I have been struggling with my membership in the Roman Catholic Church (see this
thread for my comments on my formal defection from the Church). Ultimately, I left. I did this for a variety of reasons, but mostly because I don't find God in the dogma and ritual.
I think the only real authority on Christianity is the canon of the new testament. If you want to know Christ's teachings, read the Gospels, and if you want to learn what the first Christians did to follow him, read the various epistles and letters.
Revelation is prophetic and apocryphal, and must be read in that light. Much of what is in Revelation is symbolic, and actually speaks of the Christian persecution at the hands of the Romans. In other words, the events Revelation speaks of are actually contemporary to it.
But, like anything subject to interpretation, the best course is to read, understand the context (which means you must understand the customs and practices of first century Judea). Also, you have to remember that you are reading a translation and some nuances may be lost. The best is the Oxford annotated study bible, because it covers these areas.
That said, I'm just as competent as Pat Robertson, and really am not willing to take his word for it. Oh, I'll listen to what a minister says, but if I'm not familiar with that particular teaching, I'm going to go see for myself, and I think that true faith requires the effort to understand these things.