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Old 09-22-2015, 11:59 AM   #43
TLFisher
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Default Re: Double Standards

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Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
A few more double standards that I was thinking about:
Why is it that those in the LC go to such great lengths to differentiate between excommunication and quarantine? We know that for all intents and purposes, a LC quarantine is an excommunication.
I think the differentiation is for legal protection. To say excommunication where there was nothing scriptural warranting excommunication, there's the fear of lawsuit.
Ironically LSM published a book worthy of a lawsuit and those brothers affected never sued LSM. Just because a lawsuit or threat of a lawsuit is in the LSM backpocket doesn't mean any normal Christian will consider lawsuits as an option.
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