Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. Catholics are Christians.
I'm not. I'm a Pastafarian.,
R'amen.
Are you Catholic or a Christian?
The difference between Catholics and christians is the ignorance many protestants have with Catholics. Catholics are christians, it's just many protestant sects do not accept them as christian. However there are some protestant sects that do not accept any other sect as "true" christians, other than their own, Jehovah's Witnesses, Iglesia ni Christo, and so forth. The Catholic church is the original, first christian sect, from which all others came from, they also comprise over 3/4 of the christian population in the world. They set the bible, they set the trinity, they set most all the beliefs still held in the overall christian religion.
It's not an either-or question. Catholic and Christian are not the only religions. This question is very insensitive and biased.
I am an atheist.
I'm atheist, but there is more than one religion. FYI, Catholicism is a type of Christianity.
It depends on what you call a Christian. I have seen people that are called Christian because of the religion that they are in. Really a Christian is a foot step follower of Jesus Christ. When that definition is given, a person's identity would simply be whether he is a Christian or not.
I believe what you meant to ask was, "Of the Christians out there, who is Catholic and who is Protestant?"
And to answer your question I believe in God, however I don't belong to any organized religion. I was raised Catholic, as was my husband, but we only attend church on rare occassions. And that is only to please his mother.
Well I am a Christian (follower of Christ) and also a Catholic (a specific type of follower of Christ).
There are things about Catholic perspectives on God and His creation that differentiates us from other Christians, so in a venue where I am going to elaborate, I will identify myself as Catholic. Otherwise, with notable exceptions, I will simply say I'm Christian.
And some comments that may indicate why I do that: 1) I think truth exists and is the proper object of study; and 2) I think that CS Lewis is correct when he says that as it grows, truth differs not only from evil, but from other truths. (It is not that truth varies, it is a result of possessing our being in parts, and as FJ Sheed comments in Theology and Sanity, that is a great limitation.)
