I live in Poland, which is a very Catholic country (I am also a believer myself), so I can confirm that You described Catholicism quite well, but I would like to add that You cannot just take the name of a saint because you just like it. It must carry with it an important meaning for you, for example, I have the name of Catherine of Alexandria who is the patron saint of writers.
Just had to write this quick, when I'll go back from school, I'll write some more. :)
if that was directed at me, i totally understand that! they're important figures, not something to choose just because. again, there's a few similarities there with patrons, in my religion.
I live in Poland, which is a very Catholic country (I am also a believer myself), so I can confirm that You described Catholicism quite well, but I would like to add that You cannot just take the name of a saint because you just like it. It must carry with it an important meaning for you, for example, I have the name of Catherine of Alexandria who is the patron saint of writers.
Just had to write this quick, when I'll go back from school, I'll write some more. :)
I chose Catherine of Alexandria as my saint as well lol :D
Readings books on the saints as a kid is interesting because they don't really pull punches. Like, you'll be reading about one and getting invested and then the story will be like "oh yeah and then they were skinned alive"
okay, so we talked about the sacraments, the Mass and the Churches, so I think there's only one major thing left: Religious Education.
in Poland RE is usually on the first or the last lesson in a day (there were times when the government wanted to put RE in the middle of the day but it didn't go through) for the ones who don't want to attend it. in these lessons we learn about Parables, all the holidays and prepare for the sacraments. in RE, as in any other subject, there are two tests a year, and some teachers make extra quizzes. the only difference from regular school lessons is that you can opt out of it. i think that before the confirmation it's best to attend RE, but after that it's not compulsory (although a more conservative Catholic goes to RE throughout the entire period of education and doesn't stop learning even in adulthood).
i think that's all i have to say for now. good luck!
Readings books on the saints as a kid is interesting because they don't really pull punches. Like, you'll be reading about one and getting invested and then the story will be like "oh yeah and then they were skinned alive"
yeah, when i read about Saint Lucia of Syracuse it was like "she prayed a lot and took vows of chastity" and then "she was forced to be a prostitute so she plucked her eyes out"
heck, if op is okay with it i would love to stalk that, i love reading about saints and i feel like that'd be super cool to know about for writing catholic/protestant characters
No offense to anyone. But Catholics and Protestants are basically opposites. If there is a Catholic thing, Protestants are probably telling their kids it’s evil. (Okay most don’t but there are some.) Catholics do saints. So Protestants say it’s idolatry.
ooo I didnt know that. thanks dom!!!
Much welc.
Do Protestants do Mary? I've heard the whole "lol you guys worship Mary!!!" thing before and it's not true, Catholics don't worship Mary but we do pray through her more.
It all started when (no offense just what I learned in history and from my mom who was a convert from being a Muslim) the Pope started exercising power he didn’t have, and the church split into pope supporters (Catholics) and down-with-the-pope…ers (Orthodox). Also there was that thing before with the Coptics but no one talks about that so I still can’t explain it. Fast forward several years to the Black Plague. By now most everyone has forgotten the Orthodox exist. (Seriously. Americans just found out they existed like five years ago when a famous televangelist or something converted.) The Catholic Church is being pretty nice and caring for the dying except for the lame ones. Fast forward to after plague and we have the problem of a severely corrupt Catholic church. That’s bc the nice ones died from plague. That’s when Luther stepped in. He was fed up. So he did the equivalent of posting a rant on Twitter by nailing his famous 95 Theses to a church door to talk about how much the Catholic Church sucked. The pope at the time was kind of like “U right” and decided Luther should get to chat with him. Our bro the pope chilled with Luther and agreed that lots of stuff sucked and they should really get on that but was also like “you gotta cool it a bit son bc not everything you said is right”. Then Luther got pissy, called pope the Antichrist and started his own church. And then it was like an avalanche and now we have a million factions of Christianity.
Oh and also Henry VIII starting a whole new sect because he was horny.
That too. Anglicans don’t talk about that.
ah, the good ol' c of e
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anyway, thank you all for your help! i really appreciate everyone taking the time to share this information. y'all deserve good things i think
Why is this character Christian? Either personally or for plot or story.
partially because i generally have only written characters with similar views to myself (atheist/agnostic, maybe with some family ties to religion) and want to try accurately portraying something different, and partially because i thought it would be interesting to contrast with the theme of the novel– personal identity, and the aesthetic– american consumerism, creepy road trip style.
(Following cuz I got a Catholic character but I’m Protestant haha)
((flashbacks from the six musical 👀👀))
(I mean….in that case I don't blame him-)
partially because i generally have only written characters with similar views to myself (atheist/agnostic, maybe with some family ties to religion) and want to try accurately portraying something different, and partially because i thought it would be interesting to contrast with the theme of the novel– personal identity, and the aesthetic– american consumerism, creepy road trip style.
So do you want a character that is slightly religious, very religious, or between?
which denomination was it that most hispanic(primarily mexican) families are? i can't remember which it was
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I'm agnostic, but I grew up Protestant- specifically Methodist. I've also attended Baptist and Nondenominational churches before. I was religious until like 16-17, so I might be able to answer some questions, or type out an explanation.
partially because i generally have only written characters with similar views to myself (atheist/agnostic, maybe with some family ties to religion) and want to try accurately portraying something different, and partially because i thought it would be interesting to contrast with the theme of the novel– personal identity, and the aesthetic– american consumerism, creepy road trip style.
So do you want a character that is slightly religious, very religious, or between?
between, i guess? she's grown up in a very religious family, and has a good relationship with them for the most part. but she also drinks loads on occasion, is gay (very repressed), and has experiences with these weird haunted things that religion doesn't exactly justify lmao
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