"Why aren't you Orthodox?"
It is a very fair question. There are many “Cradle Catholics” who have never asked themselves why they –as adults - are Catholic and not anything else. Is it just because I was raised this way?
At the same time, many Christians raised in Evangelicalism begin a hard journey when they read the writings of the ancient Christian church and find a world which looks startlingly like Catholicism and Orthodoxy. For those who feel conscience-bound to enter that world, the decision between Catholicism and Orthodoxy often becomes a crucial fork in the road.
So why am I not Orthodox? There are several avenues I could travel down. But today I'd like to examine the one core reason.
