Oh, the reason why they couldn't be a 'church' was that the state could take over their buildings and house soldiers in them if they wanted to.'
Even if this were true, wouldn't this be a sign of the end? This would be the time to stop assembling at the K-Hole and start meeting at the book studies, right?
Interesting how they could have spun this to their favor and didn't. That's the real clue that they didn't have to take any losses.
StAnn