Do you regret becoming Catholic?

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Through the good and the bad, through the highs and the lows, through the struggles and wrestling with and in my religion, the Church or my God, never once have I ever wanted or desired to have the honourable name of Catholic taken from my identity. Catholic is not just what I believe: it is deeply who I am, even at the times when I scarcely wanted to be, for whatever reason.
pkrjenkins said:
I wasn’t sure where to post this, and since it deals with people who were another religion and then became Catholic, this seemed the logical place.

Does anyone who has become Catholic regretted their decision? Do you know of someone who became Catholic and then decided to go back to what they were?

I am not meaning to be disrespectful, I am curious. I am in RCIA right now, and plan to be reconciled to the Catholic church in the spring. While I cannot imagine becoming unhappy in my decision and I feel that God is leading me here, I have given up a great deal to follow this path. It has been difficult at times and I’ve been wondering about other people’s experiences after being in the Catholic Church for a while.

Thank you in advance for your answers.
Pam
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So happy you are in RCIA!

I was confirmed only last spring. I am the only Catholic in my family. It caused some issues, but things seem to have settled down now.

I am not sorry.

I am so thankful, everyday.

The Catholic Church is home.
 
Not a bit. Became Catholic in my mid 20s and now I’m in my 30s. I actually teach religion at a Catholic school now.
 
I couldn’t regret something that I believe would save my soul.

But I do regret it sometimes, for an instant or two, when I have a conflict of interest between what the Church teaches me is right and wrong, and what I believe is right and wrong.

I’m he only Catholic in my family as well that I have contact with. I don’t regret it, but I do face challenges because of it.

Good luck!
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Not once! Like someone else said, I do wish I had never abandoned the faith to begin with.

Nothing else makes sense of life to me than being Catholic.
 
pkrjenkins said:
I wasn’t sure where to post this, and since it deals with people who were another religion and then became Catholic, this seemed the logical place.

Does anyone who has become Catholic regretted their decision? Do you know of someone who became Catholic and then decided to go back to what they were?

I am not meaning to be disrespectful, I am curious. I am in RCIA right now, and plan to be reconciled to the Catholic church in the spring. While I cannot imagine becoming unhappy in my decision and I feel that God is leading me here, I have given up a great deal to follow this path. It has been difficult at times and I’ve been wondering about other people’s experiences after being in the Catholic Church for a while.

Thank you in advance for your answers.
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I was a born and brought up Methodist. I converted to the Catholic faith 20 years ago. It was one of the best things that has ever happened to me and I have never regretted it.
 
No. The only regret I have and still have is that I do not live up to all that Christ and His church wants me to.

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I converted when I was 40. My only regret is that it didn’t happen sooner. I know that there must be a reason why God waited to open my eyes and call me in. I’m VERY appreciative and could never leave.
 
Congratulations on RCIA.

I am, as so many seem to be on this thread, the only Catholic in my family.

There is not a day that goes by in which I don’t thank God for making me Catholic. Best thing that ever happened for me and to me.
 
My husband and I became Catholic 8 years ago. I loved the parish I was received into, in Las Vegas, though they were the only Catholics we really knew. My parents had also become Catholic a few years before we did, but they were in AZ. My brother is also Catholic (he was the first of the family) but he’s in CA. Everything was fine until we moved to AZ to be closer to my parents. I had a hard time finding a parish that felt like home. Largely because the parish God wanted me at was the last place I wanted to be at. There was a large non-denom close to us, and I was tempted to go back. But go back to what? I found myself thinking of Jesus asking his disciples in John 6 if they were going to leave him, too, after his teaching on eating his flesh and drinking his blood. And like Peter I found myself saying, “Where would I go? You have the words of life.”
I didn’t leave, because the Church has the Truth. We consume the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Chist every time we receive the Eucharist. Where would I go?
By the way, I have now found home. I quit being a pansy and went to the parish God wanted me at all along. And over time I have found true friends, family, really. (And not just my mom and dad.)
Kris
 
Unfortunately, I regret it but I haven’t decided yet if I will leave the Catholic Church. I’ve been Catholic for 2.5 years and it was a wonderful 2 years. I was never so happy and I was thankful for finding my way to the Catholic Church. However, to make a long story short, a series of incidents caused me to lose my rose-colored glasses and I started to see things differently.

