What religion were you raised as?

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Baptised and raised Lutheran!

My conversion was very gradual; I would say the seeds of the Catholic faith were already planted in childhood, and throughout my adolescent search I was always drawn to the Church for some mysterious reason. In the last few years I studied Lutheranism more intensely which naturally had me comparing it to Catholic orthodoxy, and I found myself attesting the latter.
 
Hi, 🙂

I was raised in the Anglican faith, although I was the only one of my siblings not baptized. Mum always called us Anglo-Catholics because we were very ‘high church’. I guess this did not play a small part in the muted interest I always had in the Catholic faith. This eventually led me to delve closer into Catholicism, and I would have been baptized this Easter, if I had not had a crisis of faith in the Catholic Church. I have been reading extensively on the ECF and Catholic teachings and Luther etc. I am looking into Lutheranism, and at the moment I feel this is where I need to be, but I don’t discount the possibility of becoming Catholic someday. I just need to get my head around a few issues. I have deep respect for Catholics and cried buckets when Pope John Paul II died. He did much for the Catholic Church, and humanity.
Please pray for me.

Peace and love to all. 🙂
 
I was raised foot-stomping-handwaving-Southern Baptist – the church morphed into a aisle-dancing-tongue-speaking-Pentacostal Non-Denom church –

I converted two years ago but have attended a Catholic church for 8 years, it took me a while to work through a lot of the things I was taught –
 
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I said Protestant,
I was born a Methodist and then now I’m raised a Baptist butI’m considering converting Catholicsm.
 
Secular, though I was baptised Catholic to please my grandmother when I was about 5. To say that I was raised Catholic would be to put a lie to my entire young life 😛
 
I was born into a Catholic family. I was baptized as an infant when I had no clue what was going on. In Acts 8:27-40, an Ethiopian Eunuch is reading the Bible and wants to be baptized. The Eunuch asks an important question: “what hinders me to be baptized?” Philip answered and said: “If you beleive with all your heart you may be baptized”. The Eunuch answers and says: “I beleive that Jesus Christ is the Son of God”, and the Euncuh is baptized (In a river).

Right now I am protestant. Personally, it is the only way I have found peace and confidence in my slavation (Not to doubt anyone else’s). If they say “do this to be saved”, I can ask “can you show me in the Bible?” And they say Yep! They show me scripture that tells me exactly what they just told me. The speak according to the Word (Isaiah 8:10).
 
The voting thing seems a bit limited. I was raised with no religion. I suspect that might be true for very many people. Thank God I am a Catholic now.

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herry:
I was born into a Catholic family. I was baptized as an infant when I had no clue what was going on. In Acts 8:27-40, an Ethiopian Eunuch is reading the Bible and wants to be baptized. The Eunuch asks an important question: “what hinders me to be baptized?” Philip answered and said: “If you beleive with all your heart you may be baptized”. The Eunuch answers and says: “I beleive that Jesus Christ is the Son of God”, and the Euncuh is baptized (In a river).

Right now I am protestant. Personally, it is the only way I have found peace and confidence in my slavation (Not to doubt anyone else’s). If they say “do this to be saved”, I can ask “can you show me in the Bible?” And they say Yep! They show me scripture that tells me exactly what they just told me. The speak according to the Word (Isaiah 8:10).
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Not to be disrespectful of your choice, but just wondering…You do realize that the Catholic Church developed the biblical canon, that the books that make up the Bible did not fall out of the sky in one piece, but over time? And you do realize that in no place in the Bible does it say one has to rely solely on the Bible for salvation?
 
I was raised Roman Catholic, in a predominately Catholic city. I had close cousins who were also Catholic, but a group of cousins that were Baptists, and a group that was Lutheran.
 
Raised as nothing. Met and made friends with a Catholic family. Converted end of story.
 
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Not to be disrespectful of your choice, but just wondering…You do realize that the Catholic Church developed the biblical canon, that the books that make up the Bible did not fall out of the sky in one piece, but over time? And you do realize that in no place in the Bible does it say one has to rely solely on the Bible for salvation?
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I respectfully disagree, The Bible is a “light to our path, and lamp to our feet”. It is also the standard by which teachers are tested (Isaiah 8:20). The apostles told us not to accept any new gospel even if they themselves bring it to us (Galatians 1:6-10).

“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But continue in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus…That the man of God may be perfect, throughly finished unto all good works” 2 Timothy 3:13-15, 17

“For there are three that bear record in heaven: The Father, The Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one” 1 John 5:7

My good friend, could you please show me one teaching which is not in the Bible, and is necessary for salvation?
 
Mainline Lutheran (now the ELCA) But I married a Catholic in 1986, joined the Church through RCIA in 1989, got disillusioned (didn’t understand the Sacraments) and “born again” which sent me on a journey through Evangelicalism, Pentacostalism, Fundamentalism and finally back home to Roman Catholicism (YEA!!)

Happy to be here –
Magdalisa
 
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herry:
I respectfully disagree, The Bible is a “light to our path, and lamp to our feet”. It is also the standard by which teachers are tested (Isaiah 8:20). The apostles told us not to accept any new gospel even if they themselves bring it to us (Galatians 1:6-10).

My good friend, could you please show me one teaching which is not in the Bible, and is necessary for salvation?
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The Psalmist said, “Your WORD is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” Ps 119:105 He did not say that the Bible is…

John said, “In the beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God and the WORD was God” and also *“The WORD became flesh and made his dwelling among us” *Jn 1:1,14. So Jesus is the WORD that is the lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Jesus (the lamp and light) himself said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Ths bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” and also, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.” Jn 6:51,53-55

It sounds to me that according to the Bible, salvation depends upon whether you eat and drink the flesh of Jesus… i.e. the Eucharist. (all scripture quotations are from the Protestant NIV Bible)

Peace,
Magdalisa
 
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april_hosen:
I said Protestant,
I was born a Methodist and then now I’m raised a Baptist butI’m considering converting Catholicsm.
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Wow, April! You are on an exciting journey. I am a convert and I am SO HAPPY to be Catholic. This is a great website for you, and there are also many great books available. The one I was reading when I finally converted in my heart was by David Currie “Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic” I highly recommend it. In the meantime, I’ll keep you in my prayers.

Peace,
magdalisa
 
Born atheist. now Catholic in faith, atheist in name only. as The Church is severely persecuted here
 
Raised Catholic until age ten. Changed to Protestant (Non-denom church). Now planing a career in ministry
 
I was brought up ECUSA until about age 13 then my widowed mother took us out of the Episcopal church and into the Assemblies of God where I was a staunch member for nearly 20 years, going so far as to get a B. A. in Bible and religious education in an AoG Bible College and work in several ministries.

My coversion to (actually reconciliation with) the Catholic Church was a long process of much prayer, soul searching, and pouring over Church teaching. I was received into the Church Easter Vigil of 1989, was received into the Lay Carmelites in 1990 (I was making up for lost time! 😉 ) and have been building on my coming home to the Church ever since.
 
I was raised Church of Christ (not UCC or ICC) who also would balk at the term Protestant. 😉

I now attend a Lutheran church since there is no CofC in the area. Well, there is the Celestial Church of Christ…but…I think Kreflo Dollar is the leader of that “church.” 😉 😃 :rolleyes:
 
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