Silence resulting in chaos.

The majority of people in the western world look to Christianity as the standard of truth, as the spokesman of God himself. But behind the image that Christianity has created, there lies absolute chaos. Looking at the Christian worldview, God is completely silent and does not speak to anyone directly, but instead has trusted his message of truth to fallible men via the Bible. Good idea? Think again. As a result of God's silence, what has resulted is countless of different denominations and beliefs.

In religious discussions, the "countless amount of denominations" issue is brought up, but I rarely ever hear anyone actually give a list. You do have your typical few religions that are quoted but a few listed in a discussion doesn't give much credence to the "countless". In this post, it is my objective to bring that "countless" amount to light and deduce the rational conclusions as a result of that list.

This list will comprise religions that are based on the Bible (whether OT or NT or both):

Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, A True Church, Calvinism, Christadelphianism, Arminianism, Preterism, Christian Family Fellowship, Christian Identity Movement, Christian Science, Eckankar, Emerging Church, The Farm, How to have perfect faith (by Apostle Eric VonAnderseck), International Church of Christ, Kabbalah, Islam, New Age Movement, Open Theism, Oneness Pentecostal, Raelians, Roman Catholicism, Seventh Day Adventism, Universalism, Shepherds Chapel, Third Day Church, Swedenborgianism, Women in Ministry, Weigh Down Weight Loss with Gwen Shamblin, The Way International, Unity School of Christianity, The Unification Church, The Christianity Identity Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Dispensationalism (all forms), Assemblies of Yahweh, Armageddon Church, Apostolic Team Ministries in Ohio, Baha'i, Black Hebrew Israelites, Benny Hinn, Bible Truths - Ray Smith, Biblical Unitarianism, Celestial Church of Christ, Christ Gospel Church, Christian Separatist Church Society, Church of God, Church of God in Christ International, Church of God in Wales, Church of Jesus Christ forever, Church of the first born, Church of the Living God, Messianic Judaism, The Walk, Church of Yahweh, Church Universal and Triumphant, Churches uniting in Christ, Conversations with God, Disciples of Jesus, Dominion Theology, Eastern Orthodox Church, First Christian Fellowship of Eternal Sovereignty, General Assembly of the Firstborn, International House of Prayer, Israelite Church of God and Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ of Nazareth International Church, "John of God" in Brazil, Lightening of the east, from china.

This list is by no means exhaustive. Rather, it is only meant to give you a general idea of the full gravity of the situation. People who believe in God and the Bible have no standard of truth. The Bible is not a valid standard because it is subject to an unlimited amount of different interpretations. How then can someone determine what is true in light of all the chaos of so many opposing religions and denominations? I contend that if there was a God who was loving and wanted mankind to know his truths then he would present those truths clearly and unequivocally. The theistic worldview necessitates this. But we see the exact opposite. There is no clear message, no harmony of believers, no agreement, just pure chaos. Exactly what we should expect to see if the universe was not created by a God.