Catholics do you have any stories how apologetics has helped you?
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Fauken
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āThe Catholics excommunicate people to control them!ā
āDo you know what excommunication is?ā
āIt means youāre going to Hell!ā
āNo! It means you no longer have access to the Sacraments.ā
āā¦ Who cares about them?!ā
āDo you know what excommunication is?ā
āIt means youāre going to Hell!ā
āNo! It means you no longer have access to the Sacraments.ā
āā¦ Who cares about them?!ā
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ShowersofRoses
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Yes, learning about why the Church believes and teaches certain things allowed me to convert. Iām thankful for the teachers who write books and the radio hosts every day who answer questions to make the faith understandable.
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giuseppe96
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My freshman year of college there were these two ānon-denominationalā Protestants who would stand on the sidewalk near my dorm hall asking passers by the usual questions ādo you know Jesus?ā āHave you been saved?ā etc. One day on my way back from class they of course asked if I could stop and talk to them about Jesus. They asked the usual questions about how Catholics added books to the Bible or that you need good works to be saved and that being saved is not a one time thing. After using some info I gathered from CatholicBible101, they agreed to check out the website. I never saw them on the sidewalk again.
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ZMystiCat
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Short Answer: If it werenāt for apologetics, I probably wouldnāt be here. Iād either still be a Protestant or would have just given up on Christianity.
Long Answer: There were a lot of issues I found with Protestantism. They didnāt treat marriage as a sacrament, and if they did, it was frequently relegated to some secondary status or just not upheld as a sacrament should. Sola Fide seemed at odds with way too many passages for the hand-waving dismissals most Protestants had towards criticism, and sola scriptura was about as inconsistent and shaky a foundation that you could build on. The approach to the Lordās Supper also seemed hollow. Basically, I was pretty displeased, but from what I knew of Catholicism, it didnāt seem much better. After all, how could they possibly say that we earn our way to heaven? That was just one of the many misconceptions I had.
Eventually, I decided to look deeper into Catholic doctrine and defenses of the faith. Needless to say, I was pretty shocked at how little I actually knew. It still took a lot of time to work through all my issues, and some really took becoming Catholic to fully understand (I accepted the Churchās teaching, just couldnāt fully articulate why it was true). After all, I was raised Assembly of God before becoming a Presbyterian, and thatās about as anti-Catholic a background as you can have. Still, the apologetics laid a lot of the groundwork for me to at least try the Catholic Church.
Long Answer: There were a lot of issues I found with Protestantism. They didnāt treat marriage as a sacrament, and if they did, it was frequently relegated to some secondary status or just not upheld as a sacrament should. Sola Fide seemed at odds with way too many passages for the hand-waving dismissals most Protestants had towards criticism, and sola scriptura was about as inconsistent and shaky a foundation that you could build on. The approach to the Lordās Supper also seemed hollow. Basically, I was pretty displeased, but from what I knew of Catholicism, it didnāt seem much better. After all, how could they possibly say that we earn our way to heaven? That was just one of the many misconceptions I had.
Eventually, I decided to look deeper into Catholic doctrine and defenses of the faith. Needless to say, I was pretty shocked at how little I actually knew. It still took a lot of time to work through all my issues, and some really took becoming Catholic to fully understand (I accepted the Churchās teaching, just couldnāt fully articulate why it was true). After all, I was raised Assembly of God before becoming a Presbyterian, and thatās about as anti-Catholic a background as you can have. Still, the apologetics laid a lot of the groundwork for me to at least try the Catholic Church.
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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I like reading the writings of the saints.
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