why is Christianity so united, yet so divided?

Question

with all the different denominations

Answer 1

Because of the unbiblical manmade tradition of sola scriptura. Christ placed full authority in the Church He founded. He guaranteed the truth of that Church's teaching, telling its leaders "whatsoever you bind upon earth is bound in heaven"; "the Holy Spirit will guide you to all truth"; "He who hears you hears Me". The Bible tells us that this one Church founded by Christ is "the pillar and foundation of truth", without which the truth cannot stand. Yet, in direct violation of this biblical teaching, one renegade Catholic priest in the 16th Century rejected the God-given authority of God's Church and decided that his only authority would be his own personal interpretations of a book compiled under the authority of the same Church whose authority he was rejecting. This was an obvious recipe for disaster, and a direct violation of the will of God. Ever since then the manmade tradition he unleashed upon the world, Protestantism, has continuously self-destructed into thousands of unauthorized, conflicting manmade denominations teaching partial truth mixed with the new ideas of its many human founders, while the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ continues to teach the fullness of truth with full God-given authority, without the fragmentation, denominations and doctrinal chaos of Protestantism, just as its founder, Jesus Christ, intended it to do. "That they all may be one" was and is the stated will of God. Denominationalism is a clear rejection of God's will.

Answer 2

The only human reason I can find for there being thousands upon thousands of denominations is one:

Somebody disagreed with someone else about something that mattered little, but pride mattered a lot.

Thus, Christianity is united by its insatiable pride in itself, yet this is what also divides.

Answer 3

To use an anaology people think 'inside the box', Jesus told Christians to think 'outside the box'. The scriptural old testament is the law of Moses; not Genesis-Malachi. Easy test method; can one have the law of Moses before Moses was born(Exodus 2)? (i.e. Genesis).
The law of Moses was called the 'old testament' (KJV) 2 Cor.3:13-14.
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Answer 4

We could broaden the circle of inclusion and ask the same thing about all the world's great religions: Why are the world's great religions so divided when they are so fundamentally united in wanting to train, educate, and uplift humanity?

Answer 5

Paul gave the answer in I Corinthians:

"I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ."
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?.........
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task."
I Corinthians 1:10-13; 3:1-5