What are the reasons I should (or shouldn't) become Catholic?

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I believe you are seeking Truth, are having an inner turmoil, whether you realize it or not.
I am seeking the truth, but I dont think there is an inner turmoil. I’m really at peace. A couple of months ago I was even talked into strapping a scientologist’s e-meter machine something that measures stress. on other people it was going crazy, but when it went on me it was just dead. The scientologist thought the thing broke down, but as soon as he tried it on somebody it was working. just couldnt get a reading on me. :angel1:
 
on other people it was going crazy, but when it went on me it was just dead. The scientologist thought the thing broke down, but as soon as he tried it on somebody it was working. just couldnt get a reading on me. :angel1:
Dead?..
 
the e-meter wasnt really dead. it was working perfectly, its just that it could not detect any stress from me. 😃

i guess im such a happy individual who is very slow to anger and doesnt know how to hold a grudge. 😃
 
Then there’s always the possibility that e-meters are a farce.

Hmmm…that’s not very ecumencial of me…

Peace,
Dante
 
the e-meter wasnt really dead. it was working perfectly, its just that it could not detect any stress from me. 😃
I meant are YOU dead? 😛
i guess im such a happy individual who is very slow to anger and doesnt know how to hold a grudge. 😃
How Biblical:

Numbers 14:18
’ The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression;

Nehemiah 9:17
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;

Psalm 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

👍
Psalm 103:8
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

Psalm 145:8
The LORD is gracious and merciful;Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
 
We agree more than I thought. From what you said here:

it sounded like you had the typical modern bias that religion and science are incompatible. A review of history will show this is not true, and in fact, Christianity led people to the study the natural sciences.

There were (and are) scientists who are devout Catholics. A few of the modern writers who address this are Stanley Jake, Anthony Rizzi, and Kenneth Howell.
morec.com/iap/
relst.uiuc.edu/people/faculty/howell.html
columbia.edu/cu/augustine/a/science_origin.html
Christianity studies both Creator and creation. Modern science tends (charitably) toward agnosticism, since it can’t measure God in a laboratory (or get grants to study Him). Funny that the more Einstein studied creation, the more fervently he believed in God.

Christ’s peace.
 
In the end you have to assess the arguments the Catholic Church puts forward and make your own decision.
 
Christianity studies both Creator and creation. Modern science tends (charitably) toward agnosticism, since it can’t measure God in a laboratory (or get grants to study Him). Funny that the more Einstein studied creation, the more fervently he believed in God.
Funny how people cling to that fact. Yes, Einstein believed in God. Einstein is not the only intelligent man to have ever existed.
 
Funny how people cling to that fact. Yes, Einstein believed in God. Einstein is not the only intelligent man to have ever existed.
Nevertheless, for better or for worse, he has become a recognizable icon of genius, in the sense that the phrase “an Einstein” is virtually synonymous with the phrase “a genius.”
 
Nevertheless, for better or for worse, he has become a recognizable icon of genius, in the sense that the phrase “an Einstein” is virtually synonymous with the phrase “a genius.”
Amen! 👍 A genius who humbled himself so as to glorify God. If anyone believes in science, cure the common cold and we’ll talk.

Christ’s peace.
 
its not about how you understand the bible, its about how the bible causes too many divisions.
A book does not cause divisions. People cause divisions. People’s misunderstanding causes division.
because for many people the surest way of knowing the will of god is through recorded revelations.

you must realize that in Islam fundamentalism is mainstream. and yet they are far less fragmented. why do you think that is?
Having just watched a documentary on Iraq, I do not think your assertion about fragmentation is accurate.
and yet there are far more more details, beliefs & rituals in Catholicism than the average Bible Christian.
That is because Bible Christians have rejected about 2/3 of the Divine Revelation.
 
A book does not cause divisions. People cause divisions. People’s misunderstanding causes division.
Books are written by people. 🙂
Having just watched a documentary on Iraq, I do not think your assertion about fragmentation is accurate.
how many divisions of islam do you see from that documentary? 30,000? 1,000? 100? 10?

How many divisions of christianity are there? 30,000? 1,000? 100? 10?
 
How many divisions of christianity are there? 30,000? 1,000? 100? 10?
There was and is one true church. Once Luther succumbed to ego and disobediance, he lead many away. This is no reflection on the truths that were and are in the One true church, but rather a reflection on Luther and his followers.
 
There was and is one true church.
Theoretically. But there have been divisions even before the term “Roman Catholic Church” was invented. Anyway Ive seen Catholics & Protestants who believe that all these christian factions, this diversity, are all part of the same body.

What do you think, of all the protestants out there, are they all false christians? what about the orthodox? the coptics?
 
Theoretically. But there have been divisions even before the term “Roman Catholic Church” was invented. Anyway Ive seen Catholics & Protestants who believe that all these christian factions, this diversity, are all part of the same body.

What do you think, of all the protestants out there, are they all false christians? what about the orthodox? the coptics?
If they are validly baptized, they are our separated brothers in Christ. They are akin to the prodigal son, in my view, and we celebrate their return, even if only one by one.

The PEACE of Christ.
 
Nevertheless, for better or for worse, he has become a recognizable icon of genius, in the sense that the phrase “an Einstein” is virtually synonymous with the phrase “a genius.”
“I* cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own - a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we can dimly perceive and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in Nature*.” Albert Einstein
 
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