The question is posed, "Why does one have to agree with one’s list of requirements and doctrinal points in order to even come "attend" a meeting?"

Well, because being part of the Body of Christ is not merely a lovefest of opinions where we all share how we feeeeeel about things. Rather, Christianity is an ideological Body where the members are SUPPOSED to share the same basic ideas. If just anyone & every one came up saying, "Well maybe Jesus wasn’t really God" or "Maybe Jesus already came back in AD70" — then there would be nothing but chaos. I think some postmodernistic individuals actually thrive on vague ideas where nothing is settled.

If a person doesn’t like propositional statements & thinks such are more or less a waste of time & that person would rather not be part of a Christianity like that, perhaps I can point them to what Martin Luther said:

For not to
delight in assertions, is not the character of the Christian mind: nay, he must delight in
assertions, or he is not a Christian. But, (that we may not be mistaken in terms) by assertion,
I mean a constant adhering, affirming, confessing, defending, and invincibly
persevering. Nor do I believe the term signifies any thing else, either among the Latins,
or as it is used by us at this day. (Bondage of the Will — source)

Thus I agree with Luther, for a person not to delight in assertions (propositional statements) may indicate such a person isn’t really a Christian — since the Bible is one huge assertion — that there is a God & that He has this elaborate plan to glorify Himself.

If a person does not delight in assertions of the Bible then perhaps they are no part of Christian but merely socialistic philosophers wearing the sheen of "Christianity".

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