Is Christianity dividing into more sects and groups every year ? Isnt that the sign of falsehood ?

Answer 1

I think it is. Because if christians cant agree on the canon of the Bible then it is for sure a sign of falsehood.

Answer 2

No is is not bad or a sign of anything.

Some break away from false doctrines, some breakaway because the leaders are not teaching the Word of God but their own thoughts or are into money and self aggrandizement.

Some break away because of the issues such as accepting practicing homosexuals who are being give positions and appointments.

There are those that form their own study group. There is nothing wrong with a study group that is not attached to a larger denomination.

It is a very healthy thing for people to study God's Word.

Christians no longer kill people because they choose to believe differently.
No beheadings or anything.

Answer 3

No because the Word of God is living and active. There can be many truths contained in a story. Besides every religion, and everything for that matter, has denominations. The Theravada Buddhists, Mahayana Buddhists, Zen Buddhists, etc, each with their own sub-denominations. When you have a large population of any ideology you will see more differences within those groups, but if you have a population with few adherents of a certain faith they will appear more united. For instance in America you may see hundreds of Christian churches but perhaps you may categorize Hinduism as a very united religion, but if you were in India you would see just as many denominations, and it would appear like the Christians are all in agreement.

Answer 4

Yes.
But it is not a sign of the falsehood of Christianity as a whole, but a sign of falsehood among the denominations who are fragmenting. Otherwise, the fact that Christianity was unified for 1500 years would illustrate its validity, as would the union expressed by many modern denominations.

Answer 5

Not necessarily. Some of the matters that divide certain denominations are quite small. They will agree on 99% of Biblical doctrine. On the other hand, when there is a real case of apostasy or serious error, I like to refer to these verses: "For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must also be sects among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you." (that's Paul speaking to the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 11:18,19). I think that this happens to weed out the true believers from the false, as is happening in the Anglican Church today.

Answer 6

When you have a Prophet from the Lord and not self made, there will be unity. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is a restoration of his church by direct revelation to Joseph Smith, with
apostles, Prophets, temples, etc. The major one is the right to bestow the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. All men twelve and over can hold the Aaronic priesthood and later, the Melchizidek priesthood. They can then baptize, give blessings to heal heal the sick, etc. The present Prophet, Gordon B Hinkley has the keys of the kingdom as given to Peter.

Answer 7

I wouldn't say that's a "sign of falsehood", any more than the split of rock music into an ever increasing amount of genres and subgenres means that rock is "wrong".

Answer 8

It's related. Because the bible has hundreds of errors (as well as dozens of internal contradictions), one has to pick and choose to get any sort of doctrine which is even remotely consistent, and no two people will make exactly the same choices. The falsehood, of course, arises from the aforementioned errors.

Answer 9

Yes. People keep searching for a "Have it your way" church. Not gonna get you to heaven dude. People like to think they can lie, cheat, cuss, have cheap sex and relationship, and if they go to church and "feel it" they'll be saved. Read the book called the Bible. All of it. If you take parts out of it (as in choose what to follow and what not to follow) then you're cheating yourself and you might as well indulge in all the things you ever wanted to. Cause it's all or nothing for getting to heaven. Plus it ain't that bad when you try being good.

Answer 10

i think it's just that people interpret things differently.

if everything concerning religious beliefs were so "easy" to figure out, we wouldn't have so many different denominations/religions

fireball - i am non-denominational but why is it "required" to believe in the trinity to be a christian? sounds to me like you are just eliminating faiths you don't like by putting your own guidelines on who is a christian and who isn't.

anyone who believes in jesus christ is a christian.