Word of the day

"Fissiparous" -- reproducing by fission.

As in, "It seems to be the case that the more that you insist that you are based on the Bible, the more fissiparous you become; the church splits up into more and more little groups, each thinking that they have got biblical truth right."

Go read that article, by the way -- I'm only a third of the way through but it's definitely thought-provoking so far.

(Thanks to Mike for the article)