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In reply to the discussion: There is something wrong with every Christian denomination. [View all]MineralMan
(146,346 posts)3. That is true, no doubt.
There is also little uniformity of teachings beyond the very basics. However, many can tell you what is wrong with what others believe. For some it is that another denomination baptised infants or fails to use total immersion.
There are, you see, an infinite number of ways one denomination or sect can be wrong, from the perspective of another. It is the differences that become all important, often obscuring what is in common. That is the reason for all of the denominations abstracts.
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for a lot of christians they are hard pressed to understtand what they believe
Angry Dragon
Aug 2017
#1
I agree...I'm sure that you've probably seen this from Monty Python's Life of Brian:
Pendrench
Aug 2017
#13
Oh, ok, sure. So where's your original historical documentation proving your god character is real?
trotsky
Aug 2017
#58
It is trivial for me to observe many (not all) of the religions in mass play today are
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2017
#62
Most (not all) make truth claims about the nature or powers or desires of their favored form of
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2017
#64
Every sect or faction of Christianity, has to micro manage scripture and belief.
YOHABLO
Aug 2017
#52
The result of trying to create power structures from a mystical/spiritual teaching
The Blue Flower
Aug 2017
#53