{"id":15633,"date":"2026-02-28T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=15633"},"modified":"2026-02-28T04:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:13:50","slug":"10-amazing-perks-of-becoming-a-protestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=15633","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;10 Amazing Perks Of Becoming A Protestant&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A BB production, and they are almost entirely evangelical protestants themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/10-amazing-perks-of-becoming-a-protestant?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/10-amazing-perks-of-becoming-a-protestant?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\">Catholics (and, to a lesser extent, Orthodox) like to sneer at Protestants, but being a Protestant comes with some amazing perks. For example, did you know you&#8217;re basically your own pope? You can issue papal bulls about what to watch on TV or where to order food. It&#8217;s great.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BB-becoming-a-protestant-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BB-becoming-a-protestant-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BB-becoming-a-protestant-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BB-becoming-a-protestant-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BB-becoming-a-protestant.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are 10 more amazing perks of Protestantism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Frickin&#8217; lasers and fog machines: <\/strong>Just like they had at the Church in Ephesus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Way fewer statues:<\/strong> They&#8217;re really creepy at night. Did that statue of Saint Bartholomew holding his own flayed skin just move?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Everyone gets to wear a giant pointy hat if they want, instead of just one guy:<\/strong> Nice!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You and Larry the Cucumber share the same faith:<\/strong> Who do Catholics have? Mel Gibson? Please.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You can sing &#8220;A Mighty Fortress is Our God&#8221;: <\/strong>Case closed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fewer shifty Italians hanging around the church:<\/strong> It really cuts down on the mob hits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>7 fewer books for your Bible in a year plan: <\/strong>You still won&#8217;t finish, but it hurts less.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Much easier on the knees: <\/strong>Kneeling is hard if you&#8217;re over 40.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t have some guy sitting in a heavily fortified city in Europe telling you to take in more immigrants:<\/strong> Just 30,000 dudes in skinny jeans saying that.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You can believe whatever you want and find a church that will agree with you: <\/strong>It&#8217;s nice to be in charge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BB production, and they are almost entirely evangelical protestants themselves. Catholics (and, to a lesser extent, Orthodox) like to sneer at Protestants, but being a Protestant comes with some amazing perks. For example, did you know you&#8217;re basically your own pope? You can issue papal bulls about what to watch on TV or where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silly-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15635,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15633\/revisions\/15635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}