alt.education

Nicklas@Click.com wrote:
>The denominations are merely interpretation of the same
>scripture and veneration of the same God.

NOT the same God (is Jesus Christ God, son of God, great moral
teacher), and not necessarily the same scripture (for most of
Christian history, most Christians were illiterate and knew no
scripture, so the choice of scripture is inherently irrelevant). In
any event, Catholics reject the use of the Protestant bible and vice
versa.

Mormonism supposedly refers to the same God and has extra scripture,
but still considers itself "Christian". Islam supposedly refers to
the same God and has extra scripture, but no one considers it
"Christian". Judaism supposedly refers to the same God and uses a
subset of the same scripture, and no one considers it Christian.

"Christianity" refers to a family of historically related but multiple
religions. So does "Indo-European" with regard to languages.

lojbab