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DaveBj
Guest
I posted this over in the CHN Forum, but I thought I’d post it over here as well; somewhere in Proverbs it says that wisdom lies in having many counselors.
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I’m sure some of you who have completed the journey from Protestantism to the Catholic Church have left friends, mentors, pastors, etc., behind on the “wrong” side of the river. How did you say “Goodbye” to them?
If I complete this process (and it’s looking more and more like I’m going to), there are several Southern Baptist and Church of God pastors and music ministers who are not going to understand what happened, largely because they are not part of the complex process that I’m going through right now. How do I explain myself to them?
I’m thinking in terms of a letter (it would have to be a long one) explaining what made me realize the inadequacies of Protestantism and prompted me to study Catholicism and giving a brief explanation of each of the problematic doctrines and how I came to accept them. That would be followed by a gift of probably Rome Sweet Rome and Journeys Home (Surprised by Truth is actually a better book, in my opinion, but Journeys Home is the book that actually started me thinking, while I’ve only just read Surprised by Truth). The idea is not “I want to convert you” but “these books best explain why I did what I did.”
Anyone have any other ideas?
DaveBj
Begin cross-post:
I’m sure some of you who have completed the journey from Protestantism to the Catholic Church have left friends, mentors, pastors, etc., behind on the “wrong” side of the river. How did you say “Goodbye” to them?
If I complete this process (and it’s looking more and more like I’m going to), there are several Southern Baptist and Church of God pastors and music ministers who are not going to understand what happened, largely because they are not part of the complex process that I’m going through right now. How do I explain myself to them?
I’m thinking in terms of a letter (it would have to be a long one) explaining what made me realize the inadequacies of Protestantism and prompted me to study Catholicism and giving a brief explanation of each of the problematic doctrines and how I came to accept them. That would be followed by a gift of probably Rome Sweet Rome and Journeys Home (Surprised by Truth is actually a better book, in my opinion, but Journeys Home is the book that actually started me thinking, while I’ve only just read Surprised by Truth). The idea is not “I want to convert you” but “these books best explain why I did what I did.”
Anyone have any other ideas?
DaveBj