Question: If there is one true god,
one true bible, and one true savior, why are there so many religions and even so many Christian denominations?
Also, note the [Freudian?] misspelling of the title.
from http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/about/denominationlist.asp
Demonominations Represented
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Over 9,000 Christian denominations are represented in the World
Christian Database. The number of denominations is too great to list
here, so the number of denominations which are represented in each country are listed below:
| Number
| Country
| Number
| Country
| Number
| Country
|
| 9
| Afghanistan
| 18
| Georgia
| 21
| Northern Mariana Is
|
| 27
| Albania
| 98
| Germany
| 39
| Norway
|
| 25
| Algeria
| 109
| Ghana
| 21
| Oman
|
| 19
| American Samoa
| 8
| Gibraltar
| 48
| Pakistan
|
| 8
| Andorra
| 36
| Greece
| 10
| Palau
|
| 32
| Angola
| 9
| Greenland
| 28
| Palestine
|
| 9
| Anguilla
| 23
| Grenada
| 45
| Panama
|
| 5
| Antarctica
| 13
| Guadeloupe
| 54
| Papua New Guinea
|
| 20
| Antigua
| 24
| Guam
| 60
| Paraguay
|
| 98
| Argentina
| 65
| Guatemala
| 75
| Peru
|
| 15
| Armenia
| 19
| Guinea
| 176
| Philippines
|
| 16
| Aruba
| 9
| Guinea-Bissau
| 1
| Pitcairn Islands
|
| 109
| Australia
| 44
| Guyana
| 32
| Poland
|
| 43
| Austria
| 45
| Haiti
| 45
| Portugal
|
| 12
| Azerbaijan
| 1
| Holy See
| 51
| Puerto Rico
|
| 30
| Bahamas
| 59
| Honduras
| 10
| Qatar
|
| 18
| Bahrain
| 36
| Hungary
| 16
| Reunion
|
| 39
| Bangladesh
| 19
| Iceland
| 39
| Romania
|
| 34
| Barbados
| 263
| India
| 69
| Russia
|
| 50
| Belgium
| 119
| Indonesia
| 26
| Rwanda
|
| 34
| Belize
| 27
| Iran
| 2
| Sahara
|
| 16
| Belorussia
| 24
| Iraq
| 10
| Saint Helena
|
| 24
| Benin
| 39
| Ireland
| 18
| Saint Kitts & Nevis
|
| 27
| Bermuda
| 12
| Isle of Man
| 28
| Saint Lucia
|
| 14
| Bhutan
| 31
| Israel
| 3
| Saint Pierre & Miquelon
|
| 79
| Bolivia
| 57
| Italy
| 30
| Saint Vincent
|
| 12
| Bosnia-Herzegovina
| 44
| Ivory Coast
| 21
| Samoa
|
| 87
| Botswana
| 66
| Jamaica
| 2
| San Marino
|
| 8
| Bougainville
| 179
| Japan
| 9
| São Tomé & Príncipe
|
| 130
| Brazil
| 22
| Jordan
| 12
| Saudi Arabia
|
| 253
| Britain
| 25
| Kazakhstan
| 18
| Senegal
|
| 2
| British Indian Ocean
| 128
| Kenya
| 42
| Serbia & Montenegro
|
| 12
| British Virgin Is
| 22
| Kirgizstan
| 9
| Seychelles
|
| 15
| Brunei
| 14
| Kiribati
| 41
| Sierra Leone
|
| 34
| Bulgaria
| 16
| Kuwait
| 44
| Singapore
|
| 21
| Burkina Faso
| 10
| Laos
| 24
| Slovakia
|
| 27
| Burundi
| 23
| Latvia
| 17
| Slovenia
|
| 18
| Cambodia
| 41
| Lebanon
| 23
| Solomon Islands
|
| 43
| Cameroon
| 36
| Lesotho
| 8
| Somalia
|
| 145
| Canada
| 61
| Liberia
| 5
| Somaliland
|
| 13
| Cape Verde
| 17
| Libya
| 178
| South Africa
|
| 20
| Cayman Islands
| 7
| Liechtenstein
| 109
| South Korea
|
| 26
| Central African Rep
| 16
| Lithuania
| 55
| Spain
|
| 17
| Chad
| 20
| Luxembourg
| 6
| Spanish North Africa
|
| 12
| Channel Islands
| 20
| Macedonia
| 44
| Sri Lanka
|
| 108
| Chile
| 27
| Madagascar
| 25
| Sudan
|
| 141
| China
| 71
| Malawi
| 26
| Suriname
|
| 3
| Christmas Island
| 44
| Malaysia
| 2
| Svalbard & Jan Mayen
|
| 2
| Cocos (Keeling) Is
| 6
| Maldives
| 48
| Swaziland
|
| 85
| Colombia
| 20
| Mali
| 59
| Sweden
|
| 6
| Comoros
| 14
| Malta
| 72
| Switzerland
|
| 27
| Congo-Brazzaville
| 15
| Marshall Islands
| 23
| Syria
|
| 39
| Congo-Zaire
| 17
| Martinique
| 77
| Taiwan
|
| 11
| Cook Islands
| 7
| Mauritania
| 16
| Tajikistan
|
| 59
| Costa Rica
| 22
| Mauritius
| 54
| Tanzania
|
| 19
| Croatia
| 4
| Mayotte
| 48
| Thailand
|
| 41
| Cuba
| 94
| Mexico
| 6
| Timor
|
| 18
| Cyprus
| 15
| Micronesia
| 27
| Togo
|
| 31
| Czech Republic
| 19
| Moldavia
| 6
| Tokelau Islands
|
| 44
| Denmark
| 5
| Monaco
| 21
| Tonga
|
| 7
| Djibouti
| 15
| Mongolia
| 47
| Trinidad & Tobago
|
| 16
| Dominica
| 12
| Montserrat
| 14
| Tunisia
|
| 60
| Dominican Republic
| 21
| Morocco
| 38
| Turkey
|
| 44
| Ecuador
| 46
| Mozambique
| 16
| Turkmenistan
|
| 37
| Egypt
| 53
| Myanmar
| 13
| Turks & Caicos Is
|
| 53
| El Salvador
| 40
| Namibia
| 8
| Tuvalu
|
| 18
| Equatorial Guinea
| 10
| Nauru
| 55
| Uganda
|
| 14
| Eritrea
| 44
| Nepal
| 46
| Ukraine
|
| 22
| Estonia
| 68
| Netherlands
| 19
| United Arab Emirates
|
| 33
| Ethiopia
| 24
| Netherlands Antilles
| 51
| Uruguay
|
| 8
| Faeroe Islands
| 11
| New Caledonia
| 635
| USA
|
| 6
| Falkland Islands
| 69
| New Zealand
| 28
| Uzbekistan
|
| 32
| Fiji
| 45
| Nicaragua
| 21
| Vanuatu
|
| 40
| Finland
| 17
| Niger
| 86
| Venezuela
|
| 130
| France
| 145
| Nigeria
| 24
| Viet Nam
|
| 16
| French Guiana
| 7
| Niue
| 30
| Virgin Is of the US
|
| 16
| French Polynesia
| 6
| Norfolk Island
| 5
| Wallis & Futuna Is
|
| 14
| Gabon
| 9
| North Korea
| 11
| Yemen
|
| 16
| Gambia
| 3
| Northern Cyprus
| 86
| Zambia
|
| 18
| Georgia
| 21
| Northern Mariana Is
| 93
| Zimbabwe
|
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