I've been outright accused of many false things both on the public forum and by FReepamail, like how I left the Catholic church because of my (alleged) divorce and how I didn't want moral responsibility.
Well, when I got saved, I was still 8 years from getting married ever.
So I get saved and went back to attending the Catholic church I was raised in.
But the more I read the Bible, the greater disparity I saw between what the Bible clearly states and what Catholicism teaches.
I continued to go for several months, however, in spite of that cause I recognized that going to church was something I should/needed to do.
Then a friend invited me to a local Evangelical church and I finally went.
Could not believe the difference. A church where the Bible was actually taught and people actually cared if you were there or not and the pastor knew your name.
I vacillated between the two for a few months and finally made the break with the Catholic church, not looking back.
And it wasn't because of morals or adultery, or divorce, as I've been very nastily accused of (the FReepmails were something else, I tell you) but because the Catholic church does not teach what the Word of God states.
It was strictly all the extra nonsense they have added over the years.
And it wasn't because of thinking the rules were too hard. The rules that Catholicism added to God's word are useless. They do nothing to grant or further salvation.
But Catholics want nothing more than to explain away what they can't face, that it is the Catholicism itself that's the problem.
Excellent post and your reasons overlap many of mine also.
What Catholicism teaches & preaches continues to be inconsistent with what the Bible says.