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.

S Viemeister wrote:

> 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.

Lol, yes they're very finicky people.

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