Why are there 33,839 different Christian denominations?

[Zzyzx]

[krosetm]

[Cathar1950]

[Catharsis]

[tonytony]

You said no scripture to say one out of the 33,000 doctrines is right only.
Ephesians 4:5 says One Lord One Faith One Baptism.
One faith mean one faith of Christianity.
Romans 10 says faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
If the word of God is where faith comes from then we need correct information from the book called the bible.
If Paul say all the bible is inspired by God then it's what God has to say about the bible only not 33,000 intellectuals and philosophical people.
Coming from 2 Timothy 3:16.
Yes I'll repeat a lot of scripture if scripture covers an area of talk anytime.
I'm not into philosophical views of Christianity.
Peter not into it so I'm not into it.
Coming from 2 Peter 1:20-21.
Amos into unity and agreement with others so I am.
So is Paul.
Again coming from Amos 3:3 and yes 2 Corinthians 6:14-17.
Who really agreeing with the book?
That's what time it is not perfect and philosophical people.
If Proverbs say a good man fall 7 times then I'm not going to feel different.
If Proverbs says it's a way that seemeth right to a man but only destruction only then I'm not going to feel different still.
Again who agreeing with the book.
I didn't write any book in the book so it's not about agreeing with me.
Who know what time it is ? Agreeing with the book only or what?
We got an equal yoke for real equal yoking or what ? 2 Cor. 6:14-17.
I'm into being real not being philosophical about the book.

tonytony:

I am sorry, did any of your last post actually answer my questions? It still appears to me as if you are using the "True Christian" argument. But tell me, if the Holy Spirit will not allow any "believer" to misinterpret His meaning, then I have to ask again, why so many denominations? Which is the true one. Only Baptist?

Why so many denominations.

Because God did not dictate how one will "corporately" worship Him. All but a few denominations agree on the major tenants of the faith. Its not so much how as it is if.

Biker

THis is a good point. It is worth remembering Romans chapter 14. There Paul talks about how both those who eat meat and those who choose not too can both be correct and in right standing with God. Believers of these differing practices should not judge each other. People can worship that same God and do so in different ways and both can be 'right.' Thus, the contention that the multiplicity of denominations is necessarily a problem, and that only one of them at most can be right, is certainly not supported by scripture.

[Cathar1950]

The reason there are so many denominations is simple, evolution.
Why are there so many plants and animals?
Change happens!

[JoeyKnothead]

This is a true story.

Here in my neck of the woods there was a church whose name escapes me now, but a small Christian church. For awhile there was a debate about whether God had planned everything, and knew how everything was going to happen. The other camp disagreed, and said that things play out as they play out, and there is no pre-ordered way for things to happen. The debate raged on, and there was much back and forth about the issue. This debate was particularly strong between two blood related brothers, and there was much discussion about who was right.

Then came the picnic.

As one brother was eating his fried chicken, his other came up and started the debate. (I paraphrase) "God knows everything that is to come, and it is all a part of his plan." Said the one brother, at which point the first brother threw his piece of fried chicken at the other brother and proudly claimed, "I bet he didn't know I was gonna do that!" Needless to say there was a huge fight, and the church actually split into two different churches.

There are now two churches up the road, both of which have the same name. Only one adds the number 1 (original) and the other the number 2.

So if I may correct the OP, you need to bump that number up by 1 more branch.

It just goes to show that even within one church there can be huge disagreement as to what is 'the true word'.

[JoeyKnothead]

The names of the churches I mentioned above are Dewberry Baptist Church 1, and Dewberry Baptist Church 2. They are in the Gainesville/Cleveland area of Georgia.