Christians, especially Evangelicals, much more philosemitic than atheists. So much for muh based christian nationalism.

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[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Protestantism is probably more strict than Catholicism now. Radical "fundamentalist" ideas are becoming increasingly popular in reaction to the left.

Neither are flexible enough. Organized religion is almost always bad, just like government. The original Protestants were willing to tread in uncharted waters, but like everything else, after their time an orthodoxy formed around it.

[–]FreakyFalangistNational Catholicism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Radical "fundamentalist" ideas are becoming increasingly popular in reaction to the left.

Not denying this as it sounds correct, it's hard to quantify however due to the nature of Protestantism. Also as much as some might flock to more let's say "fire and brimstone" fundamentalists, a non insignificant number especially of the youth are flocking to traditional Catholicism or the Eastern Churches.

The original Protestants were willing to tread in uncharted waters, but like everything else, after their time an orthodoxy formed around it.

Perhaps this is my own bias, but the only thing that seems to unite Protestants is their status as being "not Catholic." There is such a wide range of views (moral/ideological) that fall under the catch all of "Protestant" it's almost impossible to ascertain any common belief system other than "Jesus & [my version] of the Bible is good" there is no orthodoxy as their common factor is their plurality.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think when most people hear Protestant nowadays they think fundamentalist. There are so few Christ-like Christians, everyone is either all fire and brimstone or a liberal who only labels themself as Christian.