Zone1 is Christian the same as WASP for some?

[Zebra]

Most Catholics are indeed Christians; they just need some adjustments in their beliefs.
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"No Virginia, Mary is not up in heaven".

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[Woodznutz]

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Wow! I knew it was Anglo-Saxon when I was a teenager, back in the early 70's.

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He wuz being funny.

 

[Woodznutz]

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Come on now, Z.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

He wuz being funny.

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I wasn't certain he had that capability.

Thanks.

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[Zebra]

Come on now, Z.

no Virginia?

 

[braalian]

Good one.

I just assumed it referred to those annoying, up-tight, upper middle class white suburbanites.

In my neck of the woods, such people are mostly of Dutch origin, not Anglo Saxon.

 

[braalian]

He wuz being funny.

I honestly thought that’s what it stood for….

It’s pretty close, really

 

[Woodznutz]

I just assumed it referred to those annoying, up-tight, upper middle class white suburbanites.

In my neck of the woods, such people are mostly of Dutch origin, not Anglo Saxon.

The Dutch are related i.e. Germanic.

 

[braalian]

The Dutch are related i.e. Germanic.

Ok

Anglo Saxon just seems weirdly specific

 

[Woodznutz]

no Virginia?

"No Virginia" or "Yes Virginia" is a widely used opening phrase when expressing skepticism or affirmation about something.

 

[Woodznutz]

Ok

Anglo Saxon just seems weirdly specific

The term "Germanic" also seems specific but encompasses many seemingly different peoples and cultures that claim brotherhood or common ancestry, which of course was true.

 

[braalian]

I like my acronym better

More inclusive

 

[Woodznutz]

I like my acronym better

More inclusive

A fair point.

 

[Foxfyre]

it is wrong that only Protestants are Christian and that Catholics are not.

WASP doesn't refer to Catholics pro or con or make any judgment about who is or is not Christian. It is a term applied most often to the early English settlers arriving on America's east coast. They were mostly Protestant seeking religious freedom from the tyranny of the then authoritarian Anglican Church in England. Very few, if any, of those first settlers were Catholic.

When used pejoratively, WASP now mostly refers to white Christians though those whose ancestors came here from Russia, Germany, France, other parts of Europe, were hardly Anglo Saxon which the AS in WASP stands for. Nor does the term make sense when applied to the Catholics, Jews, and/or others who came here to be Americans

The Catholics actually settled in America much earlier than those English settlers, but they were Spanish and settled in the west arriving here through Central America and Mexico. parts of South America. But nobody suggested they were in any way not Christian.

 

[Zebra]

when I read some texts, i get that feeling.

what do you think?

4 yes
4 no

now