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Paul didn't suggest that those who didn't eat meat might form a separate group from those who ate meat. He didn't tell those who observed the Sabbath to form a separate meeting from those who considered all the days the same. And we could add and so on for the many "minor" differences between believers.
In which situation do you think the Lord and His Cross would have more chance to operate?
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I know the question was addessed to OBW, but it seems to me that a group formed on the basis of all other groups but itself being illigitimate is worse than a group formed on the basis of whether to eat meat or observe the Sabbath (and the VAST majority of groups form today for neither, but to proclaim the gospel, encourage, and edify).
Sometime, google the words 'true church' and see how many folks have done this, saying that all but them are hopeless and must be avoided. Most of them look quite odd, even at a cursory glance. Isolationism to further one's own notions of 'purity' results in peculiarity, not holiness.