i personally doubt that catholics, eastern orthodox, protestants, evangelicals, etc.. would ever unite.too much politics, egos, personal agendas and b.s..
2007-12-20 06:52:30 · 12 answers · asked by cramsib 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ghandi said: " Christianity is a wondeful religion, if only it was tried."
2007-12-20 06:53:45 · update #1
peterpriest...take easy man....you need anger management classes...i understand the theological differences, but barriers can be overcome....
2007-12-20 07:00:47 · update #2
to wrathe...why is it hypocritical if they unite...on the contrary, i would think that disunited is hypocritical, since they wouldn't be practicing what they preach ( forgiveness).
2007-12-20 09:16:59 · update #3
No. (at least, not on earth)
Here is my main reason for believing that statement.
Democracy. Weird, eh? The western world (the location of most Christians) is also the center for democracy (in various forms). We are so used to voting on all things and getting what we want, that we view religion as the same thing. My sister belongs to a church that continually votes on what the correct beliefs are... How are you going to find what God wants when you are busy voting on what you want? Churchs splitting over things major all the way down to whether baptism water should be sprinkled, poured or dunked.
Religion is also one of those few things that can raise up so much dedication, anger, hate and fierce support that it makes it difficult to actually talk about it, let along make progress toward unification. It's funny considereing how we all believe in the one major focus: Jesus was God, one aspect of the trinitarian God. I know some talks have taken place between the Catholic church and some Lutherans (and some other denominations?) to figure out where we agree on certain issues. Just to see that... where we agree! But some members of both sides start to scream bloody murder thinking that one side or the other is changing their beliefs.
Additionally, look at each denomination... How many different types of Methodists alone are there? Even catholics, who supposedly believe the same thing very strongly, have members who doubt key pieces of doctrine.
I only see this event happening if some incredibly major event happened. And then, as soon as the event was over, they would break back apart. Look at NATO. It was held together by the cold war threat. Now that that is over, it is breaking apart and arguing over different things.. not nearly as strong and united as it was.. and that isn't even a religious issue!
God gives us free will and as long as we have it, we will have difficult uniting.
2007-12-20 07:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Ray M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rev 13:sixteen And he causeth all, the two small and great, rich and unfavorable, unfastened and bond, to receive a mark of their acceptable hand, or of their foreheads: Rev 13:17 And that no guy would purchase or sell, keep he that had the mark, or the call of the beast, or the form of his call. The IMF would desire to o.k. make this a certainty. If each and every financial device on earth is tied to the IMF whoever is in charge of it would desire to o.k. have the aptitude to make this ensue. All they might % is a great possibility. we've already witnessed that definitely everyone seems to be prepared to supply up their freedoms each and every time somebody tells them there's a disater. Our financial device isn't any the place close to as undesirable because it became into in the 1980's no longer to show the great melancholy and seem at what we enable our government to flee with for this "financial possibility". think of what it will be like whilst it somewhat is as undesirable as A diploma of wheat for a penny, and 3 measures of barley for a penny; it somewhat is great that our have faith is our Lord and Savior and not the IMF. I agree that Virginia would desire to get maximum suitable answer. She did get it acceptable.
2016-10-09 00:06:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics and Protestants are in the final phases of just such a union, with the Protestants making all of the concessions. Very soon now we will have a one world government with a one world religion.
2007-12-20 07:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably never, at least not without divine intervention.
Ghandi was a smart man. We could use a few more people like Ghandi and Mother Theresa
2007-12-20 06:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they will. In the end, we will all be one Church as God intended. AND, it will include the people of other non-Christian faiths who will choose to believe. Of course, which Church depends on who you ask. Me, I say Roman Catholocism!! Good question.
2007-12-20 06:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by republocrat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they will not.
Personal agendas and B.S.??
You obviously don't know each person and do not know each church and I think your view of them is crude and offensive. You really need to think about what you're doing when saying that.
Here is a hint. Matthew 7:1-2
They will not join because of their different theological views, not because of "personal agendas and b.s."!
2007-12-20 06:57:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes and the "whole world will wonder after the beast". The believers, those who have salvation, will not be part of the group.
2007-12-20 06:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Doing so would be the ultimate hypocrisy.
2007-12-20 09:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by Wrathe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not
2007-12-20 08:04:54 · answer #9 · answered by Diva Darkly Dreaming 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No chance... to many jobs would be eliminated, and they would get nothing out of it.
2007-12-20 07:04:58 · answer #10 · answered by Fred S - AM Cappo Di Tutti Capi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