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Hardly the same religion outside of the very basics (God, Jesus, Holy Spirit). The bible is different, the sacraments are different, many the holy days are different. Catholics put a lot of emphasis on self punishment due to sin being unavoidable (even born with it), confession, and are obsessed with saints (essentially mini-gods).
Plus the Church isn’t just the building where your local pastor works and you go pray in, but a very structured international organization lead by a guy that literally speaks for God.
Overall Catholics have historically been considered more “socially liberal” than other popular denominations in the US (particularly compared to evangelicals), and have often been the targets of persecution by hate groups like the KKK. Yes, the actual teachings are pretty conservative, but most of the “fire and brimstone” stuff is channeled towards “join us, we have cookies” rather than “you’re unsavable so may as well hate you”.