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jeanleonino OP t1_j54s183 wrote

Reply to comment by cikanman in TIL that during the Edo period in Japan Catholicism was outlawed and groups of Japanese catholics had secret rooms in their houses and they made statues of the Virgin Mary and other saints that would look like Buddhist statues by jeanleonino

Well, yes. In different time and regions for different reasons.

At the same time, most Portuguese and Spanish remained catholic, and that's no small portion of the world. Almost all of the American continent and Southeast Asia

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cikanman t1_j5558p0 wrote

Just pointing out that it was not just the Japanese but many countries have banned Catholicism over the years. Many still do.

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jeanleonino OP t1_j556po9 wrote

Yeah, religion is a touchy point in civilizations, from way before Catholicism was a religion

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BaldBeardedOne t1_j5639xz wrote

Isn’t America two continents?

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jeanleonino OP t1_j566pc9 wrote

Depends. It's more generally accepted there's South and North America.

But here in Latin America you may also learn - depending where you are - that there's also Central America (between Mexico and South America).

If you look at tectonic plates, there's a Caribbean plate that covers most of Central America as well. But given its size most places will say there's only Central and South America. Even Enciclopedia Britannica

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