Category talk:Christian denominations

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The depiction here is not NPOV as it seems to suggest that catholicism and eastern orthodoxy are the only denominations derived from early christianity. It also depicts restorationism as being derived from protestantism. It might also lead the viewer to believe that the distance from the center (where early christianity is) is in relation to a departure from early christianity, thus making it appear that the Assyrian Church of the East and restorationist religions are the furthest from the truth (i.e. early christianity). Moogle 08:24, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

There is nothing here on Messianic Judaism or Messianic Israelitism. Today these constitute two denominations (some would say the latter is a sub-denomination). There are also denominations which represent something inbetween Protestantism and Messianic Judaism, as with Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon. Though there are some who teach that Messianic Judaism is a branch of Judaism, and should therefore be categorized there, Judaism does not so view it whereas Christianity, and most messianic Jews, views MJ as a branch of itself. I realize the MJ is too small to appear on the diagram but it should at least appear in the list of recognized denominations. Landau7 08:18, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why are Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons listed as Christians???

• I am a Baptist and I know many people in my church who have studied the Bible their entire life and we beleive the Bible word for word. But Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons are not really Christians. They are two completely separate Releigons. I dont mean to offend anybody, but its just like saying Baptist are Muslim. Its not true. To be a Christian means that you beleive that Jesus is God's son and that he died for our sins and by beleiving this and asking for forgiveness you will be saved. I have talked to several of my Mormon and Jehovah's Witness friends and they dont quite beleive that. They beleive that you have to do good works to be saved. Once you've beleived and have asked for forgiveness you will always be saved. Even if you kill someone you will still go to heaven. There is nothing in the Bible that says you can be "Un-Saved". Quinlanfan2 (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Have fun believing the Bible word-for-word. I own the Oxford Annotated Bible, have studied it thoroughly, and find that there is a considerable amount of self-contradiction even within the individual books. And your Muslim comment was exceedingly narrow-minded in nature. Why don't you go to a religious site and talk about religion? Talk pages are for talking about the articles, not their subjects. 70.230.147.239 (talk) 23:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

• • • I might do that. Thanks! But its kind of insulting to have Two separate relegions listed as another. And How was that narrow minded? I used it as an example. They would be insulted if Baptist were listed as muslims. And I am talking about it on here because I want to improve the article. Quinlanfan2 (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.72.98.113 (talk) 01:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Compare with List of Christian denominations

This page is in chaos, and its structure (and subcategories) should match List of Christian denominations. Tb (talk) 18:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)