I hear you, and fully agree with this point. ELCA is no longer Lutheran, since it's in communion with C of E and others. Regarding whether Rome has one set of doctrines or many, I partially concede this point since, yes, I am sure many of the Roman doctrines are espoused only by dissenters. At least Rome has written confessions, which the non-denoms and hyper-liberalized protestants do not. Unfortunately, since around Luther's (and his martyred predecessors') time, Rome has hardened in its error, codified it (Council of Trent), and added to it (infallability, Assumption, Immaculate Conception, co-redemptrix [soon?] and so on). If that were not enough, since the 1960s it appears Rome is well on the way to codifying new age / eastern extensions into its doctrine too. The way it's going, ANYBODY is going to be acceptable to Rome EXCEPT those to say that man is saved by faith alone in Christ alone, as taught by the Scriptures alone.