Catholics, if you found yourself on an all-Protestant planet, what would your church choice be?

[AbideWithMe]

Haha!

We know there is a God. After all, there is Bach.

 

[AbideWithMe]

I wouldn’t stand being a Protestant. Too many arguments and variation, no central cause.

…although, I’m more inclined to believe that Catholics finally kicked them out to Mars.

Hmm, I thought this was supposed to be a nice thread…or are you really being nice in fact, thinking Mars might be like C.S. Lewis’ Malacandra/Mars? I wouldn’t mind going there.

 

[CopticChristian]

I wouldn’t stand being a Protestant. Too many arguments and variation, no central cause.

…although, I’m more inclined to believe that Catholics finally kicked them out to Mars.

Micholas,

I don’t understand what your choice would be. What choice would you make if the planet were entirely Protestant without invoking any outside information as to how or why this is…it would probably be tough to be Athiest…don’t you think?

 

[andrewstx]

I would be anglocatholic Episcopal (no schismatic “anglican”) or

ELCA Lutheran (don’t go for LCMS fundamentalism either).

 

[CleverUserName]

I would pick Amish, on the condition that I could be born into it.

Wow!

 

[CleverUserName]

Eastern Orthdodox?

But do you really mean “Protestant”?

Sorry, I only read the first page, so…

Pentecostal! :extrahappy:

Uplifting services, strong community, one can be quite strict and biblical if one wants to be…

Plus, I’d be close to my old friends again

And, yes, you should have made a poll…… Let’s do this again some time.

I know I definitely should have. But there are two strong frontrunners: Lutheran and Anglican. That much is abundantly clear in this thread.

 

[Rabbity]

Isn’t there a church of Klingons or something?

I’d join that!

Have bat’leth, will travel.

 

[JaredR]

Wow!

I had to watch a documentary on the Amish in a college class. Afterwards I felt like I’d been cheated out of the deep social connections the Amish enjoy. Mainstream Americans seem so isolated from each other in contrast. If I had to be Protestant, being Amish would have its rewards.

 

[Stilldreamn]

I had to watch a documentary on the Amish in a college class. Afterwards I felt like I’d been cheated out of the deep social connections the Amish enjoy. Mainstream Americans seem so isolated from each other in contrast. If I had to be Protestant, being Amish would have its rewards.

Agreed! and I’d trade my internet connection for a horse, anyday.

But then I’d miss all of you…

 

[Stilldreamn]

Now I’m giggling at the idea of “Protestant.com” with what? 30,000 subforums?

 

[Patavium]

Now I’m giggling at the idea of “Protestant.com” with what? 30,000 subforums?

Hehehehe, yes indeed. All teaching contradicting views between themselves

 

[TimothyH]

If you HAD to belong to a Protestant denomination, which one would you choose?

I would start my own denomination.

-Tim-

 

[JonNC]

I’d join that!

Have bat’leth, will travel.

Travel?? Easy enough.

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“matlh! jol yIchu’!”

 

[PoorKnight]

Toooo much combative anti-protestant tone in the threads here, lately.

So in an attempt to lighten the mood and change the tone, can I ask you a question, just for fun?

If you HAD to belong to a Protestant denomination, which one would you choose?

This is a HYPOTHETICAL scenario just for FUN. Please no “I woudn’t choose any, because…(insert anti-protestant rhetoric here)…” . Please no arguments about “Why would you choose such-and-such when they are so (insert anti suchandsuch rhetoric here)”. Please? I know we can do this without bickering Yes, we can. Can so. Can so…

Ok let me start. I would choose the WELS Lutheran church.

How about you?

I’d belong to the one Christ established… oh wait…

 

[MrPip]

Well, if I “found” myself on such a planet, I’d get myself “lost” and end up on a better one .

If there was no way out, i.e. no chance of losing myself, I’d “find” a catacomb and start afresh .

 

[nickybr38]

Can I just say that some of these responses are a wee bit uncharitable.

Honestly I’m no fan of Protestant theology but inside Protestant churches are many loving, God-fearing, faith-filled people. IF, in an alternate universe, the Protestant movement contained the fullness of truth it wouldn’t be so hard to find God within a Protestant denomination (any of them). The question is, would your hardness of heart keep you from God in whatever form He chose?

 

[OLofMtCarmel]

KathleenGee is planning to be the lone representative of Catholicism. I am assuming that she will bring a consecrated host with her in a pyx. Nobody will ever consume it, of course, because there will be no priests to give us more.

Oh well, in that case, I’d have to go protect Jesus’ body, blood soul and divinity in the Eucharist since I’m a Knight. Someone has to do it. If a validly ordained priest came along there would be no problem though.

 

[Patavium]

Can I just say that some of these responses are a wee bit uncharitable.

Honestly I’m no fan of Protestant theology but inside Protestant churches are many loving, God-fearing, faith-filled people. IF, in an alternate universe, the Protestant movement contained the fullness of truth it wouldn’t be so hard to find God within a Protestant denomination (any of them). The question is, would your hardness of heart keep you from God in whatever form He chose?

Yes, but the problem with hypotheticals is that it is not real. Therefore, we don’t know if God will provide fullness of truth in hypotheticals. In fact, there is not much to be gained by speculating about what only God knows with regards to hypotheticals.

 

[Bob_Crowley]

Toooo much combative anti-protestant tone in the threads here, lately.

So in an attempt to lighten the mood and change the tone, can I ask you a question, just for fun?

If you HAD to belong to a Protestant denomination, which one would you choose?

This is a HYPOTHETICAL scenario just for FUN. Please no “I woudn’t choose any, because…(insert anti-protestant rhetoric here)…” . Please no arguments about “Why would you choose such-and-such when they are so (insert anti suchandsuch rhetoric here)”. Please? I know we can do this without bickering Yes, we can. Can so. Can so…

Ok let me start. I would choose the WELS Lutheran church.

How about you?

I’d do what the rest of them do - I’d start my own.

 

[Lochias]

Can I just say that some of these responses are a wee bit uncharitable.

Honestly I’m no fan of Protestant theology but inside Protestant churches are many loving, God-fearing, faith-filled people. IF, in an alternate universe, the Protestant movement contained the fullness of truth it wouldn’t be so hard to find God within a Protestant denomination (any of them). The question is, would your hardness of heart keep you from God in whatever form He chose?

That’s why it’s silly to play too much with hypothetical situations that are devoid of logic. The OP could just have easily asked “If a jetski was rolling down the ocean and the wheel fell off, how many pancakes would it take to cover a doghouse?”

A universe in which the Protestant movement held the fullness of truth would have no reason to call itself Protestant at all. Either people would split anyway (thus getting you the situation we have today), or nobody would ever leave the one “Protestant” denomination that had the fullness of truth.

Or, conversely, somehow ALL the Protestant denoms have the fullness of truth, despite different and conflicting interpretations of the Bible, tradition and everything else under the sun. Any way you slice it, it’s devoid of logic, and therefore an unfruitful exercise.