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Certainly if you are a ‘Christian’, then you use your Bible to base your authority to be called a Christian. If we could get everyone to just read that Bible with an open mind…and truly ‘listen’….’hear’….we would all indeed know God intended only ONE way to him…through Christ, our mediator and bridge. Until each individual ‘Christian’ reads and studies God’s word and has the faith to put that belief into practice, we’ll never be unified totally. When Paul, the missionary, established THE church…the church of Christ, it was truly THE church…the ONLY church as was intended from day one. When Christians, in Bible times, came to a new town and wanted to worship, they didn’t say, Where does the Methodist or the Baptist or the ‘whatever you wanna call it’ meet? They said ‘Where do the Christians meet’?…the true church of Christ? I would love to believe one day that would happen and we could be united. I’ll keep praying about it and ask you to do the same. As an afterthought, know I have many, many friends that are part of the denominational world. I love them dearly.
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Name : Joyce, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 55, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : Bookkeeper, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class,I am an omnitheist. Meaning I believe in everything. Why not, right? In my mind, many denominations spend far to much time pointing out inconsistencies in other denominations, and no where near enough time focusing on thier own. You may want to look into the unitarian churches, they are non denominational, and even include other ideas, pagan, eastern, and philosophical.
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Name : John, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Human, Religion : Omnitheist, Age : 24, City : Boynton Beach, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Telecommuications, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower class,You confuse the words ‘religion’ and ‘denomination’. Religion is a set of core beliefs, whether Christian or not. ‘Denomination’ denotes a branch of Christianity (Episcopal, Catholic, etc.) The idea of a ‘main one that could unite all in… Christ’ is offensive to non-Christians. If you meant to say a ‘one RELIGION’, not DENOMINATION (of Christian) then there could be a basis for discussion. You have excluded everyone who is not Christian.
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Name : DWA, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 55, City : Tacoma, State : WA, Country : United States, Occupation : MD, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,When I first started attending my church, my pastor blew me away when he spoke on the book of Ephesians and said ‘We need to unify the denominations around Jesus’. Religion is NOT necessary – go to different churches, talk to the pastors, and find out what they think about the Religion vs Jesus issue. If they think that the other denominations are all wrong, run away! If they think that true believers can be found within ANY denomination, that’s a good church for you. My denomination is Assemblies of God – that MAY be the right one for you, but a good church is more important than a good denomination. Also check out this book: How to be a Christian without being Religious. Robert O.
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Name : Robert, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 45, City : Alameda, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Web Architect, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I know that having been brought up Catholic, we were always taught that everyone else was wrong and therefore going to hell. I don’t recall anyone differentiating betwenn Christians and people of other faiths. Everyone but Catholics were wrong. I don’t know why a Protestant would want to adopt a Catholic view, but I can assure you that the Catholic leaders WILL NOT change their view to include Protestant type beliefs (ie-preists marrying) nor will they be willing to share their money and therefore their power with another Christian religion. Although I am obviously disenchanted with the religion my parents chose, I still am a Christian, but there is room in my personal belief for growth and change. Hope this answers at least one aspect of your question.
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Name : Fran25165, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 41, City : Woodstock, State : IL, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class,Hi Alexander, You’re right, religion has seperated us from unity. However, denominations in Christianity have also. Christianity is not a ‘religion.’ Religion is man’s way of trying to reach God. Christianity is God’s answer to reaching man. Unfortunately, different people have different beliefs, even in the Christian faith. It would be nice if we could all be on one accord, but as long as there is an advasary fighting against that, you may not see that happen in your life time, but we can never give up hope. Hold on to your faith in Christ! Your desire to see unity in the body is good. Pray for our world. Prayer is the best weapon you have against segregation!
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Name : D-Edmonds, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 32, City : Kalamazoo, State : MI, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Why does it have to be a christian religion? It is an arrogant assumption that people all have to be christian; that that is the one true only way. There is a richness in the different spiritual paths, that does not have to get in the way of unity among people.
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Name : B Caveney, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 40, City : Marina, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : freight handler, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I agree that religion can sometimes turn people against one another rather than unite. At a pivotal point in my life, I realized that religion is a MAN-MADE thing, designed to dictate to others how to practice spirituality in thought and worship. Remember that your relationship with God and Christ is a personal relationship, and you are free to define it and practice it any way you choose, as long as you true to the principles that Jesus stood for.
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Name : Rodney, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 41, City : Stockbridge, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : Sales, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,Who’s to say that ‘Christ’ is the one we should all be following. Diversity is a part of life and religious beliefs will always be diverse. Each of us is given the ability to make up our own minds, originally there was but one church but that lead to corruption (this is speaking strictly in terms of the christian church) while the main church remained (the roman catholic church) the protestants split off and from their the churches became even more diverse due to disagreements on interpretations of doctrine. Religion is not ‘necessary’ but people find it a comfort when they seek answers to questions or when they feel alone in the world (at least in my opinion).
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Name : Dreggas, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 25, City : Santa Ana, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Software Engineer, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class,Perhaps I misunderstood your post … but I read it to say that everyone should be Christian. I am more in favor of saying we don’t need religion at all rather than to say that everyone should be Christian!! Especially in the US where we have the freedom to believe, or not believe, as we please. If you post meant to ask if all CHRISTIANS could have the same ‘religion’ and that different ‘religions’ weren’t necessary within Christianity, good idea, but good luck. There is too much ‘power’ in religion by expounding exclusive ideas and you won’t find those in power willing to give it up. You might try asking the pope to start though.
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Name : Beth, Gender : F, Age : 45, City : Wamego, State : KS, Country : United States,My first question to you is which is more important; to have everyone worshiping Christ in the same way or to have everyone leading a compassionate, positive, loving life that seeks to alleviate the suffering of all of God’s children? (Yes, that includes Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and many others.) We need to move past the idea of converting everyone to one particular religion or sect thereof, and find a way of viewing the world’s great religions as a common quest for the greater truth of human existence. Our goal should not be conformity; rather it should be one of understanding. In knowing the faith of others we strengthen our own by discovering the commonality of love, generosity, community and compassion.
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Name : Anthony U., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Unitarian, Age : 32, City : Bluefield, State : WV, Country : United States, Occupation : University Administrator, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Religion is not necessary. Some people believe, others do not. It is people’s inherent nature to believe differently, it is how we identify ourselves individually. As such, people create their own religions or choose to join together in common beliefs. Not everyone believes in religious systems, and not everyone who does believes in the Christian system. It is through the diversity of the individual that humanity derives its strength, and evolves. If you impose your view on others, then others will impose theirs on you.
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Name : Peter30386, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 31, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Professor, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,At the time of S.S. Peter & Paul, one Christianity did exist with the Pope being the spiritual leader of all Christians until the schism that created the Roman and Orthodox Churches. Later, the Reformation created other denominations. The question now is ‘how can all of this history and tradition in each denomination be undone in order for there to be a reunification under one Pope?’
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Name : Richard-M-Popielarz30060, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 43, City : Philadelphia, State : PA, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class,Simply speaking, no religion is not neccesary for life itself, however regardless of your beliefs it is one of the main driving points in the advancment of the human race as it urges us to strive to be better.
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Name : Jason31234, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 25, City : Riverview, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,How about because not all religions are based on a belief in Christ? Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Wiccans, Druids… none of them believe that Christ was the son of God. You cannot unite all religions because not everyone believes the same thing you do. If you are talking about uniting Catholics and Protestants, I wish you well.
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Name : Nikki, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 31, City : Pittsburgh, State : PA, Country : United States, Occupation : SAHM, Education level : Over 4 Years of College,
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