[Freedom]

Quite frankly, I think that the LC has this kind of teaching because they want some sort of way to filter people out who won't follow directions.

The thing about the gospel is that it requires an individual response. The LC is not a group that values individuality, so I don't think that they would want being a believer to be the sole membership criteria for their group.

When LC members meet someone and tell them that they can experience something by calling on the Lord three times, what they're really asking, is for that person to blindly do something that they might not fully understand. This often comes before it has been explained to them what they're doing or why they're doing it. The type of people who would agree to do so without pushing back at all are the ones that the LC wants.