious belief silly have to do with those who do believe it rejecting science?

The thought was that atheists might consider religion silly in a very observant look at it, but religious people consider the same in regards to Evolution. Not to be offensive, but just as mockingly as atheists may look at religion. Totally disregarding of 'facts' or 'faith.'

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Anyway, to the person who posted this thread, I have no idea why you are insulted because you didn't give me the full question. The possible question is; "Why do they feel like they need to save me? or something....

Well how about a question like this; "Why do atheists feel like they need to tell me my beliefs are wrong?"

Of course, that only happened to me once when I was walking in a store with a christian T-shirt on.

"Why do atheists feel like they need to tell me my beliefs are wrong?"

It depends on the person. Most atheists I know are perfectly content to let people believe whatever they want. What concerns us is actions they take because of those beliefs. When religion is used as a reason to try and institute change or enforce morals is when we feel the need to point out why that shouldn't happen, which inevitably leads to getting into the quasi factual basis of said religion.

The other times are when religion is constantly brought up in a discussion in terms of a generalization or something like that.

From what I can tell, there are Catholics who are Christians (who actually believe and follow Jesus), and there are those who aren't. There are also Protestants who claim they are Christians, and those who actually believe and follow Jesus.

Catholics are Christian. Why does the contrary seem such a popular opinion?

The past decade saw the rise of not just atheism and agnosticism but also New Atheism, a militant form of atheism that espouses ridding the world of religion and not just rejecting religion. We see too, the rise of the curiously modern and politicized religious fundamentalism.  If these trends are present, is it not a logical corollary that people are starting to be eve more rabid in their opinions?