I can identify with that bro. I do not consider myself a Protestant either. I didn't know it, until people in different religious persuasions told me I WAS one. I don't accept it.
You got saved in 81. I got saved in 1970, at Mountain Home, Idaho, 6 months before I became an unwilling participant in the biggest waste of my time, that there ever has been, the infamous Southeast Asia war games. If I could have figured out a way to get out of it, I would have, but hey, I went to the one place that had the best chapel program, and I came home in one piece. I only had flashback, in 1984. Never had one before, never had one after. Others had really bad experiences.
We do, however, press on to the high calling that is in Christ. 😀😆😃 By all means, carry on.
---- Mark Twain