[chesley]

This is the very source of the splintering of the Christian church through the decades and centuries.

You seem to think that there is something wrong with that. I don't. The ONE essential is belief in Christ as your personal Saviour. Everything else is secondary. But, all the different doctrines can't be right. Why associate yourself with error, as you see it, for the sake of unity? To me, that smacks of the liberal's "inclusiveness".

[MineralMan]

"But, all the different doctrines can't be right. Why associate yourself with error, as you see it, for the sake of unity? To me, that smacks of the liberal's "inclusiveness"."

Here's the thing: You think your interpretation is correct, or at least the interpretation of your denomination or pastor. So do the members of other denominations think their interpretations are correct. Which is right? How do you know? Each denomination has studied scripture and believes it has the true interpretation.

I understand fully the reasons for the differences. What I do not understand is one Christian saying of another that he or she is wrong and not a "true" Christian, based on these differences.