I don’t call myself a protestant, and I don’t call myself a catholic. I think of myself as a non-denominational christian.
I found this forum through Karl’s e-letter. Someone forwarded his e-letter to me once, and I enjoyed his insight and signed up. I frequent catholic answers and
christiananswers.net for spiritual guidance.
Why I am here:
- I deeply admire many Catholics (not the least of which is my wife), as well as many non-catholic christians.
- It is the best Christian forum I have seen, and I enjoy “socializing” with those who share faith in christ.
- I don’t think Catholics and non-Catholic Christians should be enemies. We disagree alot, but we agree alot too.
- If we could put our “sibling rivalry” on hold publicly and work together in society (emphasize “in society”, as I don’t mean we shoudl forget our differences or even not discuss them) we could change the world on important issues (abortion, and the court’s assault on religious freedom, to cite two examples).
- As a student in a Baptist high school I thought (and told others) it would be better for someone to find out about Jesus through the Catholic Church than not at all. Likewise, as someone who married into a Catholic family and worships at a Catholic church, I think it would be better for someone to find christ through a protestant church than never.
Even when i grew up among those who criticized catholocism, I saw catholics never as a problem but a blessing. I feel the same about sincere and devout evangelicals. I’d pick a sincere evangelical over a lukewarm catholic, and a sincere catholic over a lukewarm evangelical, any day.
Blessings to all.