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To: cloudmountain; Gamecock
I have a question and I mean it with sincerity and nothing more. What is the difference between Baptists and other denominations? I haven't found any site that offers a decent explanation between the 41,000 different Protestant denominations.

When you find a site that provides the list of "41,000 different Protestant denominations", we can start to talk about whether/how they differ. If you cannot locate a list with 41,000 unique entries, we can start to talk about making a priori assumptions that there are 41,000 and that they all differ.

6 posted on 11/08/2013 9:52:07 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy

What is a number for how many different Christian denominations we can all agree upon?


7 posted on 11/08/2013 10:05:37 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Alex Murphy; cloudmountain; Gamecock

“When you find a site that provides the list of “41,000 different Protestant denominations”, we can start to talk about whether/how they differ. If you cannot locate a list with 41,000 unique entries, we can start to talk about making a priori assumptions that there are 41,000 and that they all differ. “

see how the mind of man differs from that of God -

John 17:20 “ i do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, that they all may be one; even as thou Father art in me and i in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me”

how many who claim to know Jesus, believe in Jesus have ever meditated on this prayer and have ever asked themself, was this prayer to the Father answered?
i would say it was answered and Christians have been “one” in His Church for close to 2,000 years now.
of course, Satan has planted weeds at various points over the 2,000 year history, nonetheless, there still is only ONE faith, ONE Lord, One Baptism.


17 posted on 11/08/2013 11:52:19 AM PST by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: Alex Murphy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations

That was my source.

18 posted on 11/08/2013 12:26:07 PM PST by cloudmountain
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