my sect didnt exist while theirs did so their faith is the father of mine? is that what your saying? im sorry but it seems to me that for someone like you who is an atheist that you would atleast be more informed of the history of what your against. is this how all atheist's are? you sit there and bag on a God you do not know nor have taken the time to learn about? let me just set this straight for you and clear things up for you. the first church was not orthodox, catholic, or any other name. they were simply followers of Christ. some had been with Christ, ( the apostles, some of His disciples, ect... ) while others just learned from these men. if the first churches had a name it would of been apostolic, from the book of acts and on to revelations the spreading of the Word to the gentiles ( non-believers ) was done by the apostles who witnessed Christ. the first churches followed the bible that we have today. the orthodox and catholic churches bibles are not even the same. they do not preach out of it, they preach messages that are emailed to them from the Vatican. so please do tell me how the catholics and orthodox churches gave rise to churches that preach from the bible and teach Christ? thats like saying that two fetuses can give consumate and give birth to a full grown adult, or that the egg gave birth to a full grown chicken, or better yet, you gave birth to your own parents.

if your going to try and have a foundation or backing to your arguements than atleast take the time to know what your speaking against.