I can think of a few examples:
Baptists with the deep south
LSD with Utah
Catholics with Rome
Muslims with the Middle East
I'm sure there's more.
How do you feel about this confusion? Does it come from people within and without your church? If you would like to clarify any differences between the doctrines of your religion and the culture of that place now's your chance (serious, funny, whatever).
Thanks
2006-10-20 03:29:25 · 7 answers · asked by daisyk 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
SuperDDD, oh man, I'm so embarrased by that slip of the fingers because I am LDS! :), oops.
um, but actually, yeah, people can get drugs there too.
thanks for the giggle.
2006-10-20 06:18:33 · update #1
Good question.
If Peter the Apostle went to Paris to head the universal church there, we would be called Parisian Catholics.
If he went to Constantinople to head the church there, we would be called Constantinoplian Catholics.
The reason God sent Peter to Rome was because it was the capital of the world at the time, and the Church was best run from a single location as such. They had no phones or fax machines, but because Rome was the busiest international city, it was the best choice as the main centre of Christianity.
Catholics were never called "Roman" Catholics until the Anglicans used it as an insult in the 15th century. It went with "papists" and a bunch of other nasty words.
I am a Catholic, I am NOT a "Roman" Catholic. I never use the term unless its on a form or something and it cannot be avoided. We have adapted the term because we are nice and that is why you see the word "Roman" on signs and such. The term is found only 2X in the catechism.
2006-10-20 03:46:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many many people do that. It's due to a lack of education and overgeneralisation. People take the words 'Muslim' and 'Arabic' to be synonymous, for example.
Having said that, I come from Southern Ontario, one of the most secular places in North America and I am secular. So I guess my religious views are a product of my culture.
2006-10-20 03:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of what you are or where you are, if you have a group of close friends you meet with regularly, you will be referred to by some people as a cult. Society in general does not know what a cult is.
2006-10-20 03:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No...
I live in Egypt ( Middle East ).. and I'm Christian...
I live as a true Christian... The culture cannot decieve or lead me...
2006-10-20 03:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by jmdanial 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate when I ask someone their nationality and they say, "I'm Jewish."
Judaism is a religion, not a nationality.
2006-10-20 03:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never come across any LSD in Utah ... oh, you must mean LDS. Ha ha ha.
2006-10-20 05:30:13 · answer #6 · answered by SuperDDD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is some truth to it after all.
2006-10-20 03:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