Anyone come to CAF, and then convert to Catholicism?

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I converted. I first came to the forum when I was interested in learning about the teaching and practice of the Catholic Church. I wasn’t so much interested in Catholicism as I was in learning about the early Reformation, its teachings and practice, and the subsequent divisions. Since Catholicism was unquestionably the root from which Protestantism sprang I wanted to know more about it.

As I learned more about Catholicism, actual Catholicism, I realized it made sense and was supported by evidence. I didn’t want to become Catholic even after I came to appreciate Catholicism. It took a while for me to realize I was compelled in conscience to convert. I am glad I did but it was in many ways a difficult journey.
 
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I find my Parish and Priest to be distinctly lacking… Whereas, I’ve found CAF to be extremely welcoming and everyone to be lovely. Not a single person has spoken to me about who I am and why I’m there… And I’m 2 months into RCIA. Go figiure.
 
I attached a pretty miraculous metal on my purse like 1 1/2 weeks earlier… the Holy Spirit intervened.
 
For me, the biggest benefit is that the Catholic Church possesses the truth and I think that is directly related to the fact that it is the church created by Christ 2000 years ago.

I’m a lifelong Protestant. I’m also a historian. I naturally started to dig into the history of the Protestantism, and what I found has lacking. Protestantism is very wishy-washy. You go to one church and you hear something totally different from the next church. Everyone has a different notion of what spirituality is. About how salvation is obtained. About what it means to live according to Christ’s commandment. Or even what it was that Christ commanded. It was impossible for me to develop in my faith with so many contradictory instructions. I fell away.

So, further benefits of becoming Catholic are consistency that comes from scripture, tradition, authority and faith, a more authentic connection to Christ, clearer sense of purpose for living and a richer spiritual life.
 
What I should have said, I suppose, is that while CAF would offer wonderful advice and information what happened at the parish level was something different. The only valuable information I learned at RCIA was what the purpose of the Transfiguration was. But my RCIA parish was a lot more, uh, liberal. My introduction to Confession was almost nonexistent and the RCIA leader was dismissive of the whole thing.

My RCIA parish was distinctly friendly but I still had challenges. I hope your RCIA team and participants are willing to talk to you at least. By the way I have the choir to be the most welcoming organization in a parish.
 
  1. No, still searching and attending and Antiochian parish Sundays and an RCC parish Saturday evening. I wish they were one with all my heart!
  2. I would say that Catholic Answers has changed everything I thought about Catholicism, but not necessarily CAF. CAFers are human and they say things I find offensive or off putting, as well as saying things I want to “like” 10 times.
 
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  2. Yeah, I view them differently. I no longer view them as persons who are brainwashing their children with dogma. I don’t agree with various catholic beliefs, but I believe that catholics are my brothers and sisters in Christ. When I started coming to CAF, I had some bitterness towards catholics, but now I love them. 😃
 
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