Are you a convert?

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My wife converted around 9 years ago now. She is a strong catholic.
 
Baptised Presbyterian as an act of rebellion by a “Catholic” father who’d lost his faith, and who was married to an Anglican, with a sister who wasn’t baptised at all. Four family members and four different “faiths”, just like modern Christendom. My sister had herself baptised a couple of years by an Anglican priest before she died fortunately.

Had some Sunday School when I was a kid, but became atheist around 15. “Believed” at around the age of 28, went back to Presbyterian Church headed by Methodist trained pastor, who predicted I’d become Catholic. He died in 1992. I learned a lot from him.

I became Catholic circa 1996 / 97 as predicted. There was a sort of spiritual push, simililar to the one that led me to the Presbyterian church and pastor earlier in late 1982. I also met a very spiritual Catholic psychiatrist at around the same time, which helped.

Above father appeared in my room the night he died in 1979, started with an apology, we argued and conversed, and he departed with one almighty scream. However that was not why I became Christian (had nothing to do with it), but he predicted the pastor and the psychiatrist on the night he died.

Looks like God had His finger on the button the whole time. In the end there’s nowhere else to run - we’re all going to face Him one way or the other. He can be pretty frustrating though. If there’s one thing I’ve found out, His ways are not our ways.
 
Grandparents - Salvation Army
Parents - nominal Christians, no church attendance
Me - Baptist, non-denominational, explored Judaism, non-denominational, Easter 2013, I’ll be officially Catholic!
 
504Katrin said:
Sorry I didn’t communicate this too well.

Yes, I’m a Jewess.

I reverted from Catholicism to Judaism.
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Then you should not vote. I think the intention of the OP is whether you are Catholic convert. Otherwise, it makes no sense to include in the poll all kinds of converts.
 
mayxanh said:
Then you should not vote. I think the intention of the OP is whether you are Catholic convert. Otherwise, it makes no sense to include in the poll all kinds of converts.
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No. If you actually bothered to read the OP itself you would realize that I am not a Roman Catholic.
 
Born into the Mormon church, grew up doing the typical church shopping of going from one protestant church to another (ie. Baptist, Methodist, Church of God, Church of Christ, etc.) , didn’t go to church but believed in God. I just didn’t know where God wanted me to be. Enter my husband, the cradle Catholic, and I started to go to church with him. 2 years after we were married in the Catholic Church, I started going to RCIA while he was on deployment. He didn’t find out that I was taking the class until he got back from his deployment. 😃 I wanted to do it for me. I had found where God wanted me, and I am so happy to be Catholic.
 
Sort of. I converted to Protestantism because I thought it was more biblical. This was propagated by my debates with Catholics, which I almost always won because they were generally not trained in the faith. Eventually I found Catholic Answers which asked questions I could not answer and answered all of my questions, and the rest is history 🙂
 
PaulinePresbytr said:
Sort of. I converted to Protestantism because I thought it was more biblical. This was propagated by my debates with Catholics, which I almost always won because they were generally not trained in the faith. Eventually I found Catholic Answers which asked questions I could not answer and answered all of my questions, and the rest is history 🙂
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I suspect this might actually be incorrigible. But, for future reference, could we refrain from using the word Protestant unqualified in this topic? I will occasionally call myself Protestant, but only when drawing on nationalist, Anglocentric narratives (with great pleasure, I add) but not on a serious, theological forum like this one.
 
Born fundamentalist Protestant> Episcopal> Roman Catholic charismatic> Russian Orthodox.

I still have an affinity for the Episcopal church, and would join a Catholic church with the Anglican rite if one were near.
 
