(April 19, 2012 at 11:32 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Representing biblical Christianity is a lot like representing the US tax code. Good luck with that.This is true, but as mentioned splitting is not always a bad thing for it can allow us a greater opportunity to express the type of love required.
One of the things that the refugee children I tutor found strange about America was all the churches. Explaining that in a way they could understand, being from a Muslim country, was a bit of a challenge.
One of my formative experiences was that my parents belonged to different Pentecostal deonominations that agreed except on a few doctrines about baptism and the trinity. My mom mellowed over the years, but I think my dad still thinks she went to hell. I suppose from the Catholic point of view (I had a Catholic step-mother, although my current one is United Pentecostal), once you start splitting, you just can't stop.
On the other hand it can be used to control and oppress as well. It truly depends on the heart of the believer.
