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Well, everybody heard of how Christianity is decreasing in Europe generally. But surprisingly, there are parts of Europe where Christianity is still alive and people take the Bible literally!
Netherlands Bible belt (Calvinists in Stadphorst)
Russian Old Believers
Ukrainian villages in Ternopil. Women are expected to give birth every year
British Exclusive Brethrens
Scandinavian Laestadians (they wear modern clothes...but they don't practice premarital sex, oppose homosexuality, abortion, birth control, dating and etc)
Irish Amish
Does anyone know if there are any more? Especially in Southern Europe?
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Now this is interesting. I had always figured all of these folks had fled Europe or converted due to the universal military conscription practiced most places in Europe in parts of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Other than the OLd Believers who fled to the middle of nowhere so the tsars and communists ignored them.
In Catholic Europe there are many sectarians, there are catholic sectarians such as the OPUS (present in the entire world) and a bunch of crackpot sects as the Legionarios de Cristo, etc, cismatic Catholic Churches, etc.
Also plenty of imported sects, such as Jehova's Witness, Moonies, Mormons, Evangelicals, Baptists, etc.
As to homegrass christians as the one appearing above, no.... the Inquisition burned them, or they were expelled. Protestants did not like them either and many ended in America.
Christianity is not decreasing in Europe, but religion is perceived more as a very important historical legacy rather than as a serious thing.
Luckily i can't recall anything resembling these in my country, it seems something that has to do more with Protestantism, the closest thing we have to it are sects imported from elsewhere such as the Jeovah's Witness, Mormons and Evangelicals, which often tend to live iin their communities isolting themselves from mainstream society.
These Catholic groups exist in the U.S. as well. In fact, where I grew up in New York, they were far more conservative than protestant denominations. Mostly of Italian origin, they were active in things like burning heavy metal records, fantasy books, Dungeons & Dragons games, and such.
In New Mexico we also have Los Hermanos Penitentes, a superstitious, esoteric Catholic fraternity that observes some very medieval rituals.
Luckily i can't recall anything resembling these in my country, it seems something that has to do more with Protestantism, the closest thing we have to it are sects imported from elsewhere such as the Jeovah's Witness, Mormons and Evangelicals, which often tend to live iin their communities isolting themselves from mainstream society.
I'm sure there must be some from your country ...lol. Which country are you from?
My hometown actually is near an Old Believer area.
They are phonies, they dress like Amish but they are complete DRUNKS and are always in the hospital for some drunken mishap. Or the women are in the hospital from getting beaten up by their drunken husbands.
In Catholic Europe there are many sectarians, there are catholic sectarians such as the OPUS (present in the entire world) and a bunch of crackpot sects as the Legionarios de Cristo, etc, cismatic Catholic Churches, etc.
Also plenty of imported sects, such as Jehova's Witness, Moonies, Mormons, Evangelicals, Baptists, etc.
As to homegrass christians as the one appearing above, no.... the Inquisition burned them, or they were expelled. Protestants did not like them either and many ended in America.
Christianity is not decreasing in Europe, but religion is perceived more as a very important historical legacy rather than as a serious thing.
Didn't understand a single word of this message.
What you call "OPUS" is the Opus Dei, I guess ? Because OPUS is a pop rock group (remember "life is life")
But Opus Dei is not a sect.
And about your whole text : well, I wouldn't like to be your history teacher. I suppose he hang himself.
In Catholic Europe there are many sectarians, there are catholic sectarians such as the OPUS (present in the entire world) and a bunch of crackpot sects as the Legionarios de Cristo, etc, cismatic Catholic Churches, etc.
Also plenty of imported sects, such as Jehova's Witness, Moonies, Mormons, Evangelicals, Baptists, etc.
As to homegrass christians as the one appearing above, no.... the Inquisition burned them, or they were expelled. Protestants did not like them either and many ended in America.
Christianity is not decreasing in Europe, but religion is perceived more as a very important historical legacy rather than as a serious thing.
These Catholic groups exist in the U.S. as well. In fact, where I grew up in New York, they were far more conservative than protestant denominations. Mostly of Italian origin, they were active in things like burning heavy metal records, fantasy books, Dungeons & Dragons games, and such.
In New Mexico we also have Los Hermanos Penitentes, a superstitious, esoteric Catholic fraternity that observes some very medieval rituals.
the most conservative protestants make the most conservative catholics look like sodom and gommorah though i accept that protestants in the northern states of the usa are usually more liberal than their catholic neighbours , opposite in the southern states though
the so called christian right in america are overwhelmingly protestant
OP , their are very few bible belt communities in europe akin to what is pretty common in the southern states of america , northern ireland has some fairly conservative protestant communities who practice bible literalism but they are small in number , no more than in the tens of thousands
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