2007-02-20 07:00:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Before it was one-Catholic. It all started during the great reformation about 500 years ago. Just see my links.
2007-02-20 07:10:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jelo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone asked yesterday about religion being complicated. Man makes it that way. The Lord did not intend for it to be anything but easy.That is why I am a non-denominational Christian. One Lord, one bible, one body of Christ.
2007-02-20 15:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by willie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question.
I think it has to do with individual personalities.
There are also various schools of thought as to theology.
People generally go to a church and if they feel comfortable they stay if not they go to another until they do get comfortable. After a while there are some that move on to something different, church wise that is.
Generally Pentecostals are emotional people. Baptists and Methodists and Congregationalist are very reserved.
Catholics are just going not for either--they like ritualism.
2007-02-20 15:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I beleive this is because the devil never stops working against Gods plans for us and has caused great divisions throughout Christianity by sowing seeds of doubt and rebellion,the greatest yet being the reformation.
2007-02-20 15:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity (not counting catholocism) is based on the golden rule. Loving God with heart, strength and mind, and loving your neighbor as yourself. Never did God write out a procedure about where, when or how to do things, but rather tells us why. Whatever way we are influenced to worship Him desn't matter, it just should be genuine. If we all did the same thing, memorizing words and procedures, it wouldn't exactly be from our hearts, but it would be more like a duty. It is the intent that matters. That way, cripples who can't stand, sit, kneel or genuflect on cue aren't condemned.
2007-02-20 15:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Bible often teaches by parables. The interpretation of these parables makes for so many denominations.
2007-02-20 15:07:02 · answer #6 · answered by Terry Z 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's even more than one text.
The Catholic Bible has 73 books (46 Old Testament, 27 New Testament), Protestant 66 (39 OT and 27 NT).
2007-02-20 15:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Boy that's easy...
You have to take cultures and histories of people into perspective.
The denomination or religions (spiritual practices) vary from region to region, state to state, city to city, race to race. We worship God in different ways. The point of the matter is that we are worshipping God.
2007-02-20 15:04:53 · answer #8 · answered by se-ke 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many, if not most of the Christian Sects have revised and reworded the Bible to fit their needs.
2007-02-20 15:06:12 · answer #9 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slightly different interpretations, and different styles of worship. The most important issues of the bible are agreed upon.
2007-02-20 15:03:12 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