No, but I think I speak fairly well from a Lutheran POV. It is more than my opinion that the people you mentioned, while they may offer some generally agreeable insight, are not particularly in line with Lutheran doctrine, and are therefore, objectively, poor representatives of confessional Lutheranism.
You missed my point by focusing on Lutherans alone. The bigger picture is that depending on the preacher one listens to, Protestant history and theology is conveyed on radio, often moreso than sensationistic televangelists .
Are you angry at the different things you previously believed? Are you angry at some of the negative effects various teaching had on your life? I know what helped me in overcoming any negative feelings from the past is studying what was wrong with various teachings I was under and how they don’t line up with Catholic teaching. I dabbled in WoF type stuff. I found a number of books that talk about what is wrong with that teaching. this is true of sheparding movement, Bill Gothard and his seminars, dispensationalism and the rapture etc. Another thought for you is to learn to forgive yourself. Sometimes one of the hardest persons to forgive is oneself. Forgive yourself in that we believed and followed a number of these things. Forgive those that taught them or even have given you negativity in returning to the Catholic church. I guess I’m at a loss at the source of anger for you and maybe trying to narrow it down will help you overcome.
I can tell you that I am disturbed and somewhat angry at the distortions of Catholic teachings by some Protestants. Many times the CC is painted as evil . Yes, I feel misled. You are right, learning about teachings and studying through them is helpful.
I understand and yes it becomes annoying and if all you have is Protestant stations, then the better thing would be to turn it off or listen to other things. I know some Catholic radio stations do broadcaste over the internet and maybe you could to to their web sites and listen live through the web site. Ave Maria radio in Detroit does that and I think you can get some of Catholic Answers this way. I am an adult convert myself. I understand your frustration. I know it has helped me to study what is off or wrong with some teaching especally if your were involved in different para-church influenced Churches (most of them independent).
Thanks for the understanding, it goes a long way with issues such as this. I can’t get CC radio at home, but I listen to Catholic Answers on my Kindle through Y tube.
Again, your understanding means a lot because a subject like this can be either hard to articulate or no individuals want to talk about it.
Thank you Tim for saying this. I have struggled with this too and what you wrote finally makes sense. For a long time it had frustrated me that there was nothing I could do to change Protestantism. This certainly helps to bring me back to reality.
True words to be heeded. My problem is not always knowing how to surrender to his will.
If you look at the bottom of my post, I have a book which I made, it has a lot of apologetic information. Their is a section near the back in regards to ashes.
Being there, they feel that whatever they say is true, and when you have a legit counter argument they look at you as though your the antichrist.
Or like deer in the headlights. Catholic beliefs/practices can be so foreign to some Protestants that they simply have no context in which to place them except “non-Christian”–merely because Catholicism is so far outside their faith experience, or at least they think so.
Heavy sola scriptural indoctrination is at the root . I know, I’ve been there.
Me too, big time. My saving grace was the Catholic films I saw as a child, such as “The Song of Bernadette” and other such wonderful ones. When I was under 13 we were Episcopalian but even so my parents had a deep-seated fear of Cathlicism as if it were some exotic thing that might eat you alive–like a tiger. They never said a word against the Church but they wouldn’t let me have a picture of the Sacred Heart and discouraged any interest I might show in Catholicism. Even among many Protestants who are closer to the Catholic Church than Evangelicals usually are can have some pretty strange misconceptions and bias they learned as children. These things can be hard to overcome in oneself or in others due to the blandishments of the world, the flesh and the devil–although most people are unaware they are being manipulated by any of these.
Yes it’s quite a shame. I was just following my conscience but they must have thought that I was sinning. I get the feeling that they must have "marked’ me à la Romans 16:17.Again, your understanding means a lot because a subject like this can be either hard to articulate or no individuals want to talk about it.
It really is unfortunate about losing the friends in your former church. Personally I think it stems from Protestants being indoctrinated about the “evils” of the CC. In addition, I actually had a “forum elder” on this site tell me that after 15+ years as Fundamentalist, I really had no understanding of historic Protestant theology because I often listened to Protestant radio. I guess he thought that was all I did.
Well there are stuff in the bible that they either ignore or twist the meaning of so I would just ignore it.