Yes, much of the legalism we had was not so much "you're going to hell if you do that", but rather a critical judgemental assessment of one who did such and such a thing. A critique of spirituality or the lack thereof, if you will. The focus was on externals and the more hard hitting internals were ignored, and thus violated habitually.

One thing I found common in these churches was widespread gossip and slander. scratchchin shrug


And thank you for the link - there is so much reading for me to do!

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