IWhat did you study to come to that conclusion? I am an adult Catholic convert who is surrounded by these lovely LDS people, and a wonderful LDS ward, who seem so faithful in their practice. By contrast, my local Catholic community is insular and has a lot of dissent and apathy on the one hand, and spiritual pride and judgmentalism on the other. It is hard to resist the desire to join the LDS church and yet I am firmly convinced that Christ is Really Present in the Eucharist. My LDS friends are astonished that I can “fit” so well with them and still yet be so firm in my own Catholic faith. I recite the same mantra all the time, that I love **them **so much, but that as a Catholic I don’t believe in the Great Apostasy, therefore I don’t believe in the need for restoration of the Gospel, and I am not led to believe the truth of Joseph Smith as a true prophet or the truth of the Book of Mormon. They all, including the missionaries, state that I am the most committed Catholic they ever met.
I really love these people and wish that I could belong to them. I feel sorrow at not being able to believe in their church because I am so very lacking in Catholic community and support. But I am firm in my Catholic faith.
The tension between all of this is driving me crazy, especially as my (completely well-intentioned) LDS friends step up their prayers for me and tell me all about their experiences “confirming to them” that I am supposed to belong to them.
I need to be reminded by some strong former LDS Catholic converts why I really DON’T want to convert (besides the whole guilt thing about heresy and mortal sin - I get all that - I’m not converting to LDS, but I want to be at peace about it because **I love the people **so much.)