There are many branches of Christianity, each having a slightly different tenet from the other. For example:
Catholicism
Protestant
Presbyterianism
Anglicanism
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostalism
Charismatics
Quakers
Sunday Adventists
This is just a few of the denominations with churches in Singapore. According to the Wikipedia, there may be as many 300 Christian denominations in the world [link].
However, one of the strangest is that of Mormonism (also called the Latter Day Saints). Mormonism was only established in the United States in 1830, but has a very controversial history because its founder, Joseph Smith, claims to be a latter day prophet who had spoken personally to both the Christian God as well as his son Jesus Christ, and that they had told him to establish a new religion because none of the churches then were practising Christianity correctly. The story of the creation of the Mormon's sacred text, The Book of Mormon, is also one laced with incredulity.
South Park has a segment that accurately portrays how the Mormon religion was founded. As you watch it, you will understand why I find it absolutely amazing that intelligent people today can believe this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTeMEGG4U98
For example, one of the US presidential candidates for 2008 is Mitt Romney, who is a Mormon. Another famous Mormon is the best selling science fiction author Orson Scott Card.
If you are interested, you can read more about Mormonism from this Wikipedia entries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
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