Your comment sounds to me most charitable toward this Catholic convert (and I have no particular investment in the dispute), unlike the Satanic allusions of a couple of other posters, which appear uncharitable and offensive toward the Protestant faith.
Its been my experience that protestants spend an inordinate amount of time agressively dealing with catholics. The more I experience it the more I realize they do so only because they kno catholicism is true.
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) visiting all types of religious websites. In my own situation, I have children who are Baptist and sometimes I hope that I will pickup something that may help me given the right set of circumstances.I finally ventured over out of curiousity. I see that they have a thread debating if the RCC is a cult. But, if they won’t let an RCC member respond, it’s not truly a “debate”…,
Your reply is probably correct, but I “enjoy” (not the exactly the correct word, but I’m having a “mental moment”
Doesn’t bother me all. I’m just happy somebody becomes a Christian, or if they already were, becomes serious about their faith.
I was protestant for 20 years. Now that I am joining the catholic church my friends think that I am:
I understand that as my father is southern baptist. I get questioned all the time. On that note because which I do not go looking for those type of things that are on that site as there are times when around my fathers friends and follow church goers I will meet with those that hold to the views of the majority on that site. I will normally let most of go by out of respect for being in my dads house and they are his friends and my elders ( I’m 46 by the way) but from time to time one will push the envelope just a bit to far and I have to set them straight.,
Your reply is probably correct, but I “enjoy” (not the exactly the correct word, but I’m having a “mental moment”
I know exactly what you mean. I’m a revert back to the Catholic Church as of eleven years ago. I had many friends from the Baptist church I was attending before that, and when they found out that I went back to the CC, they stopped associating with me. I even had family members who got nasty with me because I reverted back to the CC. I struggled for the last two years of attending the Baptist church-- I missed the reverance of the CC, the sense of quiet (and prayer) before Mass, etc. I felt something was missing at the Baptist church. It didn’t even feel like church to me. I don’t mean to offend anyone, but that is what happened at the particular church I was attending. In fact, my husband is a Baptist. He understands the reason why I reverted back, and my desire to be Catholic. He doesn’t get some of the beliefs of the CC-- Praying the Hail Mary, for the dead, to the Saints, etc. The differences is not an issue to us, just makes for interesting conversation.
Following Jesus is crazy? As opposed to what?
And they have not been brain washed for saying you are brain washed?
Salvation is a life time process,not an instant event. Second, ONLY God saves.
Mis-read? How? By accepting historical facts about the CC?
Over thinking? I think one would have a lot more to think about which non-Catholic church truly teaches the full deposit of faith.
This is reality for me as well. When my brother converted to Catholicism from Protestantism, he received a lot of reactions from our parents and the priest in our church. And the main reason for this I think is because when my brother decides to leave the church we’ve been going to during our whole lives, he sort of sends a message that this church is wrong. Even if you want to, you can’t be loyal to both the Lutheran and Catholic churches. So when he converted, he indirectly told us, his family and friends, that we are going to the wrong church and that the Eucharist is not valid in our church. That was really hard to take for all of us. But that got me thinking about these issues.
Good analysis. “Follow me” is tough enough but more so when giving up friends. And respect for them is a good thing. A great thought for all of us.
Very well put. Those who search will find and those who don’t care to use what they have will loose it. Sounds very much like the parable of the talents.
You are NOT alone. I converted from a Protestant background and joined the Neo Catechuminal way. A large part of my family and friends are also from a protestant background and when I mentioned going into RCIA & doing my confirmation I caught so much flack. From my closest friends to my father. Telling me I no longer believe in Jesus Christ. That I’m going to worship Mary and condemn myself to hell… It was tough!