I've been wondering...

Now that the United Methodist bishops have approved intercommunion with the "Evangelical" "Lutheran" Church in America, an obvious question arises. It occurs to me all over again every time the ***A declares intercommunion with yet another church body whose beliefs are utterly incompatible with a Lutheran understanding of the Christian faith.

It's simply this: since the ***A practices open communion anyway, and insists on little, if anything, of a theological nature in the first place, why bother?

Aren't they already in de facto communion with every heretic in the world- no matter what essential article of the Christian faith he or she may deny?