Poll: What form of church discipline do I deserve?

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Originally Posted by Levin

What else is it? And when you answer, describe what it adds that withholding of the Sacrament or stripping of callings, prayers, etc. and temple recommends doesn't.

While there is an aspect of revoking someone's blessings that does feel punitive, the larger intent is to spur repentance.

Is someone who shows contrition at a disciplinary council sufficiently penitent to match his offense? There's no way to answer such a hypothetical question because each circumstance is different. But on the (in my opinion, increasingly rare) occasion when a penitent man is nonetheless excommunicated, it is intended to help the repentance process, not merely to punish.