Protestantism, in all of its flavors, is pure cringe and is solely responsible for keeping me away from Christ for 27 years of my life (give or take 2 or so as a Methodist when I was a kid, which was also cringe). It's funny, because I remember having respect for what little I knew of Catholicism but it was the Evangelical and Baptist-variety "Christianity" that kept me from taking it seriously.
My wife and I would watch "Jesus Camp" and other stuff for a laugh.
I had the exact same problems. I was open to God but no one would show me something like Augustine, Aquinas etc. All people talked about was "grace" (I am using quotes because Protestants toss this around in a nebulous fashion), justification by faith and "being saved". If someone would have showed me the Dimonds 20-25 years ago... I am here now and God chose this for a reason so I am thankful, even if I'm late to the vineyard.
This is one of the (many) reasons I have resolved as a parent to treat my kids in an intellectually serious and honest manner.
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