Blackwasp19, you're sounding an awful lot like a grad student! :) I absolutely agree that "many denominational differences are based as much on tradition as theology"—I don't think most people who have grown up within a single denomination their entire lives can really explain why they believe in something like predestination. It's a tradition they've embraced. I also agree that "Denomo-centrism does the same things as Ethno-centrism; it blinds us from the wisdom of another perspective." That is exactly what I'm striving to avoid.