[kosta50]

I must disagree with you there, AG. A mind and a mind-set are very, very different concepts that are not convergent.

There are huge discrepancies between different texts, additions, and delitions, differences in length, content, meaning, you name it. I submit that the reason we have so many different "churches" is because of the corruption and divergence the Scriptures have been subjected to.

[Alamo-Girl]

And I submit that all those different assemblies and (minor not major) differences in doctrine are a good thing and according to God's will.

When Barnabas and Paul split up, the Gospel spread twice as far in the same amount of time. And when I notice there are five Baptist churches in this very small rural community, I rejoice - because each of them has a ministry different from the next. One attracts elderly people, another couples, another small children, another charismatics, another families.

So while you may be troubling over these differences, I shall be rejoicing and praying "Thy name be hallowed, Thy will be done, Thy kingdom come" - my "no strings attached" prayer.

[kawaii]

I think the reason there's so many different churches is that Satan has succeeded in stealing a bunch of folks away from the faith, to fight amongst one another, and to (contrary to what St Paul taught) deliberatly proselytize against the true church.