Sometimes it is best to let God do the work when it is getting too much for you to do. God appreciates your effort, but in the end, He is the one who will do the converting. Pray- that’s how you can reach him- you may not know how much until the Last Day, but prayer works.
Maybe you need to just refuse to talk religion with him. Don’t take his brochures. Don’t take his bait. If he persists, keep asking him to stop. At some point, just leave (and tell him you’re leaving because of his lack of charity).
I have my own business and have many, mnay evangelical clients, many of whom try to convert me. I always gently refuse them but I never get upset with them-they are acting out of Love-they truly beleive i am going to hell and they are trying, in their mind, to save me from eternal hellfire and damnation.
This is exactly what I was going to suggest. To me, there is no need to defend your faith. You know that you belong to the true church. Is he just looking for a fight or a debate? I would say it would be much more peaceful for you to put a stop to these conversations with him immediately.
I would suggest you turn the hate into caution as I’ve recently discovered that all of the Protestant religions teach as a matter of their fundamental doctrine, that the Pope or Papacy is the anti-Christ. This is really scary stuff people. The goal of protestant ministers is to extract the conscience of its flock and replace it with ego. That is a very dangerous situation. Go to the luther quest forum and you will discover a handful of mind controlled brain dead idiots. It is very scary.
There is a pamphlet titled “The Gospel according to James McCarthy” that refutes him point by point. You may want to get it and give it to your brother after you’ve read it.
After I decided to “drop the issue” with one particular cousin, a most anti-Catholic one indeed, who was e-mailing me nasty e-mails about 5 a day, you know what? The HS must have worked on him, because he later wrote saying he e-mailed a priest and said this and that, and he drove by a Catholic parish, talked with the priest about this and that, etc…Hey why would a die-hard Prot be doing this if they weren’t open to God’s leading? Do what you can, share phamplets, etc., but also let it go and pray. Man–you will be surprised what God has in store for those that love him.
GO to the Catholic Answers website - go get the Pillar of Fire pamphlet, download them, print them out…hand them to him. Then hug him and tell him how much you love him and thank him for loving you.
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