Christians

[Cinjin]

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When 5Horse said that Christians disagree a lot I think he is trying to say that Christianity is not remotely unified in it's doctrines and beliefs.
... still not really my issue with your rebuttal.

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I agree with that, I never said that Christianity was united on all fronts. I actually think that denominationalism is one of the faith’s biggest strengths, not weaknesses.

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This is what I see as a biased fabrication in your rebuttal

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I think fabrication is a bit harsh, it’s my opinion. Christians disagree on doctrine yes, but they do not disagree on dogma. Dogma is what makes a church by definition a Christian church. These are things like the deity of Christ, the Trinity, the Virgin Birth, etc. All I know is that I can list way more dogmatic beliefs with Christianity than I can doctrinal, so that is why I said they agree on more than they disagree on. I’ll give an example, let’s look at two denominations….Orthodox Presbyterianism and Reformed Baptists, I chose these two because I am very familiar with both.

Differences between them: Their church governments are run differently. Their view on the Lord ’s Supper is slightly different. Their view on the meaning of “graven images” is different in the Ten Commandments. One practices Credo Baptism the other Infant Baptism. I am not aware of any other differences in their confessions.

Similarities: The deity of Christ, the trinity, the inerrancy of scripture, the millennium, the resurrection of Christ, Christ’s two natures, the five solas, the Virgin birth, predestination, corporate worship, the justice of hell, all of God’s attributes, the nature of Christ’s atonement, the Holy Spirit’s roles, Cessationism, Creation, the extent of the flood, the literal truth of all the old testament stories, God’s providence, not to mention a host of family and marriage issues. That’s what I can list off the top of my head

There is a Christian school where I live that I have coached at and it is a non-denominational school so it has students who are Catholic, Baptist, Charismatic, etc. They agreed on most things and got a long fine. So that’s my two cents.

Point taken.
However, regarding your non-denom school - I never said you couldn't get along with each other. My father is an uber-fundy baptist - he get's along ok with several catholics, but they are always in standard disagreement mode. Also, the similarities you mentioned; although several of those items are dogmatic in the religion, many of them could not be considered as such because they are so subject to interpolation. predestination, corporate worship, hell, the holy spirits roles, the flood, OT stories, family, divorce and marriage ... all of those things are debated heavily within the church (remember I use to be one of you).

I'm not saying I don't see your point. I do, but I'm going to have to disagree with you about the amount of agreement you seem to think exists. I don't think it's anywhere near as great as you would make claim ..... but we come from two different camps, so that should not be a surprise.