[xzins]

3. The only unity among Protestants denominations is that they reject Catholicism as the way to follow Christ. Beyond that, the doctrinal differences among the thousands of Protestant congregations are endless to the point of absurdity. This is not a true observation...actually most protestants have greater agreement amoung themselves than there is between 6 Catholics standing in the same pew on Sunday...

I guess they needed some word to express non-Roman Catholic Christian so they came up with "protestant." Whatever. I prefer non-Roman Cathoic Christian. Actually, only a low percentage of non-Roman Catholic Christian groups were involved in the reformation protests against Roman Catholicism.

The Assemblies of God, eg, didn't even exist in the reformation. NOR did the Methodists, Church of Christ, and Evangelical Free....and etc.

[Notwithstanding]

Exactly, those groups generally splintered off from the "reformed" groups due to doctrinal diffeences.

[Desdemona]

I guess they needed some word to express non-Roman Catholic Christian so they came up with "protestant."

The word comes from the protest. The founders of protestant sects didn't like what the original, main church said, so they protested - and either left or were kicked out. Their followers were identified as "protestants."

[RnMomof7]

The Assemblies of God, eg, didn't even exist in the reformation. NOR did the Methodists, Church of Christ, and Evangelical Free....and etc.

yep as I always tell you you are NOT a Protestant (except to the Catholics *grin*)