Personal taste and individual preference are fine for beer and hand cream, but what about faith?
In 1838 American novelist James Fenimore Cooper lamented “the taint of sectarianism” that “lies broad upon the land.” When he was a still a child there were about 500 active Christian denominations. Today that number is over 40,000, and Wired magazine cofounder Kevin Kelly says, based on current growth, the number will rocket upwards of 260,000 separate denominations by the end of the century.
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