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del_c December 18 2012, 11:26:02 UTC
The Northern Ireland statistics are clearly understandable in the context of the old joke "but are you a Catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew [, atheist etc.]?"

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drplokta December 18 2012, 11:39:48 UTC
Yes, indeed, the categories "Protestant" and "Catholic" here have little or nothing to do with religious beliefs.

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cartesiandaemon December 18 2012, 13:29:37 UTC
Have we got to the point of having protestants who follow catholicism and vice versa yet? :)

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naath December 18 2012, 13:42:52 UTC
Well England has Anglo-Catholics...

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wildeabandon December 19 2012, 10:12:35 UTC
I don't think most of us would describe ourselves as protestants though!

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cartesiandaemon December 19 2012, 10:24:09 UTC
Well, in this context, maybe non-Irish English Catholics are the example...?

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wildeabandon December 19 2012, 10:14:57 UTC
When I described my boyfriend as a Hindu atheist to Father, he did ask "Yes, but is he an Anglocatholic Hindu atheist?"

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cartesiandaemon December 19 2012, 10:23:34 UTC
ROFL!

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