Another point....this an analogy...so take it for it what it’s worth. I am a lifelong Republican and will always be one. I believe in nearly everything my Party teaches and just about everything the Party stands for. That does not mean I am a mindless drone who marches in lockstep with the GOP. When I think the Party is wrong on a certain issue or policy I would never hesitate to say so.
Churches like political parties are man made institutions always subject to sin and to error as they are run by humans. Nothing in life is perfect, least of all religious and political organizations. You choose and remain in the ones that closest resemble your views and values. Hence, I will continue to remain both a Catholic and a Republican even if I am not always 100% in agreement.
I thought I was a lifelong republican and then the party left me behind. Oh for the days of Reagan...
Sorry, I got lost in fantasy land for about 20 minutes.
If I believed that the Catholic Church was a man made institution I would make some of the more virulent anti-Catholics on FR look positively ecumenical. If it is man made it is positively evil, not flawed, not human: evil. Evil because of what it claims to be and could not be if it was man made.