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More Christian denominations than bible verses
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I wonder how many Christian denominations are possible before they start repeating ??
(I'm not really good at the maths, but would it be the factorial of 40,000 ??) RE: More Christian denominations than bible verses
November 5, 2014 at 11:03 am
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2014 at 11:04 am by The Grand Nudger.)
How many are possible? 2 billion or so, I'd say (I'd be comfortable using that as the number of actualized denominations as well).
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RE: More Christian denominations than bible verses
November 5, 2014 at 11:36 am
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2014 at 11:38 am by vorlon13.)
A mighty schism is our god ??
1Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. (seems like god punted another verse there, oofda!)  (November 5, 2014 at 10:30 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I wonder how many Christian denominations are possible before they start repeating ??I expect there are repeats already (to a reasonable resolution) but who is going to check? It's like snowflakes. Lots of variation but how can you say for sure that no two are alike. Schism leading to variation between denominations serves the exact same function as mutation leading to variation in biological systems. They live where they can and die where they can't. Variability gives them the opportunities to grow into niches which were previously denied to them and natural selection among these kills off the unfit. Example: a new non-falsifiable apologetic purporting to answer one of the unanswerable paradoxes of the omni-god will allow the colonization of new receptive minds leading to discord within the group (heresy) and a young, aggressive cleric splits some followers into a new denomination (species). The old time religion persists with those left behind. If the new denomination can't find enough followers, it dies. If it can, it persists. Religions are large non-self aware organisms which eat brains. Kind of giant zombie slime molds.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat?
 (November 4, 2014 at 5:08 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(November 4, 2014 at 4:51 pm)miniboes Wrote: Well, so are the denominationsWhich is why the observation of the OP is fallacious. Most differences are just cultural, reflect different ways of worshiping and/or ethnic identity. Most theological differences fall within a fairly narrow spectrum of debates about the role of baptism, church hierarchy, etc. The vast majority agree on the major theological points. It's like in my home town we had baptists and methodists. the only real difference was how they baptized you, and whether you thought "once saved, always saved" is true.
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Technically, aren't all Christians and Muslims just a bunch of dirty Jews?
 (November 6, 2014 at 3:55 am)simplemoss Wrote: Technically, aren't all Christians and Muslims just a bunch of dirty Jews? http://youtu.be/0RKUfTb88Rs |
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