*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.