re: #446 Guanxi88

Splits within a faith are different - all refer to the same texts, the same teachings - all claim heterodoxy, and accuse the others - recognized not as members of another religion, but as erring co-religionists - of misunderstanding their own faith.

If you honestly believe this, you really have no understanding of Christianity. I’ve already pointed out a fundamental difference of teachings, one that specifically addresses your point of:

The three faiths are not based on anything like the same conception of Divinity, the same experience of Divinity, or the same set of stories regarding the interactions of the Divine with Mankind.

The issue of Saints fundamentally alters the nature of the Divine, how mankind experiences the Divine and the nature of the texts. The fact that sacraments do not transfer between branches of Christianity, and in general the treatment of the Catholic faith by other christian denominations meets the criteria you have layed out for separate Gods.

The only reason we accept this creature called Christianity is because each sect says they worship the same God. Which is exactly what occurs in Islam and Judaism.