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The Division of Christianity in the Modern World
There's a great scene in Monty Python where people are chasing after Brian who does not want to be a Messiah, but people are thinking of him that way. And as soon as he escapes from them, the people who've been chasing him to follow him as Messiah immediately fracture into multiple different groups over. No, he has shown us his shoe, follow the shoe and immediate denominationalism. The entire history of the modern world is marked by the division within Christianity that begins with the Reformation. I do think the Christian interaction with the movie life of Brian has been unfortunate because it should be engaged as an actual work of art that has something to say. But we miss an opportunity.