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Though it may seem to you that my responses are "emotional" it does not mean that I am scared, least of all, that the "Church was right after all".

If you say so.

Perhaps the reason you think this is because you have expressed your own struggles with your "cradle" faith.

Perhaps that's why I recognize the pattern. Unlike so many ex-Catholics who engage here in viciously attacking the Catholic Church, I still love Orthodoxy; I just no longer believe it. There is no struggle, just questions.

I wrote an earlier post to this one where I spoke about my thoughts concerning the role of the "Church" in the Bible that we have today

I thought I was responding to it (5395 or something like that). It's hard to deny that evidence seems to support the Church's position. The Church did write the New Testament and the Church canonized the books you call the Holy Bible.

Perhaps that's why I recognize the pattern. Unlike so many ex-Catholics who engage here in viciously attacking the Catholic Church, I still love Orthodoxy; I just no longer believe it. There is no struggle, just questions.

You "recognize the pattern"? Does that mean you are "scared"? Rather than assume the "Ex-Catholics" on this thread are engaging in vicious attacks against the Roman Catholic Church out of some sort of fear or hate, how about, for once, consider the concept that they are expressing their understanding of the truth from God's word, rather than accepting man's explanation of it? In our posts, we are trying to plead that God has revealed his plans for mankind and its redemption and that what is being taught by the predominant, self-defined, all-encompassing representative of Christianity is NOT truly that and instead IT is leading people away from the real plan of salvation God has revealed in his Word.

We proclaim that we have really been there and have come out from under the burden of works-based salvation into the light of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ which is that God has provided a way for mankind to be saved by his awe-inspiring GRACE through FAITH ALONE. This is the reason for our posts, and not because of hate. If that were really the case, we would not bother to even take the time to do so. Indifference really IS the opposite of love, think about it.

, I still love Orthodoxy; I just no longer believe it. There is no struggle, just questions.

Like so many in "the church" that love the church, and the tradition more than Christ, and look to the church and tradition more than to Christ.. ..

How does one love a false religion? A false tradition? How does one love lies?