You make a joke about it, but it is a very serious subject. Much of the history about the Church has been written by Her detractors. If you would reject the Church whose roots are in Christ Himself, you should at least come to know what it is you are rejecting. Many have “come back home” after serious study has removed the falsehoods they had come to believe and revealed the depths of the truths known to the Church.
Some here have referenced the Eastern Orthodox Church here as a more authentic church. They might be surprised to find out that the one biggest difference between us is the primacy of the Holy See. The Sacraments, Mary, the Saints, Iconography and other Protestant “sticking points” are not an issue between the two largest branches of Christianity.
May God bless you.
The Sacraments, Mary, the Saints, Iconography and other Protestant “sticking points” are not an issue between the two largest branches of Christianity.
That the majority of Christians fall under these two denominations does not mean that they are correct. To us, those are very important "sticking points". For example, I don't believe that Mary is "ever virginal", or that there are any Saints who could help me through intercessional prayer.
So, you hold that the only way to be saved (by re-birth) is to be blessed by the hands of people who share person-to-person contact through to Christ Himself?
One cannot be saved by the Word itself and accepting Jesus into their heart? They have to have a direct-line connection to Jesus through touch?