> You can't be too picky about people Let me stop you right there. God is picky about people. He is incredibly strict about the conduct of His chosen people. What you don't understand is my point about "mentally-shattered" involves the various points I made above. The reason there is so much weakness in the western world is because of the lack of reverence and fear towards God. This include intellectual purility which leads towards dellusion. We are called to work tirelessly to take captive "every thought to the obedience of Christ". > Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; > \- 2 Corinthians 10:5 You can capitulate all you want to the weakness of mind, but it won't serve the Kingdom of God. Furthermore, in order to combat the abject evil in this world, and to correct how far we have fallen from grace, it requires an *incredibly high standard of men*. We're talking an absurdly high standard; God's standard. I am all for your suggestions about community building. But if you're not focused on following God and serving His Kingdom, then your community will not stand.