Why do we have denominations in Christianity?

Why is it that Christianity is the most divided religion if we are all serving the same God? And in each denomination they are teaching different things. For instance if i am correct in stating this some catholics pray to the virgin Mary. But in the a all Mary was, was the mother of Jesus that was her sole purpose but people pray to her. When in exodus it states that there shall be no other god before me. And the other this is that Mary died just like we are all going to die she wasn't raised form the dead.

There are factions (a.k.a. divisions, denominations) in Christianity because many do not want to go by the New Covenant, instead they want to do what they desire to do.

The New Testament condemns factions.

Most Christians do not seek the Spirit of Jesus... they rely on their own thoughts. God can speak and counsel... yet they resist the Spirit of the Lord.

As appealing as it may sound to have everyone believe the same things and get along with each other, it's never going to happen.

We can't even read the same Bible aka the King James version and other versions. The other person is correct Cathlics are not Christians they are pagans who switched Zues for Jesus and the disciples for the lesser Gods.

You have answered your own question. The reason for the various divisions is based on the fact that the common people now have access to the Word of God and we can check to see if what our pastors or priests are saying is true or not. If they don't wish to change, and you don't want to pray to idols, you go and start a new denomination.

I always wondered what Jesus thought about denominations. I finally found the answer and I was so thrilled, I had to commit it to a study. Here it is. Why not see what God thinks of the various church eras and denominations.

I see a lot of biased answers here that aren't necessarily based on historical truths and not quite answering the question. You want to know why there are many different denominations? Well, you remember that Jesus had disciples right? After Jesus was crucified the disciples went to all the corners of the world spreading the word about Jesus coming (that the Messiah had come). Each founding their own sect of Christianity. For instance: St. Peter founded Catholicism in Rome (Martyred by Nero in 60 A.D.), St. Mark founded Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt, etc etc. Each disciple promoted their worship of Jesus in their own form, that is the reasoning for the many different forms of religion.

When it comes to Baptists and Lutherns and such, their Apostle was also St. Peter, but these people split from the Catholic Church as soon as Martin Luther started the reformation in the 1500's.

Hope this helps!