The Protestant Church is the new Catholic Church

On my 4 hour drive home today from school I started thinking about the Catholic Church. I thought about how at one point they were the Church. They supposedly came from Peter and everything. They took the scripture literally and adhered strictly to the doctrines of communion and baptism. And then corruption came. Somewhere along the line they started spending their money poorly: on guilded crucifixs and painted naked angel babies on the ceilings instead of food for widows and orphans (in fact the gold candlesticks came straight from the widows and orphans pockets...). They decided the lay person wasn't able to interpret scripture themselves and needed someone specially trained for the job.
So the Protestant Reformation came along to fix the problem. They translated the Bible and did away with indulgences.
But now....they're really not any different. The Protestants build gigantic glass building that are beautiful but super expensive to heat. They add on big gymnasiums and auditoriums "for the community" in communities that usually already have such things. They spend large portions of the budget on elaborate costumes and special effects for the Easter and Christmas programs.
What are they doing?!?!?!
I just don't understand.
And the bickering! 5 point calvinists v. 4 pointers. Conservatives v. The Emergent. Infant baptism v. adult. Catholic communion v. Protestant.
If it's bad in the Church (and it is), it's worse between the Church and outside. The "God hates f**s" movement, abortion clinic bombers, the "psychological problems are your fault" crowd, etc. etc.
Really? Is that what Jesus thought was most important to tell the flocks of people coming to see Him? Why do we say such things? Do we just want to feel like we're better than other people? ???What on earth???

Which Jesus do you follow,
Which Jesus do you serve
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ,
Why do you look so much like the world?

It bugs me because people find out you're a Christian and immediately slap all these labels on you: "intolerant" "hater" "self-righteous" "priss" "arrogant" etc. All these things we should be the exact opposite of, but I know exactly where they're coming from.
And we're back to me wanting to just say "I'm a member of The Circle."
*sigh*

It makes me want to go live in the woods like that Blue Like Jazz guy, or with the homeless like Under The Overpass.

Do you think God ever wants to disown us?