On 04/05/2021 21:43, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 04/05/2021 12:52, Dr. Bruce wrote:
>>> There's a tiny bible belt in the Netherlands too. Fundamentalist
>>> Reformed Protestants. Scary people. They go by the nickname "Black
>>> Stockings".
>> A bit like the 'Wee Frees' in Scotland?
> I had to look them up. They're Presbyterians. I believe that's the most
> doom and gloom branch of Protestantism and they'd have that in common
> with the Black Stockings. "We're born sinners and regardless of how we
> live our lives, sinners we will always remain." Real party animals.
> Fundi Dutch Protestants love schisms. If they disagree about some
> religious dogma ("How many angels fit on the tip of a pin?"), they
> throw another schism. So they all have their little churches and sub
> churches and sub churches of sub churches. Every sub church knows
> better than the other sub churches.
>
Just like the Wee Frees! I've seen some complicated diagrams of their
splits and recombinations.