Campbell's prediction that an opinion left alone would die on its own proved true in Raines' case. Years later Raines, after decades of preaching on the frontier, acknowledged to Campbell that he hardly recalled what his opinions were in those earlier years, and he thanked him and his father for saving his ministry at a time when it might have been destroyed. One who holds a doctrinal error is not a factionist, but one who is pushy and seeks to gain disciples for his view. Heresy is not simply being honestly mistaken on a matter of doctrine, but the evil effort to create division within the Body of Christ. If he does, he is a factionist, whether right or wrong in doctrine.
Heresy is therefore a behavioral problem more than a doctrinal problem.
If men are left free, it is certain that they will differ, which is as it should be since we grow in an environment of vigorous differences. And so unity by its very nature is oneness amidst diversity. A family is a good example of how this works, for its members can be of one heart and one soul despite differences in age, experience, sex, ability, and hangups. Unity always has a cohesiveness that holds the diverse elements together. Some suppose that even among thieves, when they are united, there is honor.