[CarrotAndStick]

There are Spanish Jews in India, settled there couple of centuries ago, as a result of fleeing the Catholic church's Inquisition. And those were the lucky ones who could escape.


Do the dots connect with the Islamic aspect now?


Why is it that most Protestant-majority countries are far well-off than most Catholic-majority ones? Is this an ignorant observation, or does it have something to do with that Protestant work ethic that was supposedly famous in that community, years ago?

[Titanites]

Why is it that most Protestant-majority countries are far well-off than most Catholic-majority ones?

I'm not going to bite. I'd rather the discussion focus on the article and not veer off into the boonies.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Why is it that most Protestant-majority countries are far well-off than most Catholic-majority ones? Is this an ignorant observation, or does it have something to do with that Protestant work ethic that was supposedly famous in that community, years ago?

Amen. And precisely so.

The Reformation was a return to Trinitarian Christianity with Scripture and the leading of the Holy Spirit as preeminent paths to understanding that we are saved by Christ's atonement alone. We work to glorify God; not to appease Him. Christ already accomplished that by being the only propitiation for our sins.

To posture that Islam has anything to do with Christianity of any ilk is preposterous. But if you had to align Islam with one, it would certainly be the church of Rome which insists there are some on earth more deserving of God's grace than others.

[escapefromboston]

Well Protestant church's sure killed plenty of "witches" so its probably even (actually they probably killed more witches though that has to do more with their being more crazy females than Jews)

[Conservative til I die]

Why is it that most Protestant-majority countries are far well-off than most Catholic-majority ones? Is this an ignorant observation, or does it have something to do with that Protestant work ethic that was supposedly famous in that community, years ago?

It's a ridiculously ignorant statement, one I've heard Protestants here use frequently to prove Protestant superiority. 1) I think it comes from greed being more important than God, and 2) Who cares if one country has more power, money, or lower crime. Is that what the goal of being a Christian is? Running a country well?