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"All religions are basically the same." Oh how I cringe when I hear that statement. All religions are not the same!  How does this type of thinking affect Christianity?  I have semi-regular contact with a person who likes to reduce all Christianity into a do it yourself kit of subjective morality, warm fuzzies, and happy-clappy moments. With this dumbing down of Christianity, actual Church history is something that is rarely dealt with on an intellectually honest level.  Doctrines become "oppressive"  (even though Christ Himself laid their foundation) and interpretation of the Bible becomes a matter of ones own opinion.

This is why there is such chaos on the protestant side of Christianity. There is splintering upon splintering. As an example: recently many Lutherans got it into their heads that homosexual clergy would be a good idea. Well, for protestants, all you have to do is skip over parts of the Bible that you don't like (in this case, the parts that condemn homosexuality) and presto....you can create your own brand of Christianity! 

When the Bible alone is your sole rule of faith (which is a false teaching) and everyone is interpreting the Bible their own way, the result is mass confusion of conflicting opinions. Truth is then replaced by opinion. When there is no truth, all Christianity become basically the same. Well, that is except for that pesky "oppressive" Catholic Church who proclaims to have the fullness of truth. There are over 30,000 different opinions or flavors of Christianity to choose from. Why not look into the the original flavor- the Catholic Church? It's a great place to be.