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Do Christians in general, tend to have too much variance amongst themselves with their interpretation of their scripture?

Asked by NerdyKeith (5489points) April 3rd, 2016 from iPhone

Something I have noticed over years of debating theology and philosophy; is that many of the Christians I’ve encountered compared with persons of other faiths, tend to have the lowest level of consistency.

You would think that a religion consisting of teachings from an alleged revealed deity, in specific terms within a collection of scriptures; wold have more followers embracing a common interoperation. And yet, I see so much division and disputes amounts Christians. Such disputes as the years of conflicts in my own country between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland (i.e. between the Catholics and Protestants).

When I look at my own beliefs “deism”, we don’t experience this. Classic deists and modern deists, don’t have any serious disputes, nor have we ever gone to war over our philosophical differences . Sure we may voice a difference of opinion, but don’t (in my experience) tell members of our faith that they are “untrue” for seeing things differently. The only thing I see being “revealed” here is just how corrupt organised religion actually is.

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