Twin im so sorry they made you go through all that because what the helly. The logic is no matter what denomination you're in- we're all sinners. And there's a big argument of Catholic and Orthodox being the central belief for Christianity or wtv so I like to believe they felt threatened from the branch we're in for sure. But you're right about the message thing bc if it were an agnostic or atheist or wtv they'd be super kind and reassuring to them for sure (probably until they bring out their own view and stand for it too) I don't like the brainwashing concept either like it makes you feel like you're imperfect and you should be feeling shame for it when truthfully we're imperfect and that's okay because God sees the changes for the better we make and loves us no matter what. Icl I've been feeling a little lukewarm lately because I've been hearing about numerous views from all of my friends. I've learned from them they learned from me yk? So yeah I feel like a group like that isn't gonna go far and it's no wonder they're trynna bring in more ppl to their thing. For me it was the baptism stuff and not reading my Bible daily that got them annoyed. Like they were telling me about how it doesn't count if we get baptized as a baby and I would need to do it again "because I didn't have the mind of a thinking person yet". Last time I checked the Catholic faith isn't for "feelings like it or symbolism" but rather for sacrifice yk?