I never understood denominations. Its just something man-made to further separate us from one another.
Was Jesus a Catholic? Did he ever say once to pray to his mother Mary? No.
The golden plates of LDS focus our attention away from the Lord.
I believe non-denominational is the closest we can get to what the Lord originally intended.
All the pomp and glamor and fancy dress and focus on saints.. where did Jesus ever ONCE tell his disciples to do this? In fact, his entire life was on living a life separate from that stuff.
Good point and one that has been asked now for centuries.
If you think about it for a moment you will understand that every religion is divided into other divisions or sects of the same thing. Christianity is no different.
We as Christians, just like everyone else, are consumed with pride, selfishness, stubbornness, Power and yes, hypocrisy. As such, add to that the fact that we do not respond well to those who challenge our beliefs. If you do not think this is the case, just read through the threads on this very site.
These things always have led to debates, and then divisions within the church and then separate "denominations" usually based on the interpretations of Scripture. However, even then it is more of a failure to ACCEPT the Scriptures than it is an interpretation problem.
Example:
Scripture says that a WOMAN can not be a Pastor or DEACON. But the Pentecostals and Lutherans and Episcopalians say that the Scripture means "HUMANITY" instead of MAN.
That is NOT an interpretation problem but instead it is a "rejection" of the actual Scripture and a replacement of what they want it to say.
YES it is just that simple.
Example:
Scriptures DO NOT say that there is a place or a process called "Purgatory". It is not found in the KJV Bible.
However the Catholic religion wants it to be there so out of "Traditions" comes a Church Doctrine.
YES it is just that simple.