I’ve been reading my Bible more and that has caused me to change my views on some things.The jury is still out and I have a ton of studying to do before making any big decisions but I am 99% sure I will revert to some form of Protestantism in the next year or 2.
 
pkrjenkins said:
I wasn’t sure where to post this, and since it deals with people who were another religion and then became Catholic, this seemed the logical place.

Does anyone who has become Catholic regretted their decision?
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Nope. The revalation that His Church was founded by Him for our salvation, is here and is real was the greatest gift God has ever given and I am so grateful that He opened my mind and spirit so I can grow closer to Him in His Church.

It all started when I realized a few things:
  1. We know Jesus founded His Church because He said that He would.
  2. He said that he would remain with His Church and protect it from “the gates of hell” until the end of time.
  3. It was built by Jesus Christ himself (Matt 16:18) which means that His church must be about 2000 years old. This fact alone eliminates the vast majority of churches.
  4. Jesus only built ONE church (Matt 16:18) hence there is only one.
  5. The Church which Jesus Christ founded is the one to whom He revealed and which declared and decreed which books are to be contained in the New Testament.
  6. Jesus handed His Authority to His Apostles (Mat 28:16-20), therefore His Church must be able to trace it’s chief pastors back in a line of succession to The Apostles.
 
NO NOT EVER!!

Becoming a PRACTICING Catholic, is the best decision ive ever made

Met some amazing people

tons of new friends

I feel secure and comfortable in my life and I love it
 
Once in 8th grade I started to have a slight hatred for the church so I started talking to my Protestant friends about going to their churches. I then read a book by Matthew Kelly called rediscover Catholicism and that gave me an urge to explore the faith deeper. Unfortunately, teachings in the Catholic Church tend to be lacking. I went to a catholic school and went to ccd for 8 years and learned very little about the faith. I have to find the churches teachings on my own. Well by the time I reached the end of my freshman year I had learned so much that I didn’t know that my original hatred was caused by my ignorance or lack of knowledge. How can you hate something you do not know? Even after a year im still learning things about the faith that i did not know.bArchbishop Fulton J Sheen once said,

“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”

― Fulton J. Sheen

I now realize that if I left the catholic I would have nowhere else to go.

God Bless,
Matt
 
I converted 23 years ago, and I have stuck with my decision. However, I must admit that i have beeen tempted from time to time.

I like the fact that Catholicism focuses on the corporate worship rather than being so focused on the individual. I also find the social justice component of Catholicism compelling as I believe that God calls us to care for one another rather than focusing on personal success. However, I have missed the music of my childhood. In the Methodist Church, the congregation sings, while I have never attended a Catholic parish where those there really sang with relish and job. I have also missed the community that I felt in my childhood church. Oddly enough, my husband, a cradle Catholic finds the Cathedral, where one may remain completely anonymous, more welcoming, while he hates the suburban parish near us that has an active youth group, lots of parish activities, and feels very welcoming to me. He feels that it is “cold” while I feel the opposite. However, I don’t want to attend a different parish, so the Cathedral it shall be.

Shortly after I converted, I visited the parish priest to discuss my sense of loneliness in the Church. He gave me only about two minutes and said, “Join something.” I was very upset about this. Although this may have been the right advice, his manner of telling me this indicated that he didn’t care whether I stayed in the Church and that he didn’t think I was of much value. I was having a true crisis, which he treated as completely unimportant. Fortunately, I stuck it out and eventually met some people and later even served on the Parish Council.
I hope that everyone finds a church home that suits them.
 
