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Why are there over 200 versions of Christianity and 10,000 of other religions? What does this reveal about the mind?
There is no question that religion has provided millions of people with comfort and hope. Hope is essential to endure the problems of life. Yet there is equally no question that religion has produced some of the most extreme forms of behavior, from the more than 900 followers of Reverand Jim Jones at Jonestown who willingly ended their lives by drinking poison they mixed into their Kool-aide (hence the term “they drank the Kool-aide”, when people accept words as proof), to the 36 followers of Heaven's Gate in California who drank poison to end their life, believing that their souls would be taken aboard a space ship coming in the wake of the Hale-Bopp comet to be with Jesus Christ. Seventy-six Branch Davidians died in a fiery siege at Waco, awaiting the Apocalypse.
We have 200+ versions of Christianity, seven major religions, none of which agree, and 10,000 variations of other religions. In addition, there are an estimated 45,000 denominations of Christianity. What drives the psychology of religion?
https://www.livescience.com/christianity-denominations.html
Nearly all of the 200 variations of Christianity in America, from the "Holy Rollers" to the "Snake Handlers," who speak in tongues, drink poison, and handle snakes, believe they have the true version of Christianity, while the other 199 are mistaken, misled, or even condemned to burn in agony in the fires of Hell for all eternity for not following the exact words of Jesus.
How can this be? How is it possible that the most serious questions of our time are ignored by the news, the church, and our educational system? Why are we unable to deal with this issue?
This is a critical question in psychology and religion that cannot be ignored. Yet the fear of offending others has made it almost impossible to discuss these dramatic issues. It is missing from our free press, ignored by our religious leaders, and censored from our schools.
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