Dr. Lee Morris tells a delightful story from years ago about an Episcopalian who died and went to Heaven. St. Peter was conducting him through Purgatory when he saw some people who were just miserable. So he asked, “Who are those people and what have they done to deserve this?”
St. Peter said, “Those are Jews, and they are guilty of eating ham.”
They went on and found another group in worse shape, so the man asked who they were and what they had done. St. Peter said, “Those are Catholics, and they are guilty of eating ham on Fridays.”
They went on and found a group of people even more miserable, and so he asked, “Who are these people, and what have they done?”
“Well,” said St. Peter, “those are Episcopalians, and they were caught eating ham with their salad forks.”
So many of the differences between Christians have more to do with individual tastes and backgrounds than they do with authentic faith.