"Perhaps the question ought to be formed as: How many variations of Christianity are there? Just as there are many variations of the rose, there are variations of Christianity. As one says that each variation is still a rose, so we as Christians are still Christians."

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That contains a measure of truth, GreyFriar, and has a positive element to it, but we must also keep in mind that Our Lord also wants us all to know the truth (the real truth).

Now, all these denominations cannot possibly be correct in all their teachings, as they teach things that are contradictory, and mutually exclusive. For example, consider the central teaching of all Christianity -- "salvation". (Salvation is one of the main teachings of all Christianity, as that is the reason Jesus assumed a human nature, and was crucified -- to offer salvation to humanity.)

Some Protestant denominations (like the Calvinist ones, and the various other "once-saved-always-saved" ones) believe and teach that you cannot lose your salvation after genuinely accepting it, and other Protestant denominations like the Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists believe and teach that you can lose your salvation after genuinely accepting it.

One of those extremely important teachings is true, and the other is false. (A teaching cannot be completely true and false at the same time.) The truth comes from Jesus Christ, and all falsehood come from the "father of all lies", Satan. Jesus wants us to know the truth, so he doesn't want us to cover up false teachings and hide them so that "we can all just get along". He wants us to clearly discern and know the truth, and to declare it boldly.

We love all our Protestant brothers and sisters, but if we find that they are teaching a false teaching, we try to respectfully point that out, just like we try to point out false teachings coming from "Catholics" like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden.

Now, all these denominations cannot possibly be correct in all their teachings, as they teach things that are contradictory, and mutually exclusive.

Ha ha!

You guys STARTED it!

Feel free to IGNORE your humble beginings...

That contains a measure of truth, GreyFriar, and has a positive element to it, but we must also keep in mind that Our Lord also wants us all to know the truth (the real truth).

And He gave it to us in His word. Jesus told us that His word is truth. And being Holy Spirit breathed, there simply is no other option.

The Catholic church is not consistent in its doctrines. They've changed over time and to get around the obvious, it's been labeled *doctrinal development*. Merely a semantic cover to try convince people that they didn't change their doctrine after all.

Some Protestant denominations (like the Calvinist ones, and the various other "once-saved-always-saved" ones) believe and teach that you cannot lose your salvation after genuinely accepting it, and other Protestant denominations like the Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists believe and teach that you can lose your salvation after genuinely accepting it.

And Catholicism tells us that you both can and can't lose your salvation. You're saved when you're baptized, but not saved after you've been baptized, except that you are.

And you're saved when you take communion, except after you sin, you're not.

But you are if it's a venial sin, you just have to spend uncounted years in torment in purgatory.

It's totally a works based salvation, which Catholics deny it is, saying that it's by grace.

Catholicism isn't even internally consistent.

Not all. A few.