When professing Christians disagree.

[Paprika]

Offhand, I can think of a few places where Paul indicates that it's okay for people to have different opinions/convictions about some things, so I see that as a hint that we can't press the principle in 1 Corinthians 1:10 so far as to say that everybody has to think identically.

What CP was saying about Christians dividing over things other than doctrines/personalities made me think about how Paul and Barnabas split, and how it wasn't over doctrine.

It appears to me that often the split is justified over difference in doctrine when actually the real reasons are much more trivial.

[KingsGambit]

It appears to me that often the split is justified over difference in doctrine when actually the real reasons are much more trivial.

I heavily suspect you're correct.

[37818]

I like your restatement.

May I suggestion there some important distinctions to be noted when professing Christians disagree. At first glance, it reads like mature Christians disagreeing. To my mind, there are the following causes and to me an example of each:

• Christians genuinely disagreeing over doctrine that is not clearly established in Scripture. Example: debate between Calvinism and Arminanism.
• Christians who are in error and not admitting it. Example: a new Christian denying the necessity of the bodily Resurrection of Christ.
• Outsiders coming in to change the church to conform to a non-Christian standard. Example: Someone who comes in with an agenda of converting the church's position on abortion.
• Christians disagreeing over non-doctrine issues (this is probably the biggest cause). Example: do we build a new building?

While outsiders may not notice the difference in cause, I think we should and have different responses accordingly.

Also different conclusions mean different presuppositions. Identifying what they are can often help understand another's point of view.