Ritualistic and Overstated, or Simplistic and Meaningful

I have been reading Cunningham, who puts things in a much more simple, down-to earth (so to speak) manner that got me to thinking, again. Now this is another one of my neophyte opinions, but bear with me, if you will. Another matter of much contention, from my bird's eye point of view, is that between the Coven Witch, and that of the Solitary Witch. Covens appear to believe that those on a solitary path aren't really following the real path. I guess you could compare it to how in Christianity, some feel you haven't truly accepted Jesus as your savior until you get baptised. Those Wiccans do not feel that the Wiccan solitaire is truly a Witch until they have accepted a certain path or following. To me this sounds too much like other organized church conventions that drove me away from them in the first place. I don't want to think that just because I don't do it one way, that means I'm doing it the wrong way. I also don't want to think that anyone can do anything at all they very well please and be doing everything right. Each person knows if they're doing what they feel called to do or not. But the under-educated person may be doing what they *think* is right just because they do not know enough yet. So I can see both perspectives. But the thing with Wicca is that it is no longer in the "broomcloset." It's right out there on every town's corner, right there in the bookshop on the shelves in that cute little section back behind all the other religion books, on the internet when you hop into the book shopping section, and a multitude of other learning sources I have yet to discover. It's not a big secret. You don't have to be in a coven to know the spiritual meaning that Deity wish to convey to you. But let me also say this, in the same thought's wave. In people, no matter what religion, it takes more to help some attune themselves to spirituality. For me personally, I feel that so much gets lost into the religion, and that the spiritual feelings are then not as strong, when one filters their spiritual life through so many big ceremonial rituals. This is why I never went to church when I was still trying to be a Christian. What they had to sell me wasn't what was in my head. But, I knew when I listened from within. You do have to take in enough information from the outside in order to form your own opinions and thoughts, and know how you feel. It does take some contrast in order to find the right definition. But for me, it takes a little less than it does for others. :)