[It would be so easy to tell Daylight some nonsense about Christianity just for shits and giggles, but that sort of chaos is less fun when he wouldn't get to witness it, so he'll behave.]
First thing would not be mentioning your Venerated Thirteen, they're a bit particular about their god being the only one.
My fingers will fall off if I try to explain it all, but let's see:
Most folks here will be Protestant, so tell them you're Catholic or Orthodox and you might get away with not knowing their exact way of doing things. The bloke running the church is likely a minister or pastor, for Protestants, and I think you can call him Reverend? It's been a while, since I've been to church. Treat it a bit like a library, be quiet and respectful, especially if there's a service happening.
They'll just refer to their god as 'God', sometimes the Almighty or the Lord. Some two thousand years ago He sent His son to Earth, Jesus Christ, that'd be where the 'Christ' in Christianity comes from, and their Bible's mostly based on his life and teachings. They're big on the concept of the soul/spirit and eternal life. If you're good, you get to go to Heaven, if you're bad, it's to Hell to get tortured for eternity.
Suppose any easy trick would be to cross yourself as you enter. Touch your brow, your chest, then your left to right shoulder. It's a sort of prayer that Catholics do. If they've got a font of water at the entrance, dip your fingers into that before doing it, but not all churches here have Holy Water.
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First thing would not be mentioning your Venerated Thirteen, they're a bit particular about their god being the only one.
My fingers will fall off if I try to explain it all, but let's see:
Most folks here will be Protestant, so tell them you're Catholic or Orthodox and you might get away with not knowing their exact way of doing things. The bloke running the church is likely a minister or pastor, for Protestants, and I think you can call him Reverend? It's been a while, since I've been to church. Treat it a bit like a library, be quiet and respectful, especially if there's a service happening.
They'll just refer to their god as 'God', sometimes the Almighty or the Lord. Some two thousand years ago He sent His son to Earth, Jesus Christ, that'd be where the 'Christ' in Christianity comes from, and their Bible's mostly based on his life and teachings. They're big on the concept of the soul/spirit and eternal life. If you're good, you get to go to Heaven, if you're bad, it's to Hell to get tortured for eternity.
Suppose any easy trick would be to cross yourself as you enter. Touch your brow, your chest, then your left to right shoulder. It's a sort of prayer that Catholics do. If they've got a font of water at the entrance, dip your fingers into that before doing it, but not all churches here have Holy Water.