I was born and raised in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family. Became a theistic Satanist in the 1980s - more specifically a Luciferian. It even got me a conscription exemption. Still one to this day.

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    Raised Scandinavian protestant which basically means you don’t go to church unless someone died or got married.

    Left the Church to avoid the membership fee.

    Answering this question is about 1/3rd of my effort I’ve put into religion 2024.

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      None of the large churches in Scandinavia (Church of Denmark, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Church of Finland) are Protestant, they are Lutheran.

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        “None of the felidae are animals, they are mammals”

        Lutherans are protestants

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          I just tried to correct a misstake that some people may take seriously, personally, I don’t care.

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              Absolutely, I don’t deny that at all, but it is defined as separate from protestantism

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                  Yes?

                  Just as Sweden is a subset of Scandinavia.

                  Sometimes subsets are important.