Of all major religions, why does Christianity have the most variations?

Question

I have thought about this question for a while, i myself am a christian saved by grace through faith in CHRIST and i have an idea what the answer is but i would like to hear what y'all have to say.

By the way first evidence of the TRINITY is Genesis 1:26a

there are over 70 "Organized" religions that say they are christian. i'm not saying there are more christian religions than all the other world religions combined

Answer 1

I think there is so much diversity in Christianity because humans have brains and therefore are able to think for themselves. When something doesn't sound right or go against their personal ideals, they make some adjustments (reform) to make it right. I would also say that corrupt heads of church have a lot to do with people's dissatisfaction. Unfairness, greed, cruelty, lies and control being some of the crimes perpetrated on believers. Instead of leaving Christianity altogether, which I think is because of fear for the immortal soul and for reprisals by the church and by the community, they stay with religion and change it.

Answer 2

Most are the result of culture and events in European history. There are thousands of versions of Hinduism. As well, there are many variations of the major religions of the world.

The first evidence of the Trinity was at the Council of Nicaea in 325 C.E. Genesis 1:26a does not mention the Holy Spirit. Remember, "Text out of context is pretext."

Answer 3

The reason that Christianity has so many variations is that many people had in the beginning a major disagreement on how to exactly worship the God, the almighty. For example, the Lutherans, Martin Luther was very fed up with the way the Roman Catholic Church was handling the faithful, that he spoke out and was later spoken against by the Catholkc Church as anti-christian, so he set up his own religion, based on the Catholic church and the rest is history.

Answer 4

There are no variations in TRUE Christianity. At 1 Cor.1:10, it says that all Christians "should all speak in agreement, and there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought."

How does Gen. 1:26 give evidence of the trinity? There, it says in part: "Let us make man in our image." In that verse, where does it say or even imply that "us" means one co-eternal, co-equal part of God is talking to the other 2 co-equal, co-eternal parts of the same godhead? It doesn't. You are trying to make that verse say something that YOU want it to say. Without a qualifier, the pronoun "us" can mean the speaker and ANY number of people that are with him. Show me, if you can, how "us" in Gen.1:26 has to mean three.

Answer 5

The reality of Christianity is that there are only two main groups. Catholics and Protestants.

Each of these groups of course have sub groups, there are many Protestant sects that are all of one ideal: reform of Christianity and reform of the Church to return to it's origins. They do also have differing opinions of how faith is taught and in some practices.

Catholics break down into several groups as well. Eastern (or Greek/ Russian Orthodox) and Western (or Roman Catholic.) These also are basically the same in their teachings, they do have some differences in opinions of how the faith should be taught/ practiced.

There are of course many cults that fall outside of any of these teachings and are often dismissed by mainstream Christians. These groups are also considered to be heretical in their teachings. Not surprisingly they also tend to rewrite the Bible in their own words and interpretations.

Answer 6

There are far more than seventy. That does not even cover the different groups who call themselves Baptist.

Historically, if you look at the phenomenal expansion of different groups all calling themselves Christian, you must begin at the Protestant Reformation. The casting off of Tradition and the authority of the Bishops/Pope, allowed an individualization of doctrine and scriptural interpretation.

The Protestants, rejecting the Pope, placed a pope in every pulpit.

Answer 7

Has it occured to you that it isn't true and it is made all up as they go along? Thus as some one has a differan't idea they simply warp the book to fit their needs just as you do as in order not to obey you so called savior.

Mat 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

even if I am wrong that Jesus teaches material wordly goods distract us from selfless spiritual pursuits what is there to lose? What are a few measley years of humble and spiritual poverty and preaching compared to eternal bliss?

Answer 8

To be a Christian there are some things in common like, virgin birth, Jesus as the son of God and the only way to salvation, heaven and hell. A lot of the variations are man made and have to do with worshiping and the house of God.

Answer 9

You researched this have you, you know all the different schools of Islam, all the varieties of Bhuddism?

Most Muslims and/or Bhuddists would think there were two variations of Christianity at most, and in truth they are pretty much right, petty doctrinal variations aside.

Answer 10

Actually, this is also not true. Before christianity was called as such, there were more variations in the Jewish culture than there are now. before christians were called christian the bible refers to the believers as saints. So even while Jesus was alive there were no christians. hehehe