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No he was looking for unity, that was the Roman way. One emperor, one empire, one religion. So from the beginning the Catholic Church was about one faith and persecuted all others. The post is about the simplicity of salvation. The fracturing of the Church is just history and it is all about...

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That is very interesting and I agree that it has to do with the balance of the brain. And to achieve the higher levels of intelligence-intellect balance is the start. Now I can tell you about genius because I have been accused of it......I was considered a gifted child..... But I am only above...

The point of the post was not to analyze the term smart.....it is actually vague, all encompassing and a matter of perspective. But if you would like to....continue.

Well the Greek-Romans were as they where but we are talking about Christians. The ecumenical councils were commanded by Emperor Constantine to bring unity to Christianity.... The one God Trinity was formulated to stop the unresolvable arguments within Christianity and to shutdown Gnosticism...

This has nothing to do with what I am talking about. The Catholic Church came up with false beliefs and enforced them upon pain of death, excommunication, and or persecution.

This is a lot of words that do not mean anything.....except they are Christian, I never said they weren't. My point was that the Protestants went back to to the Bible to look for the truth....which was an honest effort.....but they could not agree on the meaning of the scriptures so the...

That is not bibleical that is your personal interpretation.. Facts are not cheap shots and you brought it up. This is a whole different topic....open a thread on false beliefs or sacrilegious beliefs and we can discuss it there. I have already disagreed with this. Sin is by person, not...

When they come to your front door and tell you that you have to believe this or we are going to burn you and your wife and kids at the stake. The perception changes.

I already gave you the reason.....again the word trinity is not in the scriptures. And the scriptures define what was going on in the Gospels, you do not need a non-biblical cliché to redefine the scriptures. The Trinity exist, the question is about the oneness vs the unity....tri-une as...

Not at all....not at all. Language translations are just that, not changing the theology or adding theological words that are not in the scriptures by name or definitions. Then you have theological clichés that preset the minds so that it skews the meaning for reader as they read the scriptures.

How many denominations of Protestants are there? For example, the Center for Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, which is evangelical Protestant , estimates that there are currently 47,000 denominations . There are books on this that will tell you the history of...

I know a lot of people think that the early Christians spoke English...LOL....Why not, it is good language.....Peter said, Here is the keys to my Cadillac and go see the Bishop......I have a Fleetwood Mac CD in the player, enjoy!....watch out for state troopers I hear they have radar setup. Is...

Smart is an ability.... I am not saying that Christians are not smart. The point is that you do not have to be scholar to be saved.

This one is easy.... I have only counted 30,000 named Protestant denominations worldwide but if you look into it some say over 50,000. In most countries denominations have to be registered for different reasons...so those are the ones that count. Now are there duplicates? ....sure. No...

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Beliefs, Truths, Facts. Beliefs are represented in thousands of denominations. If your interested in Christian study....you are looking for as many facts as you can nail down. The older creeds are good..... Old Roman Creed I believe in God the Father almighty; and in Christ Jesus His only Son...

Are only smart people saved? That is a resounding NO! Hang on to your hats! This is going to be an adventure in perceptions. Some might think that you need to be knowledgeable to be saved? Some might say that you have to understand the scriptures to be saved? I could say that I have heard it...

The neat thing about Christianity is that it can guide you. But to guide you, you need to know what the real sins are......if not, you walk through a life as a minefield of real sins and fake sins and you will step on a real sin trying to avoid a fake sin. Or accuse other people of sins that...

I mean life is a matter of choices, how it turns out can be influenced by your choices.... If you do not marry a Christian, how are you going to raise your kids? What are your choices....atheist, Jew, Hindu.... What guides their life....??