before i ask this question i believe in god but why are there so many forms of christianity?

Question

jews dont believe jesus is the son of god catholics why are you confessing to a priest why some christians okay with gays some not some christians are fanatical almost cult like.why do some shout and speak in tongues.why some believe in one than more than one marriage.they so dont pray to pagan statues what are virgin mary and the cross. and isnt cross celebrating jesus suffering im just curious to these questions

Answer 1

people are around the globe, and because there was no interaction before, each developed his own culture, and his own form of God. plus, the bible and the koran, and the..... are open to interpretation, they don't all point out exactly what needs to be done in today's world, rather they just give a framework

Answer 2

There are so many forms of Christianity because for a time the authority of God was removed from the earth.

After Christ was crucified, he was resurrected and spent some time with the apostles and his disciples. He gave the apostles and disciples a charge to share the gospel and spread the church around the world. As time went on, and the gospel was spread it was melded with other local cultures, and local beliefs were incorporated into the pure truth of the church. Then, to make things worse, the apostles and other leaders of the church were persecuted and martyred, so the priesthood authority was lost to the earth. Over the course of more melding with new cultures, as well as several translations of the bible, both old and new testaments, disagreements arose over what the truth was. That's why there are so many different churches. Everyone disagreed over what the truth was, and there was no authority to say what was right. The truth wasn't restored to the earth until the early 1800's, and the priesthood wasn't restored until probably a decade after that. And by the way, the restored true church doesn't use the cross because we celebrate the resurrection, not the crucifixion.

Answer 3

While I think God's love is absolute, people's isn't. Therefore we have taken laws and teaching by God and put other things on top of them. We have modified our 'religion' to cope with our culture, government, and other ideals. The unification of Christianity is only found in the blood of Christ. Anything else, the Virgin Mary, the Cross, anything is just something people choose to focus on. It is all a choice. The only truly important choice is to accept Jesus as a Savior. The Old Testament was God giving people a shot at following all the rules and being perfect. Obviously we aren't, so God sent Jesus to be the 'amendment' to these rules. That is why there is so much confusion. People still long for rules and guidelines. When they decide on the ones, or make up the ones, they want to follow they make it a denomination (Catholicism, Baptists, Church of Christ, Methodist...) The truth is none of us know what is going on for sure. The only thing we must be sure of is our blind faith in God.

Answer 4

The Bible warns of of false around us. And churches that go running up and down isles bawking like chickens bring that verse to my mind. A real christian would not hate anyone, gay or not. A sin is a sin and not to be judged according to the good book. A christian however would not condone being gay because they know their God said it was wrong. Just as you would not condone going to rob a bank..b/c it is wrong. But that doesnt give you the right to judge or put you up on a pedastool. you cant judge one christian by the rest. Just as in every religion, or no religion...people pretend to be something they are not. Its inevitable. And they are the only ones that will really lose in the end. So, keep your chin up and follow God's word and set the right example. Tongues can be real..but i think many fake. Marriage is sacred...its in the bible...it is to be between one woman and a man and adultry is a sin. In the old testament it was not at a time b/c people needed to reproduce to fill the earth. It is now...dont believe what people tell you. Read the word and find out for yourself. Your not supposed to worship false idols, and yes that means worshipping a cross. theres a difference between wearing one around your neck to symbolize your faith and bowing down to one every night and praying to it. The bible does not speak of worshipping mother mary (talking KJV here). The cross does represent jesuss suffering. People just read a paragraph and think they know the rest, or they pass on other lies they were told by someone who "knew it all". We're breeding lies. Dont care about what others are doing...you read and you do what you read and what is in your heart.

Answer 5

I am also struggling with the same questions. I am Christian, I believe Jesus died for my sins, I am saved and baptized. I'd like to think I was going to heaven.

I also feel that God made so many countries, languages, skin colors, cultures, etc. That He is so many Gods or Buddas Or Whoever. That what religion you believe in is the One.

Who is to say Muslims are wrong or right. Its what they know. So I feel there belief is true to them. Whatever they're promised will happen to them. We can't be such a diverse world and have one religion.

I live in America, I have white skin, I speak English, and I don't have an accent. Its what I know, but if I were to go to Europe I there would be the minority and people would see me as different.

Answer 6

There are many denominations, but Christianity is a belief system that many denominations are formed from. Being a Christian or Christianity, is believing that Jesus is your Lord and Savior, and died on the cross for your sins, but your denomination is more of where or how you worship. Every denomination is a little different. What is important is being involved in a Bible based church and believing that Jesus is your Lord and Savior, and died on the cross for your sins. God bless and I hope this helps.

Answer 7

Religion is left up to your interpretation. Of course many denominations were created for the wrong reasons. We tend to focus on the physical not the mental and spiritual. For example, if someone had a medicine that would literally save 1000 lives but you had to kill this one man to get it, what would you do? I would kill the person myself, even as a Christian. Why? Because I believe I had the right idea in my heart by trying to save all those people. Is that a sin? Sure, but I think God has to have the ability to distinguish between me killing someone from spite and someone for the betterment of mankind. You know, 90% of Christians disagree with me on this, they are more concerned with the physical than the mental.

Answer 8

There is but ONE form of Christianity. There are several to choose from. coincidence? Nope.

You think every church that profess to be of Christian faith is correct? nope.

a church group is one of the most important things in life, that you will ever choose.

You know what?.....If you were to donate money to a religious cause.......if that cause was fake and not of God, YOU will answer for donating to it. !!! It's called, being a good steward. The same applies to choosing a church. If you choose a group that is not a correct group, you are just as guilty for participating as a unbeliever.
You believe what you like, This is exactly what the Word of God, teaches.

Good Luck. Have a great week.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

It is interesting to note what Jesus plainly said in his famous Sermon on the Mount:

“Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not . . . perform many powerful works in your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me.”—Matt. 7:21-23.

Jesus did not take today’s popular view that most persons who practice some religion in their own way are pleasing God. Rather, Jesus said that “many” even of those who claim to recognize Jesus as Lord or Christ are not acceptable.

In the same sermon, Jesus straightforwardly advised:

“Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.”—Matt. 7:13, 14.

Why did Jesus take such a position? The Scriptures make it clear that Jesus knew that to please God a person needs to ‘do the will of the Father,’ which is outlined in the Bible. Jesus condemned practicing and teaching things in conflict with God’s Word. It was right for him to do that because he knew that religion can be used to ensnare and mislead people. (Matt. 23:13; 2 Cor. 4:4)

A comparison with the Scriptures shows that much of what is taught today in the churches misrepresents the loving and generous ways of the true God.

Answer 11

You can prove almost anything from the Bible, if you are willing to take a few verses out of their context, put your own spin on them, twist a few more, and then count heavily on your audience not to read or study for themselves. It's very simple, and it's done all the time.
Satan uses this trick to divide God's people, hoping to weaken His church. He does it through people. Some know exactly what they are doing, and do it for gain, others are easy for the old serpent to manipulate.
Just think, it took "Christians" (excuse me while I giggle) less than 2000 years to completely complicate what Jesus came to earth, lived, taught, and finally died, to simplify.