And I understand your concerns with the RC, and the emphasis on mortal and venial sins. I don't agree with that either. It's just that the Orthodox position reflects my beliefs more than the RC and Protestants. But I don't go to church because I am a mix of a lot of things. Orthodox/Catholic is closest, but I don't agree that works is necessary either. However, I don't believe in once saved always saved either, so I am inbetween. I believe in a livng faith - a desire to do good because we want too, not to please God, but because it should be the natural result of being a Christian. I don't personally like old fashioned ritualstic ceremonies, don't like male-exclusive priesthoods, and I don't beleve (as a lot of Orthodox do) that it's wrong to have communion on a period. I also agree that we don't have to follow the law. That's why I don't believe in crcumcsion. I thnk what's in our heart matters to God more than anything. But I don't believe Protestants "do" really believe in salvation through faith alone, because all I'd ever hear at church was "thou shalt not". They undermine their own beliefs by imposing so much guilt.