This may be of interest to you. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Francis Shaeffer, who was a prominent leader in Evangelical Christianity back in the day.
His son Frank was so dissatisfied by the holier than thou attitudes of SOME of these groups and people that he converted to the Orthodox church.
I believe he’s written a book(s) about his journey but am unsure about the exact title.
There is another interesting small group you can ask as many questions about the comparisons of the Orthodox church to other branches of Christianity as you wish. I originally stumbled into it by accident while researching Protestant monasticism. I asked a ton of questions and instantly felt welcome there and stayed.
I used to hang out more there in times past but haven’t dropped in much with any kind of consistently lately.
There are several participants who are Orthodox ( DJ is one) as well as Methodists, Episcopaleans, as well as Anglicans now hanging out with Southern Baptists.
Robin, is pretty amazing for his knowledge and overview of church history and praxis.
What I’ve always appreciated about this small group is their willingness to answer any and all questions, their warm wel oming of newcomers and their ability to disagree on various points without being disagreeable and the very intelligent level of discourse. Kinda the same quality as Fluther with an orthodox slant to it but minus the arm twisting and judgementalism which you find so irksome about the Baptists.
A very convivial educated bunch. They not only know what they believe but also why they believe it. All without being obnoxious about it.
I can’t to links on iphone, but just put the exact phrase below into Google as it is the EXACT official title of the group:
Orthodox Episcopal Bulletin Board
Have fun.