User talk:SouthWriter/sandbox/An atheist's objections/@comment-1777104-20100812143048

X8, I have not studied what Orthodoxy has become, which is what most who criticize it are concerned with. I respect what it historically tried to do. I believe much of the misunderstanding is due to the trappings of ceremony. However, some very good protestant scholars find doctrinal disagreements similar to those they have with Catholicism. Personally, I would rather have the unencumbered worship patterned after the ekklesia of the first century (house churches styled after synagogues).