Scared I will lose my Protestant friends if I convert

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Hello everyone. I have a wonderful group of Protestant Christian friends, I was attending their church and liked it but never felt fulfilled. I have investigated several different faith traditions including the Baha’i Faith , Islam and spiritism also different denominations of the Protestantism including JW and was a Mormon when I was a teen. Anyway, I thought I was done searching. Then I came across Catholics Come Home website and read all about how Christ set up his church and that the Early church fathers taught about the holy Eucharist. I am still in the stages of learning and I am attending RCIA. I am nervous this is just another phase and I am nervous if I become Catholic will I lose my friends ? I do t know any Catholics my age. My husband is very supportive but doesn’t want to see me hurt or jump in to quickly. If you have some insight or have had a similar experience I would appreciate hearing from you.
 
If they are truly your friends, they will remain your friends. If not, they were friends for that season of your life and you will make new friends for the next. But perhaps your fears are unfounded. You are still you, and your friends may realize that. Be at peace on your journey and do not borrow trouble. Welcome to CAF, where you will learn much and find friends!
 
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My husband is very supportive but doesn’t want to see me hurt or jump in to quickly.
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The Catholic Church doesn’t want you to jump in too quickly either. That is why RCIA was set up in the first place. Some have studied on their own and have come into the Church without having to go through RCIA but that is not ordinary.
 
Real friends love and respect each other through their differences.
 
If you lose them, they weren’t really your friends.

Real friends don’t care what church you attend or what denomination you belong to.
 
Losing friends and family members is always a possibility, or you might find they’re cool with it.

Ultimately, you need to decide.

:pray:t2::pray:t2::pray:t2:For you and for your friends.
 
I haven’t really lost friends, but since becoming Catholic I have made so
many new friends.
 
I encourage you to stay on your current path and to enjoy and learn all you can at RCIA. I made many of my friends through RCIA and the rite of entering the Church. It’s an amazing journey. The more you learn, the more you’ll want to learn!
 
What’s more important?

An eternity with God, or the rest of your life with so-called friends will never know or lead you to God ( and the Eternal consequences of such)

In Luke chapter 14 Jesus himself even said
If you come to me but will not leave your family, you cannot be my follower. You must love me more than your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters—even more than your own life! Whoever will not carry the cross that is given to them when they follow me cannot be my follower.
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If they can’t see the love and joy that following Jesus Christ brings to you, then they are not worthy of your friendship.

God love you.
 
True friends will respect your beliefs, and appreciate that they come from your heart. If they get snarky about it or desert you, they were never real friends to begin with, and you haven’t lost anything.
 
I have two close friends. One is an ex-Catholic and one is a Christian who goes to a non-denominational church. When I found Catholicism a few years ago, I lost neither friend. Why? Because they are true friends. My wife has far more friends than me. I don’t think she lost any of her Protestant friends when she converted. Why? Because they are true friends.

We are all children of God, after all.
 
I have Protestant friends, they don’t care that I’m Catholic.
 
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