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For my non-Catholic brothers and sisters of all faiths:

I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?

PS…We LOVE having you here! ❤️:flowers::hug1:
 
Convert_in_99 said:
For my non-Catholic brothers and sisters of all faiths:

I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?

PS…We LOVE having you here! ❤️:flowers::hug1:
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What an interesting and thoughtful question.

I shall look forward to reading the responses, too.
 
As someone who was born and raised Catholic and later changed my faith, I was interested in revisiting my previous faith to see the similarities and differences.
 
…subscribed. Always appreciate the (name removed by moderator)ut from our Non Catholic posters.

God bless,
Mary.
 
I’ve been a member since 2009 but never started posting much until right after my son died in January of 2014. I am always searching searching and more searching for answers to questions I have about Catholicism and especially those having to do with dying and who goes to heaven and things along those lines. But I can never get the one answer that I desperately need to hear and I know I won’t until I die and find out then for myself. “Where Is My Son?” 😦

I’m sorry. Just noticed this was for non-Catholics. I am Catholic, as was my son, though I haven’t been a practicing Catholic in years.
 
Good question. Wish I knew the answer.

I have no faith (although of course Christianity is embedded deeply in the culture of which I am part), but I do have a considerable respect and affection for my own national church. I think that somehow I arrived here (I can’t remember how) when someone was repeating the out-of-date belief that CofE bishops are chosen by the Prime Minister, or chosen by the Queen perhaps, and I felt impelled to leap in with counter-information (Someone’s Wrong on the Internet!).

Since then I’ve submitted to the temptation to post on CofE and related Anglican matters and on historical topics, and occasionally I can’t resist objecting to statements which appear to me just flat illogical (says he from a background of substantial ignorance of logic). I try hard not to post in any way which could be read as justifying atheism or attacking the beliefs of Christians (not always easy!).

That doesn’t answer the question, though does it? Wish I knew the answer.
 
Convert_in_99 said:
For my non-Catholic brothers and sisters of all faiths:

I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?

PS…We LOVE having you here! ❤️:flowers::hug1:
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Initially I came here fearful. In my mind either the Catholic Church was either the largest cult in the world or actually the one and only true church that Jesus intended. I have had many questions and still do. I think the reason I stay here is largely because Catholics here seem more open to discussion and transparent than most I have encountered in real life.
 
Convert_in_99 said:
I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?
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What keeps me coming back is conversation; I love conversation amongst believers. And specifically here because this forum seems to draw people from all backgrounds and also allows respectful discussion. I’ve been part of forums where that isn’t the case. I also like to be able to defend my own beliefs with logic and evidence, so I like hearing things from people actively practicing their faith, and can give me the “why’s” behind what they believe (where I live I’ve never got to interact with practicing Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics, Orthodox, etc… that truly can tell me why certain things are believed and practiced). Again, I find that here from many backgrounds.
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Thanks, I enjoy being here. I’ve learned a lot. :grouphug:
 
Convert_in_99 said:
For my non-Catholic brothers and sisters of all faiths:

I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?

PS…We LOVE having you here! ❤️:flowers::hug1:
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I think initially I was interested in finding out more about Catholicism since I teach at a Catholic University and my best friend is Catholic. Then I realized I could clarify certain points about Judaism and Jews that Catholics and others have gotten wrong or don’t know about. Finally, I have stayed mainly because of the good people of varied backgrounds and the conversations and debates with them, not only about religion but about politics, which is another interest of mine. I like being exposed to diverse views and those which differ from my own. I also appreciate the other sub-forums on CAF, such as popular media, prayer, and the back fence, including the games, which are a great diversion from the stressors of everyday life and work.
 
Gee, there is so much I like about it. Prayer is first I guess. I can ask for prayers or I can give prayers when they are needed. I love that part. Then I love the topics. They are far ranging. AND I have learned so much. So many great minds on here it seems.

I hope and pray we get to meet up in heaven… my world right now is kinda small and this forum makes it so much larger!!! Thanks!
 
Fascination. I have been coming here for years, most lurking but reading so much that I just found interesting. Kind of confused how people could hold the same faith and yet be capable of serious disagreements on important things like politics and so on. Coming as I do from a fundamentalist lockstep agreement kind of background. Over time the links I followed helped awaken something in my heart, and I thought the variety of people who yet still followed the Catholic faith, however imperfectly, was a good barometer of where truth lay. I am now well into an RCIA programme and hope to become a member of the church come Easter. And you all, Catholic and not Catholic, played a part in that so thank you.
 
