Why "mysterious ways" don't matter.

[SteveII]

You might be mistaken in what Christians believe as it relates to this subject.

There are in excess of 30,000 sects of xtians. Which one are you claiming has the unvarnished truth?

It seems you might be trying to make a point that there is so much disagreement, we need 30,000 sects--and don't really want to know what church I go to. There are many reasons why a group of churches might want to govern their own affairs. There are only a couple of dozen meaningful divisions. The rest are geography, polity, ethnic/cultural, and small things that don't affect the basics.

I am not Catholic, so I am not using Catholic beliefs in my arguments