What, if I may ask

[Lenten_ashes]

I have been here for a couple years, off and on. I come to ask questions, as discussing religion (especially the prospect of changing ones religion) is opening a can of worms in my family. The folks here are friendly, and lead me in the right direction, so I just keep coming back!

I’ve had a few LDS friends who broke away from that, but boy oh boy did their family take it harshly.

Keep seeking the Truth.

Will keep you in our prayers my friend.

 

[PJM]

I’ve had a few LDS friends who broke away from that, but boy oh boy did their family take it harshly.

Keep seeking the Truth.

Will keep you in our prayers my friend.

GREAT advise, and here’s WHY

Truth but all public expression and definitions HAS TO BE “singular per defined issue”; it can be nothing else.

I REALLY liked what Pope Benedict XVI said about it

“There can’t be your truth and my truth or there would be no truth” AMEN:thumbsup:

So keep that i =n mind and demand evidence of their positions.

God Bless you,

Patrick

 

[arthra]

My DEAR friends in Christ,

Please share with us on CAF, what bring you as a [at present], non-Catholic, to CAF?

I have long wondered about this?

God Bless you,

Patrick

Since this forum has the designated topic here of “Non Catholic Religions” I have from time to time shared information about the Baha’i Faith and that is my sole reason for being here… If there are misapprehensions or inaccuracies re. Baha’i I offer to supply what I can for Catholics.

 

[Rohzek]

I enjoy having my own thoughts challenged, for the most part.

 

[Matthew_Light]

My DEAR friends in Christ,

Please share with us on CAF, what bring you as a [at present], non-Catholic, to CAF?

I have long wondered about this?

God Bless you,

Patrick

I have found that Catholics (in general) are open to the truths found in other faiths and interested in inter-religious dialogue in a friendly and polite manner. I very much appreciate that attitude and approach.

 

[PJM]

Since this forum has the designated topic here of “Non Catholic Religions” I have from time to time shared information about the Baha’i Faith and that is my sole reason for being here… If there are misapprehensions or inaccuracies re. Baha’i I offer to supply what I can for Catholics.

Thank you!

God Bless

 

[PJM]

OK, so what would you like to be challenged on?

God Bless you,

PJM

 

[PJM]

I have found that Catholics (in general) are open to the truths found in other faiths and interested in inter-religious dialogue in a friendly and polite manner. I very much appreciate that attitude and approach.

THANK YOU!

God Bless you

Patrick

 

[Nixbits]

I first came to CAF as a result of something I read on a website, to find out if the RCC still considered me to be a Catholic. Since then I’ve been alternately interested, surprised, perplexed and amused by reading the forum. It’s helped me to get a better understanding of the faith in which I was raised (Catholic school from age 5 to 11, followed by some catechetics classes). I drifted away from the church around the age of 13 and CAF hasn’t changed my agnostic atheist views.

 

[TC3033]

Married into a Catholic family and am the only non-Catholic out of the 9 of us and really feel like an outsider in the family, so I was just googling around to get a little more info on the Church, and to see if how I was treated as a non-Catholic was common or isolated to our Parrish(s).

Don’t remember why I joined, but I did and away we went.

 

[PJM]

I first came to CAF as a result of something I read on a website, to find out if the RCC still considered me to be a Catholic. Since then I’ve been alternately interested, surprised, perplexed and amused by reading the forum. It’s helped me to get a better understanding of the faith in which I was raised (Catholic school from age 5 to 11, followed by some catechetics classes). I drifted away from the church around the age of 13 and CAF hasn’t changed my agnostic atheist views.

SEND ME a private message if you would like to see evidence of God

It’s too lengthy to fit on the FORUM:shrug:

God Bless you

PJM

 

[PJM]

Married into a Catholic family and am the only non-Catholic out of the 9 of us and really feel like an outsider in the family, so I was just googling around to get a little more info on the Church, and to see if how I was treated as a non-Catholic was common or isolated to our Parrish(s).

Don’t remember why I joined, but I did and away we went.

WELCOME!

If you have questions about the Catholic Faith; why we do this or believe that, please send me a private message.

God Bless you,

Patrick

 

[TonyBS]

I first came to CAF as a result of something I read on a website, to find out if the RCC still considered me to be a Catholic. Since then I’ve been alternately interested, surprised, perplexed and amused by reading the forum. It’s helped me to get a better understanding of the faith in which I was raised (Catholic school from age 5 to 11, followed by some catechetics classes). I drifted away from the church around the age of 13 and CAF hasn’t changed my agnostic atheist views.

