But LW is skewed more toward historically Protestant countries. I wouldn’t be surprised if the breakdown actually has slightly more Protestant-background than Catholic-background.
This is a good point! On the last (2012) survey 55% of the respondents where from the US, and another 20% from Britain, Canada and Australia, followed by 5% from Germany. So at least 80% of the posters are from countries where Catholicism is significant but not dominant denomination among Christians.
Sure, but there are sizeable numbers of both Orthodox and Protestant Christians, and AFAICR they have relatively little in common that Catholics don’t also share.
Agreed, and LW seems to be especially big in countries where Protestantism is more common than Catholicism (US, Canada, Northern Europe). Protestant background might actually be larger in absolute numbers than Catholic.
It makes a lot of sense to me, there are about as many Roman Catholics as there are all other Christians.
But LW is skewed more toward historically Protestant countries. I wouldn’t be surprised if the breakdown actually has slightly more Protestant-background than Catholic-background.
This is a good point! On the last (2012) survey 55% of the respondents where from the US, and another 20% from Britain, Canada and Australia, followed by 5% from Germany. So at least 80% of the posters are from countries where Catholicism is significant but not dominant denomination among Christians.
In particular, 43.6% of respondents picked “Other Christian” last year.
Sure, but there are sizeable numbers of both Orthodox and Protestant Christians, and AFAICR they have relatively little in common that Catholics don’t also share.
Agreed, and LW seems to be especially big in countries where Protestantism is more common than Catholicism (US, Canada, Northern Europe). Protestant background might actually be larger in absolute numbers than Catholic.