SetonGirl said:
Unfortunately, I regret it but I haven’t decided yet if I will leave the Catholic Church. I’ve been Catholic for 2.5 years and it was a wonderful 2 years. I was never so happy and I was thankful for finding my way to the Catholic Church. However, to make a long story short, a series of incidents caused me to lose my rose-colored glasses and I started to see things differently.

I’ve been reading my Bible more and that has caused me to change my views on some things.The jury is still out and I have a ton of studying to do before making any big decisions but I am 99% sure I will revert to some form of Protestantism in the next year or 2.
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SetonGirl said:
Unfortunately, I regret it but I haven’t decided yet if I will leave the Catholic Church. I’ve been Catholic for 2.5 years and it was a wonderful 2 years. I was never so happy and I was thankful for finding my way to the Catholic Church. However, to make a long story short, a series of incidents caused me to lose my rose-colored glasses and I started to see things differently.

I’ve been reading my Bible more and that has caused me to change my views on some things.The jury is still out and I have a ton of studying to do before making any big decisions but I am 99% sure I will revert to some form of Protestantism in the next year or 2.
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I spent over 30 years outside the church and there is no way I’d depart. Individuals may be less than exemplary, but the fullness of truth is just that, the fullness of truth, and just as St. Peter said, “To whom would we go?”

Why weren’t you reading the Bible more all along? That’s one huge reason that I am Catholic. It’s not the people who make me want to be Catholic, it’s the Church that makes us people tolerable (even me :D).

SG, If you’ll PM me some of these things that you’ve found n the Bible that have changed your thinking, I 'd like to explore that with you. Meanwhile, take a look at My Testimony .
convertmom said:
I converted 23 years ago, and I have stuck with my decision. However, I must admit that i have been tempted from time to time.

I like the fact that Catholicism focuses on the corporate worship rather than being so focused on the individual. I also find the social justice component of Catholicism compelling as I believe that God calls us to care for one another rather than focusing on personal success. However, I have missed the music of my childhood. In the Methodist Church, the congregation sings, while I have never attended a Catholic parish where those there really sang with relish and job. I have also missed the community that I felt in my childhood church. Oddly enough, my husband, a cradle Catholic finds the Cathedral, where one may remain completely anonymous, more welcoming, while he hates the suburban parish near us that has an active youth group, lots of parish activities, and feels very welcoming to me. He feels that it is “cold” while I feel the opposite. However, I don’t want to attend a different parish, so the Cathedral it shall be.

Shortly after I converted, I visited the parish priest to discuss my sense of loneliness in the Church. He gave me only about two minutes and said, “Join something.” I was very upset about this. Although this may have been the right advice, his manner of telling me this indicated that he didn’t care whether I stayed in the Church and that he didn’t think I was of much value. I was having a true crisis, which he treated as completely unimportant. Fortunately, I stuck it out and eventually met some people and later even served on the Parish Council.
I hope that everyone finds a church home that suits them.
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Although I love my faith and most of the folks I have met are nice, ultimately, I too treasure the personal aspect of my faith and those times of personal interaction with Our Blessed Lord, especially in Communion and adoration. By comparison, many of the n-Cs I have known (mostly Southern Baptist & AoG) have seemed more like busybodies who check you out to see if you meet their personal approval. Hence, I love the sometimes solitude of the Catholic faith.🤷
 
SetonGirl said:
Unfortunately, I regret it but I haven’t decided yet if I will leave the Catholic Church. I’ve been Catholic for 2.5 years and it was a wonderful 2 years. I was never so happy and I was thankful for finding my way to the Catholic Church. However, to make a long story short, a series of incidents caused me to lose my rose-colored glasses and I started to see things differently.

I’ve been reading my Bible more and that has caused me to change my views on some things.The jury is still out and I have a ton of studying to do before making any big decisions but I am 99% sure I will revert to some form of Protestantism in the next year or 2.
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The more you read your Bible, and compare it to authentic Catholic teaching (and ANY non-Catholic doctrine), the less likely it should be that you would want to leave.

Alas, there is no assurance that you will read solid Catholic books in the coming months, and your mind seems made up already…
 
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