Why are you in the church/denomintion that you are in?

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Why are you in the christian denomination you are in of all the ones that exist out there? Why did you choose it if you were not born into it? What draws you to it? What was your process or journey to it? Do you fully agree with the denomination you are in?
 
My family comes from devout, mainline Protestants/Nonconformists that goes back at least 500 years. But my conversion to Catholicism comes from The Holy Trinity. 💝⛪
 
I am Catholic partially because I was raised in i (thank God) but also because I have chosen it, due to the fact that it contains the Fulness of the Teachings of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
 
This is the exact feeling I have now that I have discovered the Catholic Church. Well, now that I have been lead home through answered prayers.
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Catholicism is like the jigsaw puzzle all put together; I can see the big picture, and it’s amazing
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I needed a church that tolerates my occasional bouts of theological crankiness and tantrums. I’m a skeptic by nature. While there is much to admire and appreciate about Catholicism, I am still drawn to Reason rather than Authority (Magisterium).

I’d make a very poor Catholic right now, but I’m a half-decent Episcopalian.
 
I find Catholicism to historically actually be the Church founded by Christ, and that it is true. The use of reason found throughout its spiritual and theological history, the depth of spirituality, a true convergence of Faith and Reason. Proper authority to humble us, proper Faith to strengthen us, and the proper Lord to guide us in everything. Where else am I to go?
 
I’m a non-denominational christian. I’m a convert-- I was not raised in a Christian home. I simply don’t see any denomination that agrees with my understanding of the Bible. I’m probably very close to being a protestant, but I don’t think the reformers were entirely right (especially Calvinism and its teaching of Sola Scriptura). I may convert [to something else] in the future if I find a denomination that agrees with me, but until then, I am not in a denomination. I go to a Baptist church and I agree with everything they’ve taught me, so perhaps I am close to being a baptist.

I believe that the Scriptures are inspired by the Holy Spirit, I believe in the Trinity and I believe that salvation is through Jesus alone. Those are things that I do not compromise on. However, with that said, it is not just me and the Bible that I follow. I have benefited greatly from the teachings of men like Charles Spurgeon and James White (even though I am not a calvinist).
 
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I simply don’t see any denomination that agrees with my understanding of the Bible.
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I can see where you want your religion to agree with you. The beauty of Catholicism is the reality, the truth is already there, and we must agree with it, in our mind and heart. The only reason to believe anything is because it is true.

This is based on the Catholic understanding of the soul, which is made up of intellect and will.

The task of the intellect is knowing, that is, seeing and understanding reality. In other words, the task of the intellect is sanity, for we are sane to the degree that we see reality as it really is.

The task of the will is loving 💗, that is, to desire that which is good and to properly order those desires. In other words, the task of the will is sanctity, for we are holy to the degree that we desire that which is good.
 
It’s the only denomination that I’m familiar with (I do sometimes consider changing denomination/branch); Is it possible to fully (100%) agree with any church?

As my history: I started going to church, Baptist, at 13 with some friends I used to hang out with frequently while I was living in Spanish Fort, AL. Then I moved back when I was 15, if I recall, to my home province (British Columbia) to meet my father and for some reason didn’t go to church roughly around a year after the move. Then I found the last church I attended through a google search and went because it was familiar. At 17 I was baptized. Then I eventually changed to the current church (which is currently an hour’s/an hour and 10 walk) due to the pastor there. Apparently some people left because of him as well (though possibly for different reasons). I was never raised in a “Christian home” or, from memory, had both biological parents at the same home (my father hasn’t gone to church in 20 years thanks to his father (who went non-religious → Christian → non-religious) being a bible thumper and dragging him to church and my mother was apparently never very religious (from what I’ve heard; Perhaps I inherited this from her, as I’m not very religious myself))

I’ve been, on and off for the past year or two, considering changing churches; If I were to become Catholic, I would probably go with a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that close to my place (and closer to me than the closest Roman Catholic church).
 
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Indeed, when we wonder why my own interpretation is correct over, say, Billy, Joe, Fr Frank, or Luther? Then we can appreciate proper authority.

So often people say they want something that matches their beliefs, but is that not egotistic? Why are my beliefs holding any more weight than Pastor Osteen? Instead, we should search for the true church, and conform ourselves to that truth which compels us to change. It is an act of humility.
 
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Is this thread for Catholics or non-Catholics? Or for cradle denominations or converts?
 
Cradle Catholic through the grace of God. WE have been Roman Catholic since centuries before the Conquistador.
Generations ahve found it true.
So have I.
 
One side of my family is Catholic. The other side is Protestant. So I was raised with the best of both worlds even tho I didn’t always realize it.

My ancestor, John Carroll was the first bishop and archbishop in America. I have always viewed myself as Catholic since my (then) Protestant parent had to promise to raise any children in the Catholic Church. I feel closer to my Catholic relatives than to my Protestant relatives. The Catholic Church is my heart’s home on earth while I wait to return to my eternal home, Heaven.

There are a few things I question that the Catholic Church teaches. But in those areas of disagreement, it is not the Church that must change her view but I, who must change mine.

There is no other Church that I would rather be a member of.
 
I am cradle Lutheran, and my family has been clergy for centuries (though not the last few generations). So I grew up at once very relaxed and comfortable about cathecism and tradition, and at the same time not accepting anything on authoritarian say-so.
For me, being Lutheran is the perfect balance between Catholic practices (does the word adiaphora exist in English?) and the various low church charismatics (like pentecoastals, baptists etc).

This is what Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman wrote in Good Omens, about Mr Young ”… when it came to avoiding going to church, the church he stolidly avoided going to was St. Cecil and All Angels, no-nonsense C of E, and he wouldn’t have dreamed of avoiding going to any other.” That summarises my attitude to my own church.
 
Grew up in the the Jehovah’s Witness cult, spent some time agnostic, 5 years or so in the Episcopal Church, and then the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Much of my heritage on my grandmother’s side is Scandinavian Lutheran and then Missouri Synod once they came to America. All that said, I am Lutheran for a number of reasons, but the most important is the Lutheran Church teaches that Christ’s body and blood is truly present in the Eucharist. When that is a requirement that cannot be compromised, it narrows it down pretty quickly.
 
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