The East focuses on friendship (not fellowship); The West prizes knowledge (not wisdom).
As a result, the East always have gatherings and great meals; while the West always love to write books.
If this means that the East seeks after emotional satisfaction and the West seeks after rational enrichment, then, there is no difference to the past saying: For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.
Sign and wisdom of this sort, has nothing to do with God. It is not necessary to add God into the equation. So they would believe.
If this is done in the guise of "fellowship of the saints" or "the fear of the Lord", it is done to trap the saints. Hence, it is crucial to discern the difference, so that the culprits are unmasked by true love for our Lord, and not by self-satisfaction.