Your point is totally different than the point orignally made by BB.
BB stated (as pointed out by others already) that doctrine does not matter.
I have rightly noted BB’s gross error.
You have charitably reimagined BB’s point by re-writing it so that it has little in common with his original point.
That is kind of you, but BB is a big boy and should FReep for himself. He could easily retract his error and note that he oversimplified things. Dumbing Jesus down does not bring anyone salvation.
And I expect BB can tune in without me adding his name to the address box.
I think that we ALL agree that doctrines DO matter; or why else would they be CALLED ‘doctrine’??
What we are fussing over is whether one has to be COMPLETELY correct on doctrine.
“Where is the line?” is the question we are asking.
I think we’d ALL agree if you have NONE of the ‘doctrine’ right; you wouldn’t be a Christian at all!
But is THAT even right?
John 6:28-29 (niv)
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
1 John 3:21-24
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.