Ex-communicated ones they will make you, but she is coming, a season so that everyone who killed you away will think it a worship service to God.
John 16:2 RBT
The thought of course, is that they are serving God as they cleave to a corrupt orthodoxy that they have been conditioned their whole lives to believe. The problem with professors, seminarians, Bible scholars, decorated theologians, “masters of divinity” et. al., is that they did not become believers after studying and obtaining their lofty accolades and awards. They were conditioned in long-held traditions and commandments of men for many years, even decades before pursing scholarship. This is why it is more like academic fortification than true scholarship. Had they learned Hebrew and Ancient Greek prior to “getting saved” I suspect they would not have applied the same biases to the texts as they do.
Yet this is discouraged is it not? Indeed, it is even prohibited. One must first adopt the traditions, become thoroughly conditioned in them and build reputation with the elder “masters” whom themselves must provide letters of recommendation, and then and only then can a Christian pursue high and lofty distinction and badges of honor. Will a Bible college or seminary allow a non-Christian in? Even the ultra-liberal “seminaries” that promote Islam and political activism and make it a point to accuse and deride certain categories of people as “bigots” are nothing more than corrupt, man-driven machines. Will they let just anyone in? No they will not. Both are pits of miry clay filled with political agendas.
Once the ruling class is challenged, of either sort, even in a kind manner, judgement falls like a predator. See how fast you are put out from one of these places if you question their orthodoxy. It is an act of judgement to put out of the “assembly”, for it is evil that is supposed be purged, which essentially means they judge your ideas, questions, or beliefs as… evil.