> Not really sure what this has to do with the topic at hand. Sure, some people say that. You can define "Christianity" however you want, and through that definition exclude certain practitioners.
I said that some Protestants appear to believe that they are the majority of Christians. From a neutral point of view, that's a factually incorrect belief. But if you choose to define "Christianity" narrowly to just include your own group, then of course your group turns out to be the majority of Christians, even 100% of them. I've also heard from some Protestants the related claim that "most Catholics aren't Christians" but an ill-defined minority of them who have "saving faith" are–an idea which if accepted might be taken by some to make Christianity majority Protestant but not 100% so. And in my mind it is relevant to the topic at hand – if one starts with the (incorrect, most would say) assumption that most Christians are Protestants, it is straightforward to arrive at the (just as incorrect) conclusion that most Christians reject these books as part of the Bible.
> It was not intended as an analogy, it was just another example of not considering something to be part of your religion even though another group thinks it should be.
Well, given that historically the majority of Protestants accepted these books as part of the Bible – albeit with lower authority than the rest of it – and some Protestant Bibles still contain them – I don't see how it actually counts as "not considering something to be part of your religion even though another group thinks it should be". Even if we just narrowly define their religion as "Protestantism"–as opposed to Christianity as a whole–it is an important part of the history of Protestantism, and still part of it for many Protestants today. Indeed, some Protestants even still use these books liturgically – to give just one example, Anglican and Methodist marriage services both include (as a permitted option) a reading from the book of Tobit, an element also found in Amish wedding services. So, comparing it to a text from a completely different religion, and which one's own religion has no history of using in any way, and which one's own religion doesn't use today, it isn't a sensible comparison. It isn't "just another example" because it isn't the same thing at all.
> How do you know Jake Cyr is not aware of these things? As you pointed out yourself, this API only includes two translations at the moment.
Jake Cyr is welcome to give an account of what was going through his head, and if he chooses to do that I will be all ears. Unless and until he does, I can only guess–but that's all you can do either.
I said that some Protestants appear to believe that they are the majority of Christians. From a neutral point of view, that's a factually incorrect belief. But if you choose to define "Christianity" narrowly to just include your own group, then of course your group turns out to be the majority of Christians, even 100% of them. I've also heard from some Protestants the related claim that "most Catholics aren't Christians" but an ill-defined minority of them who have "saving faith" are–an idea which if accepted might be taken by some to make Christianity majority Protestant but not 100% so. And in my mind it is relevant to the topic at hand – if one starts with the (incorrect, most would say) assumption that most Christians are Protestants, it is straightforward to arrive at the (just as incorrect) conclusion that most Christians reject these books as part of the Bible.
> It was not intended as an analogy, it was just another example of not considering something to be part of your religion even though another group thinks it should be.
Well, given that historically the majority of Protestants accepted these books as part of the Bible – albeit with lower authority than the rest of it – and some Protestant Bibles still contain them – I don't see how it actually counts as "not considering something to be part of your religion even though another group thinks it should be". Even if we just narrowly define their religion as "Protestantism"–as opposed to Christianity as a whole–it is an important part of the history of Protestantism, and still part of it for many Protestants today. Indeed, some Protestants even still use these books liturgically – to give just one example, Anglican and Methodist marriage services both include (as a permitted option) a reading from the book of Tobit, an element also found in Amish wedding services. So, comparing it to a text from a completely different religion, and which one's own religion has no history of using in any way, and which one's own religion doesn't use today, it isn't a sensible comparison. It isn't "just another example" because it isn't the same thing at all.
> How do you know Jake Cyr is not aware of these things? As you pointed out yourself, this API only includes two translations at the moment.
Jake Cyr is welcome to give an account of what was going through his head, and if he chooses to do that I will be all ears. Unless and until he does, I can only guess–but that's all you can do either.