I was raised Catholic, then I became an Agnostic who was extremely hostile to Christianity for a few years in my early to mid 20s. After that I “came home”, but for years I was not sure whether I should become Orthodox or not, as I was always attracted to their methods of worship. I also like how they put such an important emphasis on Lent, not eating meat on fridays got nothing on the Orthodox, I still like their way of worshiping, but I won’t be joining them. Now that’s its years later I cannot help but wonder why I hated the religion that so many people that I loved (love) adhered to.
My spiritual journey was long and difficult and even after I “came home”, it did not automatically solve my problems. In some ways my life didn’t change at all, but every time I went to church I would pray to God saying “don’t forget about me.” I knew that eventually my prayers would be answered and they were, but not in the way I expected. The funny thing is that the more educated I become the closer I come to Christ. My life is still difficult and I am not nearly where I should be at this point, but for the first time in my life I am actually happy and confident in my faith. Currently, I am striving to get my master’s degree in history which will be completed by next May, from there I will proceed to go for my doctorate, perhaps this will make my life easier. Money? Don’t ask, I have very little, but like I said I am confident in the faith that my prayers will be heard.
When I go on a “well reputed” website and read the anti-Christian (understatement of the century) posts and even the articles themselves, I can’t help but wonder how many of those people come from Christian families and say when referring to their loved one’s “that doesn’t apply to them.” I am not saying that all Non-Theists are this way, I have a close friend and a brother who are Non-Theists and I am not judging them all, but that website is invective, not only towards Catholicism but to Christianity as a whole. I only go on there to check my mail for the most part and I’m thinking of canceling my account, because why should I go out of my way to be insulted? However, I also feel that I am getting my “just desserts” for my years of being so hateful towards the faith, I also feel like a hypocrite when I get angry by what I see on there, even if not for a while until the anger wears off. Anyway, thats my story; I love this site it’s so incredible, I mean I knew it existed for awhile but I suppose I wasn’t ready to join in fact it never entered my mind to do so until the other day. Pax et Bonum everyone.
 
Sorry that post was too specific, I was just venting I suppose and it shouldn’t have been so long and unambiguous.
 
Started out nothing (heathen, I suppose), although I did attend a Catholic school in first grade and the beginning of second. My mother dabbled in Black Magic for a bit.

As an adult: Southern Baptist–Charismatic–Catholic.
 
The first time I went to a Meeting for Worship I KNEW I was home. I was convinced a Friend at 19 years of age…and being a Friend has made my life full and satisfying. I am now fast approaching 58yo in a tiny march of weeks.

I was raised in the Church of the Nazarene but always felt something was missing in worship services…I found that “Something” in a Quaker Meeting for Worship…the “Something” turned out to be a “Someone”…the Presence in the Midst.
 
mormon > agnostic/non-denom (did not practice any faith tradition) > on my way to Roman Catholic
 
I converted from the Catholic Church to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was pretty much an active Catholic for most of my life. Then I found out about Mormons, and was curious about it. I was attracted to the belief in living, continuing apostles and prophets, new scriptures (i.e. God still speaking), temples, etc. I thought the Godhead doctrine made more sense than the Trinity, and thought it made sense that God the Father was embodied, just like Jesus Christ (though I didn’t really get into the belief that the Father was once a man, or that the Father was married to Heavenly Mother). Finally I was baptized LDS. Now, after a couple years, I’m considering reverting back to Catholicism. I’ve been active LDS all those years, had many callings, am Endowed, and currently am Elders Quorum President in my ward.

I’ve always missed certain things about Catholicism, though not necessarily doctrinal things (for example, I miss lighting candles, being able to walk into any church just off the street and sit there, presumably in the Real Presence of Christ. I miss the connection to a true, ancient Church, and the worldwide influence Catholicism has, etc). But lately, I’ve been wondering whether an Apostasy of the Church really happened, whether the Book of Mormon is really ancient scripture, various other issues (priesthood ban, God once a man, etc). Also, I don’t really see any evidence for the earliest Christians believing in a symbolic Eucharist. What I see is the Real Presence from the beginning. That is a big issue as a Latter-day Saint (of course I could just dismiss those writings as evidence of the Apostasy already in effect, but I’m not sure that’s a good argument). So, we’ll see where I end up!
 
J_the_Centrist said:
Sorry that post was too specific, I was just venting I suppose and it shouldn’t have been so long and unambiguous.
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Quite the contrary, thank you for sharing with us 🙂

I’m always interested in other folks’ opinions and experience. They’re what makes life so awesome 🙂
 
Ugh. All the stuff like insert religion here > Catholicism makes me think people are saying the religion is greater than Catholicism. Perhaps → would be better. Or =>.

Right, just popping in to say I’m a convert. I guess…

nothing → generic protestant → Catholic
 
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