Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser

The mass amount of Christians today know very little about their own religion, relying mainly on what they've been taught in Church (aka, the bare minimum). Most people who denote themselves as Christians can site basic Bible passages or principles or other small feats; Very few of them, however, could go much further than that. The problem is that very nearly anyone can go out and create a new sect of "Christianity" which advocates, for example, the superiority of one master race over all others tomorrow and instantly garner some followers (See, KKK). Somehow, I doubt this was the true teachings of Christ.

Religion is supposed to shape the moral and ethical guidelines of those who follow it. In the case of Christianity and unlike any other major religion (Well, except for maybe Hinduism, to a degree), it's moral and ethical guidelines are shaped by those who follow it. This is why Christianity is so divisive as a religion; No one conforms to a set of guidelines. Of course, the fact that people can shape it to what they want it to be is more than likely the reason it's so popular.

Now, there is one thing which strikes me as odd. Most all of the major (And minor) religions of the world take a hard-nose stand against homosexuality. The one thing I can't understand is how people can come to the conclusion that Christianity condones homosexuality. Nearly every religion in the Mediterranean (sp?) region at the time of Christianity's creation banned homosexuality. Therefore, it'd be a stretch to assume that Christianity would differentiate from the norm-- Especially given the fact that it likes to "Borrow" ideas from other religions.