@someone_else_again Said 
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
"The Tao can be shared but not divided."
It is one thing to quote a book that tells us there is no division. The reality is that there IS division. And division over fundamental things. Some claim we MUST be baptised, others claim not, some claim that the Bible is the sole authority, others not, some claim that "once saved always saved", some do not, some claim that the "lost" are finally annihilated totally, others do not.....and so it goes on. And historically I seem to remember reading that the first Christian martyred by fellow Christians was as early as the late second century. Since that early date the number of Christians who have slaughtered each other is beyond accurate computation - and still it goes on.
There are books, and verses......and there is reality.
Just to add, and getting on my own particular hobby horse. The Tao can INDEED be shared but not divided, or, as you have it, Christ cannot be divided. For this to become any sort of reality then - as I see it - Universalism must become the foundation of all our thoughts, words and deeds. This irrespective of appeals to "free will" and claims that "God doesn't want robots" etc etc. (I've posted my reply to such claims umpteen times)
If not Universalism then the consequence will ALWAYS be, at heart, a "salvation by works" and we will identify with our own particular "work" and divide ourselves from those who have not performed it.
Sep 12, 2013 @ 18:56:56
