Why do people who are protestant also get godly encounters

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I know that a lot of evangalists have had encounters with God even though they are not Catholic. People such as Pastor John who would not seem like a person to lie as they are deep into the religon and should not lie. Does that mean even though evangalists are not Catholic they can still have Godly encounters
 
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I’d assume it’s because God calls all of us. I was an atheist when He called me.

The hope is that people will find their way to the fullness of God in the Catholic Church, but even if they don’t they can still have the faith in Him and a relationship with Him, it just won’t be the full faith or relationship.
 
How is it possible that people from any religion have equivalent “religious experiences” that confirm their own pre-existing religion for them?!!

a) God is one and allows people to live in folly. As long as they do good, it’s all good.
b) The human mind works pretty much in similar ways across individuals.
c) There are many gods and each feeds off human belief. Gods die when humans stop believing in them.
 
Long before I came back to the Catholic Church, after seeking God/Truth for myself in a variety of places which later included a stint in Protestantism, I was given arguably the most profound experience of God a human could have while on this planet. God’s purpose is to lead us to Himself, first of all, not to religion.

The purpose of the Church is to “get us to Him”, so to speak. And He established a Church for that purpose even if I hadn’t recognized its value at the time, or realized the affect its teachings had had on me while young. God works in mysterious ways and in the end, to my surprise, I found myself back at the doors of the RCC many years later.

BTW, none of us, as individuals, necessarily have it all perfectly right; our personal theological understanding can be skewed somewhat-or a lot- regardless of the correctness of the teachings of our Church. God works with and through imperfect beings. Again, the ultimate purpose is for us to come to know Him, a tall order no matter how we cut it.
 
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Long before I came back to the Catholic Church, after seeking God/Truth for myself in a variety of places which later included a stint in Protestantism, I was given arguably the most profound experience of God a human could have while on this planet. God’s purpose is to lead us to Himself, first of all, not to religion.

The purpose of the Church is to “get us to Him”, so to speak. And He established a Church for that purpose even if I hadn’t recognized its value at the time, or realized the affect its teachings had had on me while young. God works in mysterious ways and in the end, to my surprise, I found myself back at the doors of the RCC many years later.

BTW, none of us, as individuals, necessarily have it all perfectly right; our personal theological understanding can be skewed somewhat-or a lot- regardless of the correctness of the teachings of our Church. God works with and through imperfect beings. Again, the ultimate purpose is for us to come to know Him, a tall order no matter how we cut it.
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This I appreciate very much. Thanks.
 
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I know that a lot of evangalists have had encounters with God even though they are not Catholic. People such as Pastor John who would not seem like a person to lie as they are deep into the religon and should not lie. Does that mean even though evangalists are not Catholic they can still have Godly encounters
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We are all children of God. Christ came for everyone, the entire human race.
 
Non Catholic Christians are not devoid of Grace from God just because they are not Catholic. God can reach out to whoever He wants however he wants.
 
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I don’t know who “Pastor John” is. But God isn’t bound by religion. If He wishes someone to experience Him in some way, they do. What they do after that personal experience is up to them.
 
God looks at people’s intentions, more than whether or not they accept certain theological beliefs. That doesn’t deny the truth of Catholicism, but God meets people where they’re at. Many Protestants do not know anything about our faith.
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I know that a lot of evangalists have had encounters with God even though they are not Catholic. People such as Pastor John who would not seem like a person to lie as they are deep into the religon and should not lie. Does that mean even though evangalists are not Catholic they can still have Godly encounters
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All Christians, Catholics or otherwise are part of the Church. Why would only the Catholic portion have encounters with God?
 
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