Supreme Court
As a nation founded on Judeo Christian values, why does Catholicism have the majority of seats on the Supreme Court? We were not founded on Catholicism, we are Christians and Jews.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
The adjective 'catholic' with a small 'c' describes the Christian religion generally (it simply means something like all-embracing or all-including), but if you mean the Roman Catholic Church then that is of course as Christian as Anglican, Methodism, Baptism, Lutherism or any other major sect of that religion.
Many of the original colonialists from Britain, Ireland and other European countries were escapees from religious persecution in bitterly sectarian times; but I am not sure if they were predominantly Roman Catholic or Protestant (the umbrella term for all other Christian sects together). Either way your country was founded on Judeao-Christianity, yes, but strove to respect all sects of both religions, including RC, Anglican and Lutherism.
If the majority of Christians in the Supreme Court are RC, then is that just coincidence, or is there some social aspect, not necessarily religious at all, that tends to encourage more Catholics than others to seek the positions?
Whatever the reason there, the statement in your question shows the Supreme Court is of majority-Christian membership. How the majority sect among them affects its decisions, if they allow that to happen at all, is another matter; but it is still mainly-Christian by numbers.
Many of the original colonialists from Britain, Ireland and other European countries were escapees from religious persecution in bitterly sectarian times; but I am not sure if they were predominantly Roman Catholic or Protestant (the umbrella term for all other Christian sects together). Either way your country was founded on Judeao-Christianity, yes, but strove to respect all sects of both religions, including RC, Anglican and Lutherism.
If the majority of Christians in the Supreme Court are RC, then is that just coincidence, or is there some social aspect, not necessarily religious at all, that tends to encourage more Catholics than others to seek the positions?
Whatever the reason there, the statement in your question shows the Supreme Court is of majority-Christian membership. How the majority sect among them affects its decisions, if they allow that to happen at all, is another matter; but it is still mainly-Christian by numbers.