I like it you are here, we all have a path to walk in life and trying to understand what that is, is always an experience to share.

Regards Tony

 

[Emperor_Markus]

Since I was born Protestant, and became a practicing Christian in mid-2012, I frequently browsed religious Web sites and read Protestant books and developed a negative view of Catholicism. It did not help when I discovered Chick Tracts and the writings of Ellen White.

Either way, through the grace of God, I decided it was all lunacy and turned to more credible sources. I pursued the writings of the Church Fathers (Augustine, Ambrose, Thomas Aquinas, etc), which eventually drew me away from Protestantism and more towards real Christianity.

Late last year, I decided it would be a good thing to investigate Catholicism to see if it was really what the Church Fathers said it was. I joined these forums in the course of my investigation and have found them to be quite helpful (though there are still a few things about these forums that worry me ) By now I have become completely disaffected by Protestantism and have a desire to join the Catholic Church.

 

[PJM]

Since I was born Protestant, and became a practicing Christian in mid-2012, I frequently browsed religious Web sites and read Protestant books and developed a negative view of Catholicism. It did not help when I discovered Chick Tracts and the writings of Ellen White.

Either way, through the grace of God, I decided it was all lunacy and turned to more credible sources. I pursued the writings of the Church Fathers (Augustine, Ambrose, Thomas Aquinas, etc), which eventually drew me away from Protestantism and more towards real Christianity.

Late last year, I decided it would be a good thing to investigate Catholicism to see if it was really what the Church Fathers said it was. I joined these forums in the course of my investigation and have found them to be quite helpful (though there are still a few things about these forums that worry me ) By now I have become completely disaffected by Protestantism and have a desire to join the Catholic Church.

THANKS for posting!

God my friend is on your side.

Keep praying and searching, but allow GOD to lead you, be humble and follow where the Holy Spirit takes you.

God Bless you
Patrick

 

[FabiusMaximus]

My DEAR friends in Christ,

Please share with us on CAF, what bring you as a [at present], non-Catholic, to CAF?

I have long wondered about this?

God Bless you,

Patrick

I enjoy discussions about religion and I think the CAF allows some good inter-religious discussion.

Additionally, I’ve been inquiring into Catholicism for a few years now, so it’s interesting to read what people have to say here.

 

[Potter]

When I began attending Episcopal services in…2011, I believe it was, it was because there was no UU church in town and I wanted to practice my rather eclectic faith in community. I felt a certain call to pursue spirituality within the Christian context, and so was baptized and confirmed into the Episcopal church in 2012. With every passing year I have grown more orthodox in longing and belief, and I’ve been mistaken for Catholic more than once. It may not be a mistake considering how many Catholic podcasts, books, and cultural websites I take in: Catholicism is my main source of Christian formation, so my appetite has already been whetted by the Tiber. CAF is another source for that, but more importantly – in an age of lunacy, it is a sane Christian refuge.

 

[7_Sorrows]

When I began attending Episcopal services in…2011, I believe it was, it was because there was no UU church in town and I wanted to practice my rather eclectic faith in community. I felt a certain call to pursue spirituality within the Christian context, and so was baptized and confirmed into the Episcopal church in 2012. With every passing year I have grown more orthodox in longing and belief, and I’ve been mistaken for Catholic more than once. It may not be a mistake considering how many Catholic podcasts, books, and cultural websites I take in: Catholicism is my main source of Christian formation, so my appetite has already been whetted by the Tiber. CAF is another source for that, but more importantly – in an age of lunacy, it is a sane Christian refuge.

it sounds like the Holy Spirit is guiding you. I was raised in the Episcopal church and felt called to be Catholic as a teenager. I wish I would have contacted someone in the Catholic church then, but I was confirmed in the Episcopal church and became a lapsed Christian after 18. The Episcopal church has continued to become less and less orthodox since I was 18 in 1970. My advice is to continue to learn more about the Catholic faith. Good luck and God bless!

 

[PJM]

I suppose out of curiosity to learn about a tradition I walked away from decades ago without really knowing the least little about it. Blessings to all.

Please look for a private message from me [the OP]

 

[Nixbits]

PJM:

Send me a private message if you would like to see evidence of God. It’s too lengthy to fit on the Forum.

I thank you for your kind intention, but I prefer not to. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time (perhaps too much time) in recent years investigating the various claims of evidence for the existence of God. None have been even remotely persuasive. So I don’t want to waste both our times.