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Indeed; I would assume it was due to incompetent catechesis, because the way in which the OP articulates a belief in the Cross using very orthodox pan-Nicene Christian theology and soteriology is what the Roman Catholics and most other denominations teach. But I have encountered in some denominations evidence of poor catechesis regarding this, particularly these days in some of the mainline Protestant churches, but not all; even in the Episcopal Church you can still find priests who preach Christ crucified. And certainly it is the prevailing doctrine among most Roman Catholics, among the Orthodox, the Lutherans, traditional Anglicans like you, traditional Methodists, and so on. So most people who I have encountered who have switched denominations, for the reasons given in the OP, in my experience, from their narratives, had the misfortune of incompetent catechesis.
Because the Roman Catholic Church clearly does not teach that our Lord was the victim of unfortunate circumstances; I don’t think any genuinely Christian church would dare reduce the Passion to that. But if someone cannot articulate this core aspect of Christianity to the youth, it seems to require a rediscovery of the faith such as what we see with the conversion experience. There are indeed former Protestants who “swam the Tiber” for basically the same reasons given in the OP.
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