Questioning the Proliferation of Religious Denominations

Abstract

This paper argues that the multiplicity of religious denominations in our era is a bomb in the shell that gives rise to division, conflicts, servitude and pseudo – service in our society. We have used the argumentative approach to prove that the multiplicity can be considered as a blessing given the human quest for the closest possible religion with God that can be provided by these denominations if they respect the moral requirements of religion. On the other hand, it is a curse when the quest for material aggrandizement overshadows the spiritual quest for God through moral service. In the light of contemporary evidence of malice in God’s vine yard, we opine that the denominational multiplicity is a curse disguised as a blessing; and hence we challenge our state authorities to systematically close down all religious denominations that came into existence from the year 2000 up to the present so as to do systematic checks and take out the bad seeds for a sane society.