[muawiyah]

Then there are some Catholics who get divorced, or who marry a divorced person, or who got tired of the local priest(s) or bishop(s) and there's nothing you can do about it if you are not part of the hierarchy.

Many of the ex-Catholics are exceedingly knowledgeable in Catholic theology. I think it's the ecclesiastical part that causes the most problems for them (we are speaking of "ex" people here, not "current" Catholics who are all deleriously happy with the way the Church is run.)

[Conservative til I die]

Many of the ex-Catholics are exceedingly knowledgeable in Catholic theology.

My experience has led me to believe otherwise. I've met several ex-Catholics who have run the whole "The Church is a greedy corporation created by Emperor Constantine" and "The Church has celibacy to keep property out of the priest's family's hands" spiel by me. Anyone knowledgable of the faith would not deal in this sort of crap.