According to Live Science, the Christian faith currently has 45,000 denominations. Why so many? From the time Jesus began preaching about his church, there have been disagreements and questions on how to interpret his words and the rest of the bible. Do we eat meat? Is the Son of God equal to God? Is God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit one or three separate entities? And probably the most important: How much power are church leaders meant to have? While piety has spurred on church separations and...
According to Live Science, the Christian faith currently has 45,000 denominations. Why so many? From the time Jesus began preaching about his church, there have been disagreements and questions on how to interpret his words and the rest of the bible. Do we eat meat? Is the Son of God equal to God? Is God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit one or three...
Many religions have a view on the afterlife that includes a dark side. Yet there are boundless misconceptions of what different religions say about hell, with sometimes wildly varying views between different denominations and belief systems. It's rare to find a consensus, with some worshippers having abandoned belief in it altogether...
Christianity has come to define the modern world in both good and bad ways, and this all stems from the simple fact that it is the most prominent religion out there. Roughly 31% of the population of the earth — over 2 billion people — call themselves Christians, according to Britannica, and however you shake it, that means that Christian doctrine has...
For centuries, the Bible was inaccessible to most Christians for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was that all but the educated classes were illiterate. Even those who could read would still likely have a hard time getting their hands on one — prior to the invention of the printing press, they were painstakingly copied by hand and would have been rare...
The Bible is sometimes referred to as the greatest story ever told. A collection of sacred texts that are believed by many to be revelations from God, its history goes back thousands of years, and it is regarded as sacred in several major religions, with billions of people using the Bible for guidance, understanding, and worship. Of course, something that...
