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DVIN_CKS
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I have recently found myself thrown into defending my Catholic faith with a friend who is a Fundamentalist (she was raised in a Catholic family and fell away from the church in her early teens). So, one would think that ‘bringing her back to the truth’ wouldn’t be so hard, right? WRONG! I’ve become a regular at CA and other wonderful apologetic websites and I must say, I’m learning so much more about my faith than I ever did growing up in catechism class.
I’m grateful that I’ve been given this opportunity to defend the Catholic faith. I think this was God’s way of waking me up from years of comfortable sleep in my faith. I just never knew how hard it would be!! All the defenses I read on topics such as infant baptism, sola scriptura, and salvation seem to be SO crystal clear and the Bible seems to mesh so beautifully with the Catholic teaching. I just can’t figure out why my friend - and so many other Protestant denominations - don’t see it (or won’t see it).
I know that answers don’t come easy for those who don’t want to see. I’m totally aware that only God changes hearts…I’m merely trying to plant seeds.
I guess my question is…does one ever reach a point when they throw their arms up and walk away from the fight? I’ve certainly thought of just doing that saying, “Fine…you believe your way, I’ll believe mine.” But something inside me doesn’t want to put these issues (differences) between us to rest. How does one know whether they are cut out for apologetic work or not?
I’m grateful that I’ve been given this opportunity to defend the Catholic faith. I think this was God’s way of waking me up from years of comfortable sleep in my faith. I just never knew how hard it would be!! All the defenses I read on topics such as infant baptism, sola scriptura, and salvation seem to be SO crystal clear and the Bible seems to mesh so beautifully with the Catholic teaching. I just can’t figure out why my friend - and so many other Protestant denominations - don’t see it (or won’t see it).
I know that answers don’t come easy for those who don’t want to see. I’m totally aware that only God changes hearts…I’m merely trying to plant seeds.
I guess my question is…does one ever reach a point when they throw their arms up and walk away from the fight? I’ve certainly thought of just doing that saying, “Fine…you believe your way, I’ll believe mine.” But something inside me doesn’t want to put these issues (differences) between us to rest. How does one know whether they are cut out for apologetic work or not?