*I was raised Methodist, which had a hippie-dippie God and no
   hell and stuff. When i was in the Orthodox Church in my mid/late
   20s I didnt see it there either, although I wasn't looking for
   it. It's likely it was in both places. [the authoritarianism].

   Inbetween, I had dabblings with Unitarian Universalism, Quaker,
   vipasanna meditation and a teacher in sophmore year in high
   school try to introduce me to Bahai. She drove a sensible Volvo.

   So, I suppose I was lucky.