Is non-denominational Christianity more logically coherent than other Christian denominations?

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I believe that non denominational Christianity is much more logically coherent for its basic premises and absolute nature, supported by the concept of Occam’s razor, majority of external Christian denominations rely on human based institutions to declare Christian canonical law and the correct actions regarding biblical beliefs, these human institutions such as church councils and large hierarchies can easily cause mistakes and also in existence declare unreasonable / unsaid beliefs in the bible, I believe that Christian’s should not follow a respective denomination and be non denominational in a Protestant / non denominal model through following sola scriptura, the actual recorded Christian word of God which was divinely protected, every other belief is made based on human instruction, we can also agree the advantage of biblical beliefs, we can take Martin Luther who was simply declared a heretic in mainstream Christianity for objecting to majority beliefs especially beliefs made by Church councils rather than an absolute belief in scripture, where they were in fault of human nature taking advantage of economy to assume a cleanse of sin, human nature is inherently assumed to be imperfect and fallible, therefore we shouldn’t depend on institutions based on human nature but following the scripture due to its perfect nature.

You're romanticizing scripture while ignoring its massive problem: interpretation. Sola scriptura *sounds* pure until you realize non-denominationalists can't agree on what the Bible actually *means*. Catholics, Pentecostals, and Evangelicals all claim scripture alone—they just read it differently. Luther didn't escape human fallibility, he just replaced one institution with his own judgment. You're trading church councils for individual interpretation, which isn't less flawed, it's just more fragmented. How do you resolve doctrinal disagreements without some authority structure to appeal to?

Authority structure causes multiple belief diversions and clashes, I feel that you’re attempting to express a minimised solution of a person cannot independently think for themself in theology, therefore must look to self appointed or loyalty based leadership, this is done through debate, exposing flaws, inadequacies and declaration of logical coherence, there are institutions that are non denominal, and strictly follow sola scriptura which allows to follow a perfect guide, these denominations assert a singular interpretation and if not following that said interpretation it can cause social unrest and degradation of being called a heretic rather than actually reaffirming beliefs in a logical sense.

You're describing the exact same institutional problem with different branding. Non-denominational churches have pastors, leadership structures, and doctrinal positions—they're just less transparent about their authority. When a non-denom pastor declares "this is what scripture means," you're accepting their interpretation as final. At least Catholicism owns its hierarchy. Your "logical debate" only works if everyone agrees on which interpretations are valid—but you haven't solved that. Who decides when debate ends and doctrine begins in your perfect scriptural community?

You need to understand the beliefs are inherently perfect and derived from the word of God, the difference is that these same people in the positions have no authority to change or argue and add beliefs towards scripture unchanging the word of Yod in Christianity. Debate is highly discouraged in Christian denominations as any beliefs derived from non mainstream beliefs can easily cause excommunication

You're claiming scripture is perfect while admitting humans interpret it—that's the contradiction you keep dodging. If the Bible is unchanging but requires human explanation, you still need someone to explain it. Your non-denom pastors do exactly what Catholic priests do: they declare what scripture means and congregants follow or leave. The only difference is you call it "debate" instead of doctrine. So who decides which interpretation is correct when two non-denom churches read the same verse differently?

God. It’s criticised through the premise of logic from shod in Christianity. That’s the problem with diverse beliefs and critical thoughts in denominations, it’s suddenly an issue that exists to diversely interwoven instead of having a binary view of scripture when in fact there’s multiple factors that needs to be reaffirmed, non denomination Christianity does not have a central belief system or an established “adequate” guide, it’s the acceptance of diverse beliefs within the scripture while maintaining the infallibility as a primary source rather than using secondary and fallible sources to prove multiple claims to Christian beliefs,

You just said it yourself—"diverse beliefs within scripture." That's not coherence, that's chaos with better PR. If God speaks through logic and scripture, why do non-denom churches split constantly over doctrine? Calvinist vs. Arminian non-denoms read the same Bible and reach opposite conclusions on predestination. You're not avoiding human fallibility by accepting "diverse beliefs"—you're hiding it. At least hierarchical churches own their disagreements. How is theological fragmentation more logically coherent than unified doctrine?

You're confusing diversity of belief with logical incoherence. Denominations don't split because scripture is unclear—they split because hierarchies *enforce* unified doctrine through power, not truth. When the Catholic Church declared indulgences scriptural, they weren't more coherent, they were just unified in being wrong. Non-denominational Christians debating predestination are both appealing to the same source and willing to admit uncertainty. That's logically honest. Your "unified doctrine" is just agreed-upon human fallibility dressed up as authority. I'm accepting scripture's authority; you're accepting a committee's interpretation of it.

Wrong. You're confusing "admitting uncertainty" with logical coherence. If both sides appeal to the same scripture and reach opposite conclusions, scripture isn't the authority—interpretation is. You've just moved the problem from Rome to a thousand basement churches, each claiming God backs their reading. That's not honesty, it's abdication. At least Catholic councils created *testable* doctrine you could debate against. Your system offers no way to resolve disputes except "we're both right." How is that more coherent than a unified position you can actually argue with?