How has christanity a faith based on the teaching of one text (bible), divided people into so many denominations?
2007-07-02 15:20:27 · 5 answers · asked by inaijah 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christianity is an umbrella faith with certain basic principles. The faith is based mainly on the idea that Jesus, the son of God, came down from heaven and died to save us from sin. The three main reasons for divisions in Christianity are disagreements in oral tradition, disagreements in interpretations of the Bible, and different facets of worship.
2007-07-02 15:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because for hundreds of years it has been translated and copied so many times, by hand, that occassionally translations came out differently.
In addition, some people can read the exact same lines and interpret things in various ways, right?
Some religions only acknowledge the Old Testament and not the New Testament as sacred text (Muslims, for example).
2007-07-02 15:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by americansneedtowakeup 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many people interpret the Bible very differently. They don't read the Bible as a whole and only pick and choose what fits them.
These are some of the causes of division.
GOD bless
2007-07-02 15:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they have drifted away from what Yeshua/Jesus was doing at that time and have had the hands of man all over it. They have shifted and interpreted scripture to fit what they want it to be instead of what God intended it to be from the beginning, The multitude of denominations have been created by theogical (often twisted) ideologies. You have asked one of the most intellegent questions i've seen. We need to take fresh look at the Bibile in the context and time in which it was written. They also need to not be afraid of the fact that Jesus/Yeshua the redeemer was "Jewish". God bless you.
2007-07-02 15:33:59 · answer #4 · answered by Toad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is not one text. Its 66 books.
Some people put more emphasis on this book, others that book, others a human leader like the Pope.
And that is why.
Pastor Art
2007-07-02 15:28:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