Convert_in_99 said:
For my non-Catholic brothers and sisters of all faiths:

I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?

PS…We LOVE having you here! ❤️:flowers::hug1:
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Your question prompted me to realize that I have been here nearly nine years! CAF has become, over that time, a part of my life that I very much enjoy. I have learned a great deal, not only about the Catholic Church and her teachings, but also about my own beliefs.

Most importantly, however, I have developed some friendships here over the years, as people have come and gone. I treasure having gotten to know them, and the things I have learned from them.

Jon

EDIT: I neglected to add that, for a long time, I also seemed to find myself in the position of correcting mistakes about Lutheran beliefs, at least as I understood it. Since I am not in the Lutheran tradition anymore, I leave it to those who are to do that, and I’m too new at being Anglican to act in that way with folks like GKC around.
 
Convert_in_99 said:
For my non-Catholic brothers and sisters of all faiths:

I’ve noticed many of you have been at Catholic Answers Forums for many months (or years;)), what is it about these forums that keeps you returning to them again and again?

PS…We LOVE having you here! ❤️:flowers::hug1:
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CAF has a very nice environment for interfaith discussion and learning/loving each other. I have greatly enjoyed my 2 yrs actively participating and 2 years lurking before then.
 
Picky_Picky said:
Good question. Wish I knew the answer.

I have no faith (although of course Christianity is embedded deeply in the culture of which I am part), but I do have a considerable respect and affection for my own national church. I think that somehow I arrived here (I can’t remember how) when someone was repeating the out-of-date belief that CofE bishops are chosen by the Prime Minister, or chosen by the Queen perhaps, and I felt impelled to leap in with counter-information (Someone’s Wrong on the Internet!).

Since then I’ve submitted to the temptation to post on CofE and related Anglican matters and on historical topics, and occasionally I can’t resist objecting to statements which appear to me just flat illogical (says he from a background of substantial ignorance of logic). I try hard not to post in any way which could be read as justifying atheism or attacking the beliefs of Christians (not always easy!).

That doesn’t answer the question, though does it? Wish I knew the answer.
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I like explicating the puzzle of Anglicanism.

Which is nigh impossible.

And history, too. History is neat.
 
JonNC said:
Your question prompted me to realize that I have been here nearly nine years! CAF has become, over that time, a part of my life that I very much enjoy. I have learned a great deal, not only about the Catholic Church and her teachings, but also about my own beliefs.

Most importantly, however, I have developed some friendships here over the years, as people have come and gone. I treasure having gotten to know them, and the things I have learned from them.

Jon

EDIT: I neglected to add that, for a long time, I also seemed to find myself in the position of correcting mistakes about Lutheran beliefs, at least as I understood it. Since I am not in the Lutheran tradition anymore, I leave it to those who are to do that, and I’m too new at being Anglican to act in that way with folks like GKC around.
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If I may ask you, Jon, why did a lifelong practicing Lutheran decide to join the Anglican Church?
 
Cynical_Realist said:
If I may ask you, Jon, why did a lifelong practicing Lutheran decide to join the Anglican Church?
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Long story, but at the risk of making the situation too simplistic, a decision by the LCMS to allow unordained seminarians to preside at the Eucharist, in contradiction to the Augsburg Confession, Article XIV, nd my unwillingness to accept the practice as orthodox and doctrinal.

Jon
 
Wannano said:
Initially I came here fearful. In my mind either the Catholic Church was either the largest cult in the world or actually the one and only true church that Jesus intended. I have had many questions and still do. I think the reason I stay here is largely because Catholics here seem more open to discussion and transparent than most I have encountered in real life.
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What? There *are *Catholics in real life? I have read of such, in the old tales, but assumed that was along the lines of dragons, etc, and literary symbols. I would stick with the ones on the Internet. :)🙂

Seriously, I have learned a great deal from non-Catholics on CAF, and value the time, attention, and prayers they have offered, to instruct the arrogant, trigger finger defensive RC’s on CAF, who think they know everything. I like to think non Catholics also learn from each other, at times.
 
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