Catholic/Christianity question

It sounds a lot like that first guy is confused about the meaning of the word christian. He right out admits that Catholicism is a form of Christianity, but then goes on to state that Catholics are different from Christians. Clearly he means something else here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Being "Christian" is for the most part just a vague sort of hand-wavey acknowledgement of very basic precepts for someone who is not in fact all that involved.

For the rest it's probably legitimately unclassified. Core religious beliefs of my family as I've experienced it are basically a revivalist type preaching style in a specifically non-denominational setting. The focus is on salvation through Christ and the rest seems to be pretty much minor details. I don't know where that fits into the taxonomy of religion.

Also Sass I'm pretty sure that stupid protestants (ie. high school kids/rabid activists) believe that Catholics don't see Christ as a messiah because they pray to all these other people. Like his mom. And fishermen. So the conflict isn't over the definition of the term, but rather a complete misunderstanding of the practice. Also I'm only talking about the definition of christian, since "true christian" is way more loaded and definitely has varying definitions.

How ya doing, buddy?