From man's standpoint alone the answer would have to be yes. That is what makes the only true and living God so great. He gives us a choice. He does not make us believe or do anything we don't want to do. We make our own decisions and will be held accountable for the decisions we make.
God's blueprint for the church is spelled out explicitly in scripture. Simply put, if we desire to open our minds and listen to God's word, search the scriptures daily as the Bereans did, then we will know beyond any shadow of a doubt the church that God had in mind from the foundation of the world. The question is not, "Shouldn't we be allowed to go to the church of our choice?". It should be, I will go to the church God has approved which follows the blueprint found in the new testamant.
When a complete study of the scriptures is made we find that the church is not the building but the people of God worshipping as God has prescribed in His word, the Bible.
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