Carl Trueman has a good blog post (including a fantastic quote from B.B. Warfield) on two ways of signing a confession.
From the article:
The first is what we mean when we say that this is a confessional board: and that is why, though we welcome many who have reservations, and are happy for those who are still undecided or just beginning to learn to ask questions, the official position of the board is that we will not provide a platform for advocacy against that system of doctrine.
From the article:
There is all the difference in the world between the one who signs a confession because he passionately believes it to be an accurate summary of scriptural teaching and the one who signs it because, at a pinch, he can just about make it say what he believes the Bible to teach.
The first is what we mean when we say that this is a confessional board: and that is why, though we welcome many who have reservations, and are happy for those who are still undecided or just beginning to learn to ask questions, the official position of the board is that we will not provide a platform for advocacy against that system of doctrine.