This is not an Orthodox account. This is just the ravings of a man who is a bad example of an Orthodox Christian who is just trying to get by. I’m probably tired and more than likely need a drink which I won’t have because I don’t need it.
You are being offers two types of cookies. One type is stale but won’t kill you. You just need to get used to the taste. The other is really yummy and isn’t stale. However it’s filled with yucky stuff that will kill you. Eat the stale cookies.
“Catechumens and new converts need to be warned clearly: The Church will not pursue you the way your last church did. That is not a sign that you are unwanted. It is a sign that you are expected to invest beyond what is intellectually, metrically, and individually stimulating to you. You are expected to show up, introduce yourself, stay for coffee, come back next week and the week after. Orthodoxy is ancient. It cares little for what the culture prescribes and precedes it by millennia. Belonging here is something you build, not something you are handed.”