How has Christianity, a faith based on the teachings of one text (the Bible), divided into so many denominations?
I think that Christianity has so many denominations because it is only based primarily off of one text. By having the teachings of such a major religion be based off of a single source, there is so much room for interpretation. There might not be this room for interpretation in other religions since there are different text’s that collaborate off of each other. Also this religion has shaped the course of history perhaps more than any other religion. Wars have been started, many unjustly, in the name of Christianity. Using religion as an excuse for human motives leads to your own partial reality, which then leads to different denominations and different point of views on what “God really means.”
Religion is also adaptive to the world around you. You try to explain things that happen in your everyday life with religion. With such a geographically widespread religion, followers need religion to define their lives in different ways; another direct cause of different denominations.
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