• otterpop@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Because the differences between Catholic or Protestant or Eastern Orthodox or non denominational Christians is miniscule when compared to the beliefs of an atheist. The broad category of Christians still hold a lot of similar beliefs to be true.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 hour ago

      Well, they do have a tradition of murdering each other over those differences, so… ¯\(ツ)/¯

      But yes, I realize that when it is politically expedient to violate the rights of others, what tends to happen in the United States is that suddenly all these xtian groups do get lumped together to help fluff up the numbers.

      Well, until they aren’t - see the Defense Department excluding Mormons as being xtians, for example.